This question belongs to Swift Programming Language , specifically the objectives covering functions , control flow , and default parameter values . The function is declared as func getAgeCategory(_ age: Int = 20) - > Int, which means if no argument is supplied, Swift uses the default value 20. Apple’s Swift documentation explains that you can define a default value for any parameter, and that value is used when the caller omits that argument. Since the code calls getAgeCategory() with no parameter, the function executes using age = 20.
The conditional logic is then evaluated in order:
if age > 64 → false, because 20 is not greater than 64
else if age > 19 → true, because 20 is greater than 19
so the function returns 2
Because Swift’s if / else if control flow stops at the first true condition, the later checks are never reached once age > 19 succeeds. Apple describes Swift as supporting standard control flow including conditional branching, and this example is a direct use of that branching behavior.
Therefore, print(getAgeCategory()) outputs 2 , which corresponds to option B .
