PCEP Control Flow, Loops, Lists and Logic Practice Question

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For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

• ✗

  Use pass when a reading exceeds 100, so the loop silently ignores the condition and finishes normally.

  Why it's wrong here

  pass is a no-op placeholder that does nothing at all; it neither stops nor alters iteration. The loop would still examine every reading to the end, so the early-exit requirement is unmet. pass exists to satisfy syntax where a statement is required, not to control loop flow.

• ✗

  Use continue when a reading exceeds 100, so the loop skips the rest of that iteration and keeps going.

  Why it's wrong here

  continue only ends the current iteration and proceeds to the next reading, so the loop keeps examining values after the first reading above 100. The requirement is to stop checking entirely, not to skip ahead. Using continue here inspects every remaining element, which contradicts the intended early exit.

• ✓

  Use break when a reading exceeds 100, so the loop ends immediately and no further readings are checked.

  Why this is correct

  break terminates the innermost enclosing loop at once, so as soon as a reading greater than 100 appears, no subsequent readings are examined. That exactly matches the requirement to stop early. Execution resumes at the first statement after the loop, where the script can act on the detected condition.

• ✗

  Use else on the for loop, so the loop stops when a reading exceeds 100.

  Why it's wrong here

  A for-else clause does not stop anything; the else block simply runs after the loop finishes without a break. If the loop never breaks, else executes, but it has no power to end iteration early. This construct reports completion, it does not provide early termination for the condition described.

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