If ‘PRACTICE’ is encrypted as ‘PICCTRAE’, how is ‘FLAMES’ encrypted as?

Correct answer: FMELAS

Explanation:

• For PRACTICE the encoded result is PICCTRAE. This is obtained by reading the original letters in this order of positions: 1, 6, 4, 7, 5, 2, 3, 8. Applying that order gives P I C C T R A E.

• Apply the same pattern to FLAMES (positions 1–6). Read the original letters in this order of positions: 1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6. That yields F M E L A S, i.e. "FMELAS".

Hence, FLAMES is encoded as FMELAS.