Ruby Programming Questions and Answers – The Case Conditional Statement

This set of Ruby Programming Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “The Case Conditional Statement”.

1. What is the output of the given code?

age =  5
case age
when 0 .. 2
    puts "baby"
when 3 .. 6
    puts "little child"
when 7 .. 12
    puts "child"
when 13 .. 18
    puts "youth"
else
    puts "adult"
end

a) baby
b) adult
c) little child
d) youth
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Output:
little child

2. The following syntax is used for the ruby case statement.

case expression
when expression , expression ... then
   code ...
else
   code 
end

a) True
b) False
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3. What is the output of the given code?

age =  4
case age
puts "baby" when 0 .. 2
puts "little child" when 3 .. 6
puts "child" when 7 .. 12
puts "youth" when 13 .. 18
puts "adult" else
end

a) adult
b) youth
c) child
d) syntax error
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Output:
syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting keyword_when
puts "baby" when 0 .. 2
 syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting $end
puts "baby" when 0 .. 2

4. What is the output of the given code?

for counter in 1..5
case counter
when 0 .. 2
    puts counter
    puts "baby"
when 3 .. 6
    puts counter
    puts "little child"
when 7 .. 12
    puts counter
    puts "child"
else
    puts counter
    puts "adult"
end
end

a) adult 1..5
b) 3..6 littlechild
c) 1
baby
2
baby
3
little child
4
little child
5
little child
d) adult
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Output:
1
baby
2
baby
3
little child
4
little child
5
little child

5. What is the output of the given code?

string = gets.chomp
case string
when string = "a"
print "alphabet a"
when string = "b"
print "alphabet b"
when string = "c"
print "alphabet c"
else 
    print "some other alphabet"
end

a) alphabet a
b) b
alphabet b
c) alphabet c
d) Syntax error
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Output:
b
alphabet b

6. The expression specified by the when clause is evaluated as the left operand. If no when clauses match, case executes the code of the else clause.
a) True
b) False
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7. What is the output of the given code?

length=gets.chomp
case length.length
when length=4
print "length is 4"
when length=5
print "length is 5"
end

a) ruby
length is 4
b) ruby
length is 5
c) abc
length is 4
d) syntax error
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Output:
ruby
length is 4

8. What is the output of the given code?

length=gets.chomp
case length.reverse.length
when length=4
print "length is 4"
when length=5
print "length is 5"
end

a) ruby
length is 4
b) ruby
length is 5
c) abc
length is 4
d) syntax error
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Output:
ruby
length is 4

9. What is the output of the given code?

l=9
case l
print "ruby" when l==9
print "language" when l==10
end

a) l==9
b) l==10
c) Syntax error
d) Ruby
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Output:
syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting keyword_when
print "ruby" when l==9
 syntax error, unexpected keyword_when, expecting $end
print "ruby" when l==9

10. A case statement compares the expression specified by case and that specified by when using the === operator and executes the code of the when clause that matches.
a) True
b) False
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