Software Design Using C++

Review of Decision Statements

Answering the Question

You selected Answer C, shown below. This is incorrect. Consider, for example, the value of 77 for NumGrade. The section of code below first assigns the value 'C' to Ch, then assigns 'D' to Ch, then assigns 'F' to Ch. Thus, when Ch is returned, it is the 'F' that is returned. In fact, this function always returns an 'F', except in the case of negative values (for which it returns an 'I'). Go back and see if you can find the correct answer.

/* Given:  NumGrade   A numeric grade (whole number).
   Task:   To find the corresponding letter grade.
   Return: This letter grade in the function name.
*/
char LetterGrade(int NumGrade)
   {
   char Ch;

   if (NumGrade > 100)
      Ch = 'I';
   if (NumGrade >= 90)
      Ch = 'A';
   if (NumGrade >= 80)
      Ch = 'B';
   if (NumGrade >= 70)
      Ch = 'C';
   if (NumGrade >= 60)
      Ch = 'D';
   if (NumGrade >= 0)
      Ch = 'F';
   if (NumGrade < 0)
      Ch = 'I';

   return Ch;
   }

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