Blockchain CBDE Exam - Topic 5 Question 125 Discussion

Actual exam question for Blockchain's CBDE exam

Question #: 125
Topic #: 5

Using selfdestruct(beneficiary) with the beneficiary being a contract without a payable fallback function:

Awill throw an exception, because the fallback function is non-payable and thus cannot receive ether.

Bit's impossible to secure a contract against receiving ether, because selfdestruct will always send ether to the address in the argument. This is a design decision of the Ethereum platform.

Cselfdestruct doesn't send anything to a contract, it just re-assigns the owner of the contract to a new person. Sending ether must be done outside of selfdestruct.

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Suggested Answer: B

by Dalene at Apr 06, 2026, 08:32 PM

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Evangelina

5 days ago

I’m confused about the implications of selfdestruct. Does it really just re-assign ownership? I thought it had to do with ether transfer too.

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Lashawn

10 days ago

I feel like I saw a similar question where selfdestruct was discussed, and it mentioned that it doesn't actually send ether to a contract. So maybe C is the right choice?

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Leslie

15 days ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about selfdestruct always sending ether. Could it be that option B is correct?

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Jamika

21 days ago

I think option A makes sense because if the fallback function is non-payable, it can't accept ether, right?

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