Which statement about this code snippet is accurate?
A)The loop will run 50 times.
B)The loop will never stop.
C)The loop will run at most 50 times, but may stop earlier when balance exceeds or equals targetBalance.
D)There is a compilation error.

Question

Which statement about this code snippet is accurate?  
A)The loop will run 50 times. 
B)The loop will never stop. 
C)The loop will run at most 50 times, but may stop earlier when balance exceeds or equals targetBalance. 
D)There is a compilation error.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

There is no clear indication of a compilation error in the given code snippet, so options A to D are based on runtime behaviors. The loop is implemented with a for statement with the counter variable i initialized to zero and incremented by 1 in each iteration until i is greater than or equal to 50. Therefore, option A is incorrect since the loop will run at most 50 times. Inside the loop, the balance variable is updated by adding the deposit field and subtracting the withdrawal field. Then, the if statement checks whether the new balance is greater than or equal to the targetBalance. If the condition is true, the loop will exit with the break statement. Therefore, option B is incorrect since the loop is not infinite. The most likely scenario is that the loop will iterate several times until the balance reaches the targetBalance or exceeds it. However, there is a possibility that the loop may exit earlier if the initial balance is already greater than or equal to the targetBalance, or if the deposit field is negative or the withdrawal field is positive, leading to a decreasing balance. Therefore, option C is the best choice since it acknowledges the upper bound of the loop and the conditional exit based on the balance condition.

Which Statement About This Code Snippet Is Accurate