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Question
A program allows the user to enter a condition that is then used in a for loop. If the user accidentally creates an infinite loop, which error is most likely to appear?

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Responses

division by zero

division by zero

index out of range

index out of range

not enough memory

not enough memory

data type mismatch

data type mismatch
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Answer 1

If a user accidentally creates an infinite loop in a program, the most likely error that could occur is **not enough memory**. This is because an infinite loop could lead to resource exhaustion, including memory usage, especially if the loop involves creating or storing new resources continually without an exit condition.

While other errors like "division by zero" or "index out of range" may appear due to specific conditions inside the loop, they are not directly caused by the loop being infinite.

So, the correct answer is:

**not enough memory**.