PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes

Module 1 Test Answers

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PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes Module
1 Test Answers
1. The \n digraph forces the print() function to:
 output exactly two characters: \ and n
 duplicate the character next to the digraph
 stop its execution
 break the output line
2. The meaning of the keyword parameter is determined by:
 its position within the argument list
 its value
 its connection with existing variables
 the argument’s name specified along with its value
3. The value twenty point twelve times ten raised to the power of eight
should be written as:
 20E12.8
 20.12E8
 20.12*10^8
 20.12E8.0
4. The 0o prefix means that the number after it is denoted as:
 decimal
 binary
 octal
 hexadecimal
5. The ** operator:
 performs exponentiation
 performs duplicated multiplication
 does not exist
 performs floating-point multiplication
6. The result of the following division:
1/1
 is equal to 1
 cannot be evaluated
 cannot be predicted
 is equal to 1.0
7. Only one of the following statements is false – which one?
 multiplication precedes addition
 the result of the / operator is always an integer value
 the right argument of the % operator cannot be zero
  the ** operator uses right sided binding
8. Left-sided binding determines that the result of the following
expression
1 // 2 * 3
is equal to:
 0.0
 4.5
 0
 0.16666666666666666
9. One of the following variables’ names is illegal – which one?
 true
 tRUE
 True
 TRUE
10. The print() function can output values of:
 any number of arguments (excluding zero)
 just one argument
 any number of arguments (including zero)
 not more than five arguments
11. What is the output of the following snippet?
x=1
y=2
z=x
x=y
y=z
print(x,y)
 12
 21
 11
 22
12. What is the output of the following snippet if the user enters
two lines containing 2 and 4 respectively?
x=input()
y=input()
print(x+y)
 6
 24
 4
 2
13. What is the output of the following snippet if the user enters
two lines containing 2 and 4 respectively?
 x=int(input())
y=int(input())
x=x//y
y=y//x
print(y)
 2.0
 the code will cause a runtime error
 4.0
 8.0
14. What is the output of the following piece of code if the user
enters two lines containing 2 and 4 respectively?
x=int(input())
y=int(input())
x=x/y
y=y/x
print(y)
 the code will cause a runtime error
 8.0
 4.0
 2.0
15. What is the output of the following snippet if the user enters
two lines containing 11 and 4 respectively?
x=int(input())
y=int(input())
x=x%y
x=x%y
y=y%x
print(y)
 3
 2
 1
 4
16. What is the output of the following snippet if the user enters
two lines containing 3 and 6 respectively?
x=input()
y=int(input())
print(x*y)
 36
 18
 333333
 666
17. What is the output of the following snippet?
 z=y=x=1
print(x,y,z,sep=’*’)
 111
 xyz
 1*1*1
 x*y*z
18. What is the output of the following snippet?
x = 2 + 3 * 5.
print(X)
 the snippet will cause an execution error
 17
 17.0
 25.0
19. What is the output of the following snippet?
x = 1 / 2 + 3 // 3 + 4 ** 2
print(x)
 17
 17.5
 8.5
 8
20. What is the output of the following snippet if the user enters
two lines containing 2 and 4 respectively?
x=int(input())
y=int(input())
print(x+y)
 4
 2
 24
 6

