For the Questions Below, Refer to the Following Recursive Factorial

question 64

Multiple Choice

For the questions below, refer to the following recursive factorial method.
public int factorial(int x)
{
if (x > 1) return x * factorial (x - 1) ;
else return 1;
}
-How many times is the factorial method invoked if originally called with factorial(5) ? Include the original method call in your counting.

• A) 1
• B) 4
• C) 5
• D) 6
• E) 7

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