QUESTION 269 What is the expected result of the following code? try: raise Exception except: print("c") except BaseException: print("a") except Exception: print("b")

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Options

• A1
• Ba
• CThe code will cause a syntax error.
• Db

• A
  9% (3)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  82% (27)
• D
  6% (2)

Explanation

Option C is correct because Python enforces a strict ordering rule: a bare except: clause (with no exception type specified) must always be the last except block in a try statement. Placing except BaseException and except Exception after the bare except: violates this rule, and Python raises a SyntaxError: default 'except:' must be last at parse time, before any code runs.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (1): Nothing in the code ever prints 1; this is a red herring.
• B (a): except BaseException would only execute if the bare except: weren't there - but the code never runs at all due to the syntax error.
• D (b): Similarly, except Exception is unreachable for the same reason; execution never begins.

Memory tip: Think of bare except: as a "catch-all net" - once you cast it, there's nothing left to catch, so Python won't let you add more nets after it. If bare except: isn't last, the file won't even load.

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