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Module 2 Test Answers
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PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes Module
2 Test Answers
1. An operator able to check whether two values are equal is coded as:
 =
 ===
 ==
  !=
2. The value eventually assigned to x is equal to:
x=1
x = x == x
 False
 1
 True
 0
3. How many stars will the following snippet send to the console?
i=0
while i <= 3 :
i += 2
print(“*”)
 two
 zero
 one
 three
4. How many stars will the following snippet send to the console?
i=0
while i <= 5 :
i += 1
if i % 2 == 0:
break
print(“*”)
 zero
 one
 two
 three
5. How many hashes will the following snippet send to the console?
for i in range(1):
print(“#”)
else:
print(“#”)
 one
 two
 zero
 three
6. How many hashes will the following snippet send to the console?
var = 0
while var < 6:
var += 1
 if var % 2 == 0:
continue
print(“#”)
 two
 zero
 one
 three
7. How many hashes will the following snippet send to the console?
var = 1
while var < 10:
print(“#”)
var = var << 1
 eight
 one
 four
 two
8. What value will be assigned to the x variable?
z = 10
y=0
x = y < z and z > y or y > z and z < y
 0
 1
 True
 False
9. What is the output of the following snippet?
a=1
b=0
c=a&b
d=a|b
e=a^b
print(c + d + e)
 1
 3
 2
 0
10. What is the output of the following snippet?
lst = [3, 1, -2]
print(lst[lst[-1]])
 1
 -2
 3
  -1
11. What is the output of the following snippet?
lst = [1,2,3,4]
print(lst[-3:-2])
 [2,3,4]
 [2]
 []
 [2,3]
12. The second assignment:
vals = [0, 1, 2]
vals[0], vals[2] = vals[2], vals[0]
 doesn’t change the list
 extends the list
 shortens the list
 reverses the list
13. After execution of the following snippet, the sum of all vals
elements will be equal to:
vals = [0, 1, 2]
vals.insert(0,1)
del vals[1]
 2
 5
 3
 4
14. Take a look at the snippet, and choose the true statement:
nums = [1,2,3]
vals = nums
del vals[1:2]
 nums is longer than vals
 vals is longer than nums
 nums and vals are of the same length
 the snippet will cause a runtime error
15. Which of the following sentences is true?
nums = [1,2,3]
vals = nums[-1:-2]
 nums is longer than vals
 nums and vals are of the same length
 the snippet will cause a runtime error
 vals is longer than nums
16. What is the output of the following snippet?
 l1 = [1,2,3]
l2 = []
for v in l1:
l2.insert(0,v)
print(l2)
 [3,2,1]
 [1,2,3]
 [3,3,3]
 [1,1,1]
17. What is the output of the following snippet?
l1 = [1,2,3]
for v in range(len(l1)):
l1.insert(1,l1[v])
print(l1)
 [1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1]
 [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]
 [3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3]
 [1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3]
18. How many elements does the L list contain?
L = [i for i in range(-1,2)]
 one
 four
 three
 two
19. What is the output of the following snippet?
T = [[3-i for i in range (3)] for j in range (3)]
s=0
for i in range(3):
s += T[i][i]
print(s)
 4
 2
 7
 6
20. What is the output of the following snippet?
L = [[0, 1, 2, 3] for i in range(2)]
print(L[2][0])
 the snippet will cause a runtime error
 1
 2
 0
PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes
Module 3 Test Answers
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PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes Module
3 Test Answers
1. Which of the following lines properly starts a parameterless function
definition?
 function fun():
 def fun:
 fun function():
 def fun():
2. A function defined in the following way:
def function(x=0):
return x
 may be invoked without any argument, or with just one
 must be invoked without arguments
 must be invoked with exactly one argument
 may be invoked with any number of arguments (including zero)
3. A built-in function is a function which:
 has to be imported before use
 is hidden from programmers
 has been placed within your code by another programmer
 comes with Python, and is an integral part of Python
4. The fact that tuples belong to sequence types means:
 they can be modified using the del instruction
 they can be indexed and sliced like lists
 they are actually lists
 they can be extended using the .append() method
5. What is the output of the following snippet?
def f(x):
if x == 0:
return 0
return x + f(x – 1)
print(f(3))

 the code is erroneous

 3
 1
 6
6. What is the output of the following snippet?
 def fun(x):
x += 1
return x
x=2
x = fun(x+1)
print(x)

 the code is erroneous

 4
 5
 3
7. What code would you insert into the commented line to obtain the
output that reads:
a
b
c
Code:
dct = { }
lst = [‘a’,’b’,’c’,’d’]
for i in range(len(lst) – 1):
dct[lst[i]] = ( lst[i], )
for i in sorted(dct.keys()):
k = dct[i]
# insert your code
 print(k[0])
 print(k)
 print(k[“0”])
 print(k[‘0’])
8. The following snippet:
def func(a,b):
return a ** a
print(func(2))

 will output 2
 is erroneous
 will return None
 will output 4
9. The following snippet:
def func1(a):
return a ** a
def func2(a):
 return func1(a)*func1(a)
print(func2(2))
 is erroneous
 will output 2
 will output 4
 will output 16
10. Which of the following lines properly starts a function using
two parameters, both with zeroed default values?
 def fun(a=b=0):
 fun fun(a,b=0):
 fun fun(a=0,b):
 def fun(a=0,b=0):
11. Which of the following statements is false?
 The None value cannot be used as an argument of arithmetic operators
 The None value can be assigned to variables
 The None value may not be used outside functions
 The None value can be compared with variables
12. What is the output of the following snippet?
def fun(x):
if x % 2 == 0:
return 1
else:
return
print(fun(fun(2)) + 1)
 the code will cause a runtime error
 1
 None
 2
13. What is the output of the following snippet?
def fun(x):
global y
y=x*x
return y
fun(2)
print(y)
 2
 4
 None
 the code will cause a runtime error
14. What is the output of the following snippet?
 def any():
print(var + 1,end=”)
var = 1
any()
print(var)
 22
 21
 11
 12
15. Assuming that tuple is a correctly created tuple, the fact that
tuples are immutable means that the following instruction:
tuple[1] = tuple[1] + tuple[0]
 is illegal
 is fully correct
 can be executed if and only if the tuple contains at least two elements
 may be illegal if the tuple contains strings
16. What is the output of the following snippet?
list = [‘Mary’, ‘had’, ‘a’, ‘little’, ‘lamb’]
def list(L):
del L[3]
L[3] = ‘ram’
print(list(list))
 [‘Mary’, ‘had’, ‘a’, ‘ram’]
 [‘Mary’, ‘had’, ‘a’, ‘little’, ‘lamb’]
 the snippet is erroneous
 [‘Mary’, ‘had’, ‘a’, ‘lamb’]
17. What is the output of the following snippet?
def fun(x,y,z):
return x+2*y+3*z
print(fun(0,z=1,y=3))
 3
 the snippet is erroneous
 0
 9
18. What is the output of the following snippet?
def fun(inp=2,out=3):
return inp * out
print(fun(out=2))
 6
 4
 2
  the snippet is erroneous
19. What is the output of the following snippet?
dct = { ‘one’:’two’, ‘three’:’one’, ‘two’:’three’ }
v = dct[‘one’]
for k in range(len(dct)):
v = dct[v]
print(v)
 two
 three
 (‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’)
 one
20. What is the output of the following snippet?
tup = (1, 2, 4, 8)
tup = tup[1:-1]
tup = tup[0]
print(tup)
 the snippet is erroneous
 (2)
 (2,)
 2

