GCSE Computer Science Python Password Validator With Flowchart AQA Edexcel OCR

Part 1: Using a flowchart to design the program:

Our password validator will permit the user 3 attempts to validate a password and open a file.

GCSE Computer science:

PyCharm free IDE:

Extension Question:

Add a design feature whereby if an incorrect password is entered 3 times then the user is redirected or blocked out from any more attempts.

[tylercoham]

Is this not cheating? (If the controlled assessment continues anyway?)