Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is false?

• A) The function modify_elements multiplies each element of its list argument by 2: def modify_elements(items):
• """"Multiplies all element values in items by 2."""
• For i in range(len(items)):
• Items[i] *= 2
• B) Part (a)'s function modify_elements' items parameter receives a reference to the original list, so the statement in the loop's suite modifies each element in the original list object.
• C) When you pass a tuple to a function, attempting to modify the tuple's immutable elements results in a TypeError.
• D) Tuples may contain mutable objects, such as lists, but those objects cannot be modified when a tuple is passed to a function.

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