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Module 4 Test Answers
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PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes Module
4 Test Answers
1. Knowing that a function named fun() resides in a module named mod,
choose the proper way to import it:
 import fun from mod
 import fun
 from mod import fun
 from fun import mod
2. Knowing that a function named fun() resides in a module named mod,
and it has been imported using the following line:
import mod
choose the way it can be invoked in your code:
 mod.fun()
 mod::fun()
  fun()
 mod->fun()
3. A function returning a list of all entities available in a module is
called:
 content()
 dir()
 entities()
 listmodule()
4. The pyc file contains:
 compiled Python code
 a Python interpreter
 a Python compiler
 Python source code
5. When a module is imported, its contents:
 are executed once (implicitly)
 are executed as many times as they are imported
 are ignored
 may be executed (explicitly)
6. A predefined Python variable, storing the current module name, is
called:
 __modname__
 __name__
 __mod__
 __module__
7. The following statement:
from a.b import c
causes the import of:
 entity c from module b from package a
 entity a from module b from package c
 entity c from module a from package b
 entity b from module a from package c
8. Entering the try: block implies that:
 the block will be omitted
 all of the instructions from this block will be executed
 some of the instructions from this block may not be executed
 none of the instructions from this block will be executed
9. The unnamed except: block:
 must be the last one
 cannot be used if any named block has been used
 can be placed anywhere
 must be the first one
10. The top-most Python exception is named:
 BaseException
  Exception
 TopException
 PythonException
11. The following statement:
assert var == 0
 will stop the program when var != 0
 is erroneous
 has no effect
 will stop the program when var == 0
12. ASCII is:
 a predefined Python variable name
 a standard Python module name
 a character name
 short for American Standard Code for Information Interchange
13. UTF-8 is:
 a synonym for “byte”
 a form of encoding Unicode code points
 the 9th version of the UTF standard
 a Python version name
14. UNICODE is a standard:
 honored by the whole universe
 for coding floating-point numbers
 used by coders from universities
 like ASCII, but much more expansive
15. The following code
x = ‘\”
print(len(x))
prints:
 1
 0
 3
 2
16. The following code:
print(ord(‘c’) – ord(‘a’))
prints:
 3
 2
 0
 1
17. The following code
 print(chr(ord(‘z’) – 2))
prints:
 x
 a
 z
 y
18. The following code
print(3 * ‘abc’ + ‘xyz’)
prints:
 abcabcabcxyz
 abcabcxyzxyz
 xyzxyzxyzxyz
 abcxyzxyzxyz
19. The following code
print(‘Mike’ > “Mikey”)
prints:
 0
 False
 1
 True
20. The following code:
print(float(“1,3”))
 prints 1,3
 prints 1.3
 raises a ValueError exception
 prints 13

PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes

Module 5 Test Answers
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PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes Module
5 Test Answers
1. A data structure described as LIFO is actually a:
 list
 heap
 tree
 stack
2. If the class’s constructor is declared as below, which one of the
assignments is valid?
class Class:
def __init__(self):
pass
 object = Class(object)
 object = Class(self)
 object = Class
 object = Class()
3. If there is a superclass named A and a subclass named B, which one
of the presented invocations should you put instead of a comment?
class A:
def __init__(self):
self.a = 1
class B:
def __init__(self):
# put selected line here
self.a = 2
 __init__()
 A.__init__()
 A.__init__(self)
 A.__init__(1)
4. What will be the effect of running the following code?
class A:
def __init__(self,v):
self.__a = v + 1
a = A(0)
print(a.__a)
 it will print 0
 it will print 2
 it will print 1
 it will raise an AttributeError exception
5. What will be the output of the following code?
class A:
def __init__(self,v = 1):
 self.v = v
def set(self,v):
self.v = v
return v
a = A()
print(a.set(a.v + 1))
 3
 0
 1
 2
6. What will be the output of the following code?
class A:
X=0
def __init__(self,v = 0):
self.Y = v
A.X += v
a = A()
b = A(1)
c = A(2)
print(c.X)
 0
 2
 3
 1
7. What will be the output of the following code?
class A:
A=1
print(hasattr(A,’A’))
 0
 False
 1
 True
8. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
 def __init__(self):
pass
a = A(1)
print(hasattr(a,’A’))
 it will print False
 it will print 1
 it will print True
 it will raise an exception
9. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
def __str__(self):
return ‘a’
class B(A):
def __str__(self):
return ‘b’
class C(B):
pass
o = C()
print(o)
 it will raise an exception
 it will print a
 it will print c
 it will print b
10. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
pass
class B(A):
pass
class C(B):
pass
print(issubclass(C,A))
 it will raise an exception
 it will print True
  it will print 1
 it will print False
11. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
def a(self):
print(‘a’)
class B:
def a(self):
print(‘b’)
class C(B,A):
def c(self):
self.a()
o = C()
o.c()
 it will print c
 it will print a
 it will raise an exception
 it will print b
12. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
def __str__(self):
return ‘a’
class B(A):
def __str__(self):
return ‘b’
class C(B):
pass
o = C()
print(o)
 it will print b
 it will raise an exception
 it will print a
 it will print c
13. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
v=2
class B(A):
v=1
class C(B):
pass
o = C()
print(o.v)
 it will print an empty line
 it will print 2
 it will raise an exception
 it will print 1
14. What will be the result of executing the following code?
def f(x):
try:
x=x/x
except:
print(“a”,end=”)
else:
print(“b”,end=”)
finally:
print(“c”,end=”)
f(1)
f(0)
 it will print bcbc
 it will print bcac
 it will print acac
 it will raise an unhandled exception ]
15. What will be the result of executing the following code?
try:
raise Exception(1,2,3)
 except Exception as e:
print(len(e.args))
 it will print 2
 it will print 1
 it will raise an unhandled exception
 it will print 3
16. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class Ex(Exception):
def __init__(self,msg):
Exception.__init__(self,msg + msg)
self.args = (msg,)
try:
raise Ex(‘ex’)
except Ex as e:
print(e)
except Exception as e:
print(e)
 it will raise an unhandled exception
 it will print an empty line
 it will print exex
 it will print ex
17. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class I:
def __init__(self):
self.s = ‘abc’
self.i = 0
def __iter__(self):
return self
def __next__(self):
if self.i == len(self.s):
raise StopIteration
v = self.s[self.i]
 self.i += 1
return v
for x in I():
print(x,end=”)
 it will print cba
 it will print 210
 it will print 012
 it will print abc
18. What will be the result of executing the following code?
def I():
s = ‘abcdef’
for c in s[::2]:
yield c
for x in I():
print(x,end=”)
 it will print an empty line
 it will print bdf
 it will print abcdef
 it will print ace
19. What will be the result of executing the following code?
def I(n):
s = ‘+’
for i in range(n):
s += s
yield s
for x in I(2):
print(x,end=”)
 it will print +
 it will print +++
 it will print ++++++
 it will print ++
20. What will be the result of executing the following code?
def o(p):
def q():
 return ‘*’ * p
return q
r = o(1)
s = o(2)
print(r() + s())
 it will print ***
 it will print **
 it will print ****
 it will print *
21. When a file is opened in read mode, it:
 it must exist (an exception will be raised otherwise)
 it cannot exist (it has to be created every time)
 it will be deleted if it exists
 it doesn’t have to exist (it will be created if absent)
22. If you want to open a text file in append mode, you would use
the following mode string:
 t+a
 at
 a+t
 at+
23. The sys.stdin stream is normally associated with a:
 null device
 keyboard
 printer
 screen
24. The strerror function comes from the OS module, and it’s
designed to:
 raise a string exception
 translate an error description from one language to another
 translate an error description into an error number
 translate an error number into an error description
25. If s is a stream opened in read mode, the following line
q = s.read(1)
will:
 read 1 buffer from the stream
 read 1 kilobyte from the stream
 read 1 character from the stream
 read 1 line from the stream
26. How does the readline() method react when the end-of-file
occurs?
  it returns eof
 it returns -1
 it returns an empty string
 it raises an exception
27. The readlines() method returns a:
 list
 dictionary
 tuple
 string
28. Assuming that the open() invocation has gone successfully, the
following snippet will:
for x in open(‘file’,’rt’):
print(x)
 read the file line by line
 read the file character by character
 cause an exception
 read the whole file at once
29. The byte array class can create objects which are designed to:
 build arrays 1 byte in size
 convert tuples into lists
 convert lists into tuples
 store amorphic data organized in bytes
30. If you want to fill a byte array with data read in from a stream,
you use the:
 read() method
 readinto() method
 readfrom() method
 readbytes() method

PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes

Summary Test 1 Answers
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PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python
Quizzes Summary Test 1 Answers
1. What is the output of the following snippet?
l1 = [1,2]
for v in range(2):
l1.insert(-1,l1[v])
print(l1)
 [1, 2, 2, 2]
  [1, 1, 1, 2]
 [1, 2, 1, 2]
 [1, 1, 2, 2]
2. The meaning of a positional argument is determined by:
 the argument’s name specified along with its value
 its connection with existing variables
 its value
 its position within the argument list
3. Which of the following sentences are true? Choose all that apply.
nums = [1,2,3]
vals = nums
 vals is longer than nums
 nums is longer than vals
 nums and vals are different names of the same list
 nums and vals are different lists
4. An operator able to check whether two values are not equal is coded
as:
 not ==
 <>
 !=
 =/=
5. The following snippet:
def func1(a):
return None
def func2(a):
return func1(a)*func1(a)
print(func2(2))
 will output 2
 will cause a runtime error
 will output 4
 will output 16
6. The result of the following division:
1 // 2
 cannot be predicted
 is equal to 0.5
 is equal to 0.0
 is equal to 0
7. The following snippet:
def func(a,b):
return b ** a

print(func(b=2,2))
 will output 4
 is erroneous
 will return None
 will output 2
8. What value will be assigned to the x variable?
z = 0
y = 10
x = y < z and z > y or y > z and z < y
 0
 False
 1
 True
9. One of the following variables’ names is illegal – which one?
 in_
 IN
 in
 In
10. What is the output of the following snippet?
list = [x*x for x in range(5)]
def fun(L):
del L[L[2]]
return L

print(fun(list))
 [0, 1, 4, 16]
 [1, 4, 9, 16]
 [0, 1, 4, 16]
 [0, 1, 4, 9]
11. What is the output of the following piece of code?
x=1
y=2
x, y, z = x, x, y
z, y, z = x, y, z
print(x,y,z)
 112
 122
 212
 121
12. What will the output of the following snippet?
a = 1
b = 0
a = a ^ b
b = a ^ b
a = a ^ b
print(a,b)
 01
 10
 00
 11
13. What is the output of the following snippet?
 def fun(x):
if x % 2 == 0:
return 1
else:
return 2

print(fun(fun(2)))
 None
 1
 the code will cause a runtime error
 2
14. Take a look at the snippet and choose the true statement:
nums = [1,2,3]
vals = nums
del vals[:]
 nums and vals are different names of the same list
 vals is longer than nums
 the snippet will cause a runtime error
 nums and vals are different lists
15. What is the output of the following piece of code if the user
enters two lines containing 3 and 2 respectively?
x=int(input())
y=int(input())
x = x % y
x = x % y
y = y % x
print(y)
 2
 1
 0
 3
16. What is the output of the following piece of code if the user
enters two lines containing 3 and 6 respectively?
y=input()
x=input()
print(x+y)
 6
 3
 36
 63
17. What is the output of the following piece of code?
print(“a”,”b”,”c”,sep=”sep”)
 abc
 asepbsepcsep
 asepbsepc
 abc
18. What is the output of the following piece of code?
 X = 1 // 5 + 1 / 5
print(X)
 0.4
 0.0
 0.2
 0
19. Assuming that the tuple is a correctly created tuple, the fact
that tuples are immutable means that the following instruction:
tuple[1] = tuple[1] + tuple[0]
 is fully correct
 is illegal
 may be illegal if the tuple contains strings
 can be executed if and only if the tuple contains at least two elements
20. What is the output of the following piece of code if the user
enters two lines containing 2 and 4 respectively?
x=float(input())
y=float(input())
print(y ** (1/x))
 4.0
 2.0
 1.0
 0.0
21. What is the output of the following snippet?
dct = { ‘one’:’two’, ‘three’:’one’, ‘two’:’three’ }
v = dct[‘three’]
for k in range(len(dct)):
v = dct[v]
print(v)
 two
 three
 one
 (‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’)
22. How many elements does the L list contain?
L = [i for i in range(-1,-2)]
 1
 2
 0
 3
23. Which of the following lines improperly invokes the function
defined as:
def fun(a,b,c=0)
Choose all that apply.
 fun(b=1):
 fun(a=1,b=0,c=0):
 fun(a=0,b=0):
 fun(0,1,2):
24. What is the output of the following snippet?
def fun(x,y):
if x == y:
return x
else:
return fun(x,y-1)

