The term "exception propagation" means
A) an exception is caught by the first catch clause
B) an exception not caught by the first catch clause is caught by an outer (enclosing) catch clause
C) exceptions are caught, sequentially, by catch clauses in the current try block
D) exceptions always are caught by the outermost try block
E) none of the above

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E) Exception propagation means that an exception is caught by a matching catch clause at the current try block level, and if none matches, then at the next enclosing try block level, and so forth, until the exception either has been caught by a matching clause or the exception passes out of the main routine and is caught by the Java Virtual Machine.

The Term "Exception Propagation" Means