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Python Institute Exam PCEP-30-02 Topic 1 Question 13 Discussion

Actual exam question for Python Institute's PCEP-30-02 exam
Question #: 13
Topic #: 1
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How many hashes (+) does the code output to the screen?

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Suggested Answer: C

The code snippet that you have sent is a loop that checks if a variable ''floor'' is less than or equal to 0 and prints a string accordingly. The code is as follows:

floor = 5 while floor > 0: print(''+'') floor = floor - 1

The code starts with assigning the value 5 to the variable ''floor''. Then, it enters a while loop that repeats as long as the condition ''floor > 0'' is true. Inside the loop, the code prints a ''+'' symbol to the screen, and then subtracts 1 from the value of ''floor''. The loop ends when ''floor'' becomes 0 or negative, and the code exits.

The code outputs five ''+'' symbols to the screen, one for each iteration of the loop. Therefore, the correct answer is C. five.


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Mitzie
13 days ago
Seriously? Five hashes? I think you're all high. The answer is clearly D, three hashes. It's not that complicated, people.
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Sheridan
15 days ago
Haha, you guys are all over the place. I bet the real answer is C, five hashes. Just look at the nested loops, it's gotta be five!
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Nieves
16 days ago
Hold on, I think the code is actually not printing anything at all. The loop condition is false, so the loop never runs. The answer is B, zero hashes.
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Margarita
17 days ago
No way, man. I'm pretty sure the code is just printing one hash symbol. So the answer is A, one hash.
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Zita
19 days ago
Wait, isn't this just a simple loop that prints out a hash symbol three times? I think the answer is D, three hashes.
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Marisha
20 days ago
Ugh, this question is so tricky! I've stared at the code for ages and I'm still not sure what the output will be.
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