Case 4-1 Brian is trying his best to understand the concept of variable scope, so he calls his friend Molly for guidance. Brian has defined another variable called strNumberOfSingers within a procedure, and he asks Molly what the lifetime of that variable is. What does she tell him?
A) It is "alive" for the entire duration of the program.
B) It is "alive" with the same contents during all executions of the procedure by the program.
C) It is "alive" until the procedure is called by the larger program.
D) It is "alive" from the time the procedure begins executing until the procedure ends.

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The variable strNumberOfSingers has a local scope which means that it is only "alive" from the time the procedure begins executing until the procedure ends. Once the procedure ends, the variable is automatically destroyed, and its contents are not available for further use in the program.

Case 4-1 Brian Is Trying His Best to Understand the Concept