print(fun(0,3))
 0
 1
 the snippet will cause a runtime error
 2
25. How many stars will the following snippet send to the console?
i = 0
while i < i + 2 :
i += 1
print(“*”)
else:
print(“*”)
 the snippet will enter an infinite loop
 zero
 one
 two
26. What is the output of the following snippet?
tup = (1, 2, 4, 8)
tup = tup[-2:-1]
tup = tup[-1]
print(tup)
 4
 (4)
 44
 (4,)
27. What is the output of the following snippet?
dd = { “1”:”0″, “0”:”1″ }
for x in dd.vals():
print(x,end=””)
 10
 the code is erroneous
 00
 01
28. What is the output of the following snippet?
dct = {}
dct[‘1’] = (1,2)
dct[‘2’] = (2,1)
for x in dct.keys():
print(dct[x][1],end=””)
 21
  (1,2)
 (2,1)
 12
29. What is the output of the following snippet?
def fun(inp=2,out=3):
return inp * out
print(fun(out=2))
 2
 the snippet is erroneous
 6
 4
30. How many hashes will the following snippet send to the
console?
lst = [[x for x in range(3)] for y in range(3)]
for r in range(3):
for c in range(3):
if lst[r][c] % 2 != 0:
print(“#”)
 zero
 three
 nine
 six

PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes

Summary Test 2 Answers
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PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python
Quizzes Summary Test 2 Answers
1. Knowing that a function named f() resides in a module named m, and
was imported using the following statement

from mod import fun

choose the right way to invoke it:

 fun()
 mod.fun()
 mod::fun()
 mod:fun()
2. What output will appear after running the following snippet?
 import math
print(dir(math))
 an error message
 a string containing the fully qualified name of the module
 a list of all the entities residing in the math module
 the number of all the entities residing in the math module
3. The compiled Python bytecode is stored in files having names ending
with:
 py
 pyb
 pc
 pyc
4. Assuming that all three files, a.py, b.py, and c.py reside in the same
folder, what will be the output produced by running the c.py file?

# file a.py
print(“a”,end=”)

#file b.py
import a
print(“b”,end=”)

#file c.py
print(“c”,end=”)
import a
import b
 cba
 abc
 bac
 cab
5. What will be the output of the following code, located in file p.py?

print(__name__)
 p.py
 main
 __p.py__
 __main__
6. The following statement

from a.b import c

causes the import of:

 entity a from module b from package c
  entity b from module a from package c
 entity c from module b from package a
 entity c from module a from package b
7. If there are more than one except: branches after the try:, we can say
that:
 one or more of the try: blocks will be executed
 none of the try: blocks will be executed
 not more than one try: block will be executed
 exactly one of the try: blocks will be executed
8. What will be the output of the following snippet? try: raise Exception
except BaseException:
print(“a”)
except Exception:
print(“b”)
except:
print(“c”)
 c
 b
 it will cause an error
 a
9. The following line of code:

for line in open(‘text.txt’,’rt’):

 is valid as open returns an iterable object
 is invalid as open returns a non-iterable object
 is invalid as open returns nothing
 may be valid if line is a list
10. What will be the output of the following snippet?
try:
raise Exception
except:
print(“c”)
except BaseException:
print(“a”)
except Exception:
print(“b”)
 a
 c
 b
 it will cause an error
11. The following statement:

assert var != 0
 will stop the program when var == 0
 is erroneous
 has no effect
  will stop the program when var != 0
12. The following code prints:

x = “\\\\”
print(len(x))
 2
 1
 3
 the code will cause an error
13. The following code prints:

x = “\\\”
print(len(x))
 3
 the code will cause an error
 1
 2
14. The following code prints:
print(chr(ord(‘p’) + 2))
 s
 t
 q
 r
15. The following code:
print(float(“1.3”))
 raises a ValueError exception
 prints 13
 prints 1,3
 1.3
16. If the class’s constructor is declared as below, which one of the
assignments is invalid?
class Class:
def __init__(self,val=0):
pass
 object = Class(None)
 object = Class(1)
 object = Class()
 object = Class(1,2)
17. What will be output of the following code?
class A:
def __init__(self,v = 2):
self.v = v
def set(self,v = 1):
self.v += v
 return self.v
a = A()
b = a
b.set()
print(a.v)
 0
 3
 1
 2
18. What will be output of the following code?
class A:
A = 1
def __init__(self):
self.a = 0
print(hasattr(A,’a’))
 1
 False
 0
 True
19. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
pass
class B(A):
pass
class C(B):
pass
print(issubclass(A,C))
 it will print False
 it will print True
 it will print 1
 it will raise an exception
20. The sys.stderr stream is normally associated with:
 the keyboard
 a null device
 the screen
 the printer
21. What will be the effect of running the following code?
class A:
def __init__(self,v):
self.__a = v + 1
a = A(0)
print(a.__a)
 it will print 1
 it will print 2
 it will raise an AttributeError exception
 it will print 0
22. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
 def __init__(self):
pass
a = A(1)
print(hasattr(a,’A’))
 it will print True
 it will raise an exception
 it will print False
 it will print 1
23. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
def a(self):
print(‘a’)
class B:
def a(self):
print(‘b’)
class C(B,A):
def c(self):
self.a()
o = C()
o.c()
 it will print c
 it will raise an exception
 it will print b
 it will print a
24. What will be the result of executing the following code?
try:
raise Exception(1,2,3)
except Exception as e:
print(len(e.args))
 it will print 2
 it will print 1
 it will raise an unhandled exception
 it will print 3
25. What will be the result of executing the following code?
def I(n):
s = ‘+’
for i in range(n):
s += s
yield s
for x in I(2):
print(x,end=”)
 it will print ++
 it will print ++++++
 it will print +
 it will print +++
26. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class I:
def __init__(self):
 self.s = ‘abc’
self.i = 0
def __iter__(self):
return self
def __next__(self):
if self.i == len(self.s):
raise StopIteration
v = self.s[self.i]
self.i += 1
return v
for x in I():
print(x,end=”)
 012
 abc
 cba
 210
27. What will be the result of executing the following code?
def o(p):
def q():
return ‘*’ * p
return q
r = o(1)
s = o(2)
print(r() + s())

