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Rule Roundup game - question #135 arguable wording

 
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Hello Gentlemen,

Here is the question #135 in Rule Roundup game:

(#135) In switch construct, default statement will execute if no case values match switch () argument.

True
False

has a "correct" answer True, with explanation:
If there are no matching cases found, the default will run.

This is obviously true, however this is not the only case. Exactly when a case is hit, and the statement under the case and all subsequent cases doesnt have break keyword, the execution will "fall-through" to the default label, if its the last in the switch.

Am I the only one who keeps stepping into this? Maybe the wording of the question should be shuffled around a bit?

Thanks,
Ilya.
 
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The wording seems fine to me. The question doesn't say that the statements in the default part will execute ONLY if no case label matched the switch argument. That would've been wrong. Also you can say that what if default is not there (as it is optional)....
 
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