Given the code fragment: String[] cartoons = {"tom", "jerry", "micky", "tom"}; int counter = 0; And, if ("tom".equals(cartoons[0])) { counter++; } else if ("tom".equals(cartoons[1])) { counter++; } el

The condition "tom".equals(cartoons[0]) evaluates to true because cartoons[0] is "tom". The counter is then incremented to 1, and since it's an if-else if chain, subsequent else if conditions are not evaluated.

'2' is incorrect because only the first if condition evaluates to true, causing the counter to increment only once.

'4' is incorrect as the counter is only incremented when the first matching if condition is met, and the else if chain prevents multiple increments for subsequent matches.

'0' is incorrect because the string 'tom' is found at cartoons[0], which increments the counter to 1.