Correct Answer: CThe process begins at 'Decision A,' which checks if the length of 'City 1' (Manchester, length = 10) is greater than the length of 'City 2' (New York, length = 8). Since 10 > 8, this condition is true, and the flow proceeds to 'Decision B.' In 'Decision B,' the condition checks if the substring of 'City 2' from the 3rd character, 1 character long, is an empty string (''). 'York' generates a non-empty response at this position ('w'), thus the condition is false, leading to 'Decision C.' Here it checks if the first 5 characters of 'City 1' are 'manch' and if 'City 2' ends with 'York.' Since 'City 1' starts with 'Manch' (with a capital 'M'), the condition is false due to case sensitivity, leading to the Exception stage, raising a new exception.