 it will print ****

 it will print **
 it will print ***
 it will print *
28. If s is a stream opened in read mode, the following line will:
q = s.read(1)
 read 1 character from the stream
 read 1 kilobyte from the stream
 read 1 line from the stream
 read 1 buffer from the stream
29. Assuming that the open() invocation has gone successfully, the
following snippet will:
for x in open(‘file’,’rt’):
print(x)
 read the file character by character
 cause an exception
 read the whole file at once
 read the file line by line
30. If you want to fill a byte array with data read in from a stream,
you’d use:
 the readinto() method
 the read() method
  the readbytes() method
 the readfrom() method

PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes Final

Test Answers
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PCAP – Programming Essentials in Python Quizzes Final
Test Answers
1. The meaning of the keyword argument is determined by:
 its position within the argument list
 its value
 its connection with existing variables
 the argument’s name specified along with its value
2. Which of the following sentences is true?

str1 = ‘string’
str2 = str1[:]
 str1 and str2 are different (but equal) strings
 str2 is longer than str1
 “>str1 and str2 are different names of the same string
 str1 is longer than str2
3. An operator able to check whether two values are equal, is coded as:
 =
 ==
 ===
 is
4. The following snippet:
def f(par2,par1):
return par2 + par1
print(f(par2=1,2))
 will output 2
 will output 3
 will output 1
 is erroneous
5. What value will be assigned to the x variable?
z = 2
y = 1
x = y < z or z > y and y > z or z < y
 0
 True
 1
  False
6. What will be the output of the following snippet?
str = ‘abcdef’
def fun(s):
del s[2]
return s
print(fun(str))
 abcef
 the program will cause an error
 abdef
 acdef
7. What will be the output of the following piece of code?
x, y, z = 3, 2, 1
z, y, x = x, y, z
print(x,y,z)

 213
 123
 122
 321
8. What will be the output of the following snippet?
a = True
b = False
a = a or b
b = a and b
a = a or b
print(a,b)
 True False
 True True
 False False
 False True
9. What will be the output of the following snippet?
def fun(x):
return 1 if x % 2 != 0 else 2
print(fun(fun(1)))
 2
 the code will cause a runtime error
 1
 None
10. What will be the output of the following line?

