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Python Questions and Answers Lists 2

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Python Questions and Answers – Lists – 2

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August 6, 2017

1. What will be the output of the following Python code?

1. >>>names = ['Amir', 'Bear', 'Charlton', 'Daman']

2. >>>print(names[-1][-1])

a) A
b) Daman
c) Error
d) n
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Answer: d
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.
2. What will be the output of the following Python code?

1. names1 = ['Amir', 'Bear', 'Charlton', 'Daman']

2. names2 = names1

3. names3 = names1[:]

4. names2[0] = 'Alice'

5. names3[1] = 'Bob'

6. sum = 0

7. for ls in (names1, names2, names3):

8. if ls[0] == 'Alice':

9. sum += 1

10. if ls[1] == 'Bob':

11. sum += 10

12. print sum

a) 11
b) 12
c) 21
d) 22
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Answer: b
Explanation: When assigning names1 to names2, we create a second reference to the
same list. Changes to names2 affect names1. When assigning the slice of all elements in
names1 to names3, we are creating a full copy of names1 which can be modified
independently.
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3. Suppose list1 is [1, 3, 2], What is list1 * 2?
a) [2, 6, 4]
b) [1, 3, 2, 1, 3]
c) [1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2]
d) [1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1]
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Answer: c
Explanation: Execute in the shell and verify.
4. Suppose list1 = [0.5 * x for x in range(0, 4)], list1 is:
a) [0, 1, 2, 3]
b) [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
c) [0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5]
d) [0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0]
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.
5. What will be the output of the following Python code?

1. >>>list1 = [11, 2, 23]

2. >>>list2 = [11, 2, 2]

3. >>>list1 < list2

a) True
b) False
c) Error
d) None
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Elements are compared one by one.
6. To add a new element to a list we use which command?
a) list1.add(5)
b) list1.append(5)
c) list1.addLast(5)
d) list1.addEnd(5)
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Answer: b
Explanation: We use the function append to add an element to the list.
7. To insert 5 to the third position in list1, we use which command?
a) list1.insert(3, 5)
b) list1.insert(2, 5)
c) list1.add(3, 5)
d) list1.append(3, 5)
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Answer: b
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.
8. To remove string “hello” from list1, we use which command?
a) list1.remove(“hello”)
b) list1.remove(hello)
c) list1.removeAll(“hello”)
d) list1.removeOne(“hello”)
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Answer: a
Explanation: Execute in the shell to verify.
9. Suppose list1 is [3, 4, 5, 20, 5], what is list1.index(5)?
a) 0
b) 1
c) 4
d) 2
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: Execute help(list.index) to get details.
10. Suppose list1 is [3, 4, 5, 20, 5, 25, 1, 3], what is list1.count(5)?
a) 0
b) 4
c) 1
d) 2
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Answer: d

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