Answer: Python Puzzler #968

The answer is D. The program prints:

8
4
Lift off!

Why?

The loop keeps going while count > 0. Each time round it prints count, then takes away 4. When count reaches 0, the condition is false, the loop stops, and the last line prints.

Trace table

A trace table follows the program step by step. Here’s this one:

count	count > 0?	new count
8	yes	4
4	yes	0
0	no (stop)

The code again

count = 8
while count > 0:
    print(count)
    count = count - 4
print("Lift off!")