Part 4 Textbook Exercises - Functions

def findTheMaxValue(num1, num2):

maxVal = 0

if (num1 > num2) : # if num1 is greater than num2,

maxVal = num1 # then num1 is the maximum value.

else : # Otherwise,

maxVal = num2 # num2 is the maximum value.

return maxVal

numA = 4 ; numB = 11

numC = 13 ; numD = 7

maxSum = 0

maxSum = maxSum + findTheMaxValue(numA, numC)

maxSum = maxSum + findTheMaxValue(numD, numB)

# the result

print("the maximum_sum is :", maxSum)

For the these exercises, refer to the above function definition and the above function call.

(1) ( Functions )

Predict the result when the above code statements are executed.

(a) 24 (b) 11 (c) 143 (d) 28 (e) 13

(2) ( Functions )

How many parameters does the function named findTheMaxValue have?

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 (e) 4

(3) ( Functions )

Which of these variables is a parameter of the findTheMaxValue function?

(a) num1 (b) maxVal (c) maxSum (d) numB (e) numA

(4) ( Functions )

Which of these variables is local to the findTheMaxValue function?

(a) numC (b) maxVal (c) maxSum (d) numB (e) numA

(5) ( Functions )

Which of these variables is defined outside the findTheMaxValue function definition?

(a) numC (b) numB (c) numA (d) numD (e) all of these