emitting light and changing energy levels

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I was working on this question:
"An excited hydrogen atom emits light with a frequency of 1/14 x 10^14 Hz to reach the energy level n=4. In what principle quantum level did the electron begin?"

I thought that atoms only emit light when they're moving down quantum levels by emitting a photon, but this is saying that the atom is emitting light but also is "excited" which would indicate that it's moving up energy levels. I feel like this question is contradicting itself, but maybe I'm just confused.

Please let me know what you guys think and if anyone gets an answer please let me know so we can compare!

[Arielle Sass 2A]

Hi,
I think an "excited" electron means one that is already in the "excited" state, as in it is at a higher energy level n than it originally was, before it absorbed any light. So when the excited atom emits light, the electron moves back down to a lower energy level and becomes, at least partially, "un"-excited.
I don't have the answer but when doing the calculations, I would set n=4 as the final energy level and solve for initial.