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System-Oriented Coding Exercise
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System-Oriented Coding Exercise

MediumPython

Problem

Describe how you approach a simple programming exercise followed by a system-oriented question, including how you reason about requirements and edge cases.

Implement approach_to_programming_exercise(requirements), which accepts a dictionary of boolean requirement indicators and returns the ordered preparation checklist.

For all indicators set to true, return algorithm, implementation, and system-design steps; for indicators set to false, include the corresponding clarification step.

Constraints

  • requirements contains exactly four boolean keys: input_output_defined, constraints_defined, examples_provided, and system_question.
  • Return the steps in the specified order.
  • The returned list contains at least three strings.

Function Signature

def approach_to_programming_exercise(requirements):
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