Given the code fragment: public static void main (String[] args) { String name = "Rita"; int age = 14; / line n1 / } Which code fragment, when inserted at line n1, enables it to print Rita is 14…

Question

Options

• ASystem.out.println("%s is %d years old" +name+age);
• BSystem.out.println("%s is %n years old" name, age);
• CSystem.out.println(" %s is %d years old", name, age);
• DSystem.out.println("%s is %n years old", name, age);

• A
  7% (3)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  86% (38)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

Option C uses the correct format specifiers - %s for the String variable name and %d for the integer variable age - and passes all arguments with proper comma separation, which is the syntax required for formatted output methods in Java (note: in practice this syntax belongs to System.out.printf, not println, but the exam is testing your knowledge of format specifiers and argument syntax).

Why the distractors fail:

• A uses string concatenation (+) instead of format specifiers, so the literal text %s is %d years old would print verbatim, followed by Rita14.
• B has a syntax error - the comma separating the format string from the first argument is missing.
• D uses %n, which is a newline escape, not a number formatter; the age would not print correctly.

Memory tip: Think of format letters by their first letter - %s = String, %d = Digit (integer), %f = Floating-point. And %n = Newline, never a number - if you see it used as a numeric placeholder on an exam, it's a trap.

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