Question

4.21 LAB: Detective Work (Python)

Using a list help Dr. Pepper investigate a crime. He usually asks 5 questions to each person he interviews:

1. "Did you call the victim?"
2. "Were you in the crime scene?"
3. "Do you live close to the victim?"
4. "Did you owe money to the victim?"
5. "Have you ever worked with the victim?"

The answers are always either "Yes" or "No".

Print the list after you record all the answers.

Your program must give a final verdict about the participation of that person in the crime. If there are 2 positive answers this person must be classified as "Suspect". For 3 or 4 positive answers the classification is "Accomplice", and for 5 positive answers the classification is "Killer". Otherwise, this person should be classified as "Innocent".

For example, if the input is:

No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

The expected output is:

The recorded answers were ['No', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'No']

The verdict is: Accomplice.

Answer 1

Program Code to Copy

answers = []
##Taking answers and appending it to answers list
answers.append(input("Did you call the victim? "))
answers.append(input("Were you in the crime scene? "))
answers.append(input("Do you live close to the victim? "))
answers.append(input("Did you owe money to the victim? "))
answers.append(input("Have you ever worked with the victim? "))

print("\nThe recorded answers were ", answers)
print()

#Initiallising ansery count as zero
yesCount = 0
noCount = 0
#Traversing answer list to get positive and negative answer count
for ans in answers :

if ans == 'Yes' :
yesCount = yesCount + 1
elif ans == 'No' :
noCount = noCount + 1
  
#Displaying Verdict
#If 3 or 4 Positive answers then Accomplice
if yesCount == 3 or yesCount == 4:
print("The verdict is: Accomplice.")

#If 5 Positive answers then Killer   
elif yesCount == 5:
print("The verdict is: Killer.")

#else Innocent   
else :
print("The verdict is: Innocent.")

Program Screenshot

Program Output