A(n) ____________ can occupy multiple consecutive lines in a program and starts with /* (a forward slash followed by an asterisk) and ends with */ (an asterisk followed by a forward slash).
A) line comment
B) block comment
C) short comment
D) documentation comment

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A block comment is a comment that can occupy multiple consecutive lines in a program and starts with /* and ends with */. Option A is incorrect because a line comment starts with // and only occupies a single line. Option C is incorrect because there is no such thing as a short comment. Option D is incorrect because a documentation comment starts with /** and is used for generating documentation from the code.

A(n) ____________ Can Occupy Multiple Consecutive Lines in a Program