---
id: 6620d86f3f8def0d220fe3d8
title: Task 19
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-19
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Sarah: Now, let's talk about error handling. If you encounter potential issues, it's a good idea to use conditional statements to handle them gracefully. Tom: So I should include conditional statements to manage them? -->

# --description--

Listen to the audio and answer the question.

# --questions--

## --text--

In his response, what is Tom referring to by `them`?

## --answers--

Conditional statements

### --feedback--

Tom is not referring to the conditional statements themselves, but to what these statements will manage.

---

Error handling techniques

### --feedback--

While error handling is the broader topic, Tom is specifically referring to something within this context that needs management.

---

Potential issues

---

Programming languages

### --feedback--

Tom's reference is not about programming languages, but about a specific aspect within the topic of error handling.

## --video-solution--

3

# --scene--

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