print(len((1,)))
 0
 the code is erroneous
 2
  1
11. What will be the output of the following piece of code?
d = { 1:0, 2:1, 3:2, 0:1 }
x = 0
for y in range(len(d)):
x = d[x]
print(x)
 the code will cause a runtime error
 2
 0
 1
12. What will be the output of the following piece of code:
y=input()
x=input()
print(x+y)
if the user enters two lines containing 1 and 2 respectively?
 21
 12
 2
 3
13. What will be the output of the following piece of code?
print(“a”,”b”,”c”,sep=”‘”)
 a’b’c
 abc
 abc
 the code is erroneous
14. What will be the output of the following piece of code?
v = 1 + 1 // 2 + 1 / 2 + 2
print(v)
 4.0
 3.5
 3
 4
15. What will be the output of the following code?
t = (1,)
t = t[0] + t[0]
print(t)
 (1,)
 1
 (1, 1)
 2
16. What will be the output of the following piece of code?
x = 16
while x > 0:
print(‘*’,end=”)
x //= 2
  *****
 ***
 *
 the code will enter an infinite loop
17. What will be the output of the following snippet?
d = { ‘one’:1, ‘three’:3, ‘two’:2 }
for k in sorted(d.values()):
print(k,end=’ ‘)
 123
 321
 231
 321
18. What will be the output of the following snippet?
print(len([i for i in range(0,-2)]))
 0
 2
 3
 1
19. Which of the following lines properly invokes the function
defined as:
def fun(a,b,c=0)?
 fun(0):
 fun(b=0,b=0):
 fun(1,c=2):
 fun(a=1,b=0,c=0):
20. What will be the output of the following snippet?
l = [1,2,3,4]
l = list(map(lambda x: 2*x,l))
print(l)
 10
 the snippet will cause a runtime error
 1234
 2468
21. How many stars will the following snippet send to the console?
i = 4
while i > 0 :
i -= 2
print(“*”)
if i == 2:
break
else:
print(“*”)
 2
 0
 1
 the snippet will enter an infinite loop
22. What will be the output of the following snippet?
 t = (1, 2, 3, 4)
t = t[-2:-1]
t = t[-1]
print(t)
 33
 (3)
 3
 (3,)
23. What will be the output of the following snippet?
d = {}
d[‘2’] = [1,2]
d[‘1’] = [3,4]
for x in d.keys():
print(d[x][1],end=””)
 24
 13
 42
 31
24. What will be the output of the following snippet?
def fun(d,k,v):
d[k]=v
dc = {}
print(fun(dc,’1′,’v’))
 None
 1
 the snippet is erroneous
 v
25. How many empty lines will the following snippet send to the
console?
l = [[c for c in range(r)] for r in range(3)]
for x in l:
if len(x) < 2:
print()
 1
 0
 2
 3
26. Knowing that the function named m() resides in the module
named f, and the code contains the following import statement,
choose the right way to invoke the function:
from m import f
 the import statement is invalid
 mod.fun()
 mod:fun()
 fun()
27. The package directory/folder may contain a file intended to
initialize the package. Its name is:
  __init__.py
 init.py
 __init.py__
 __init__.
28. The folder created by Python used to store pyc files is named:
 __pycfiles__
 __pyc__
 __pycache__
 __cache__
29. What will be the output of the following code, located in the file
module.py?
print(__name__)
 main
 __module.py__
 module.py
 __main__
30. If you want to tell your module’s users that a particular variable
should not be accessed directly, you may:
 start its name with a capital letter
 use its number instead of its name
 start its name with _ or __
 build its name with lowercase letters only
31. If there is a finally: branch inside the try: block, we can say
that:
 it won’t be executed if no exception is raised
 it will always be executed
 branches is executed
 it will be executed when there is no else: branch
32. What will be the output of the following snippet?
try:
raise Exception
except BaseException:
print(“a”,end=”)
else:
print(“b”,end=”)
finally:
print(“c”)
 a
 ab
 bc
 ac
33. What will be the output of the following snippet?
class A:
def __init__(self,name):
self.name = name
a = A(“class”)
 print(a)
 a number
 a string ending with a long hexadecimal number
 class
 name
34. What will be the output of the following snippet?
try:
raise Exception
except:
print(“c”)
except BaseException:
print(“a”)
except Exception:
print(“b”)
 it will an cause error
 b
 c
 a
35. What will be the output of the following snippet?
class X:
pass
class Y(X):
pass
class Z(Y):
pass
x = X()
z = Z()
print(isinstance(x,Z),isinstance(z,X))
 False False
 True True
 True False
 False True
36. The following code prints:
x = “\”
print(len(x))

 1
 the code will cause an error
 2
 3
37. The following code prints:
x = “””
“””
print(len(x))
  2
 1
 the code will cause an error
 3
38. If the class constructor is declared as below, which one of the
assignments is valid?
class Class:
def __init__(self):
pass
 object = Class(None)
 object = Class(1)
 object = Class(1,2)
 object = Class()

39. What will be the output of the following code?

class A:
A = 1
def __init__(self,v = 2):
self.v = v + A.A
A.A += 1
def set(self,v):
self.v += v
A.A += 1
return
a = A()
a.set(2)
print(a.v)
 7
 5
 1
 3
40. What will be the output of the following code?
class A:
A = 1
def __init__(self):
self.a = 0
print(hasattr(A,’A’))

 True
 0
 1
 False
41. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
pass
class B:
pass
 class C(A,B):
pass
print(issubclass(C,A) and issubclass(C,B))
 it will print True
 it will raise an exception
 it will print an empty line
 it will print False
42. The sys.stdout stream is normally associated with:
 the screen
 a null device
 the keyboard
 the printer
43. What will be the effect of running the following code?
class A:
def __init__(self,v):
self._a = v + 1
a = A(0)
print(a._a)
 it will print 0
 it will print 1
 it will print 2
 it will raise an AttributeError exception
44. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
def __init__(self):
pass
def f(self):
return 1
def g():
return self.f()
a = A()
print(a.g())
 it will print 0
 it will print True
 it will print 1
 it will raise an exception
45. What will be the result of executing the following code?
class A:
def a(self):
print(‘a’)
class B:
def a(self):
print(‘b’)
class C(A,B):
def c(self):
self.a()
o = C()
o.c()
  it will print b
 it will print a
 it will raise an exception
 it will print c
46. The Exception class contains a property named args, and it is
a:
 string
 tuple
 list
 dictionary
47. What will be the result of executing the following code?
def I(n):
s = ”
for i in range(n):
s += ‘*’
yield s
for x in I(3):
print(x,end=”)
 it will print ***
 it will print ****
 it will print *
 it will print ******
48. What will be the result of executing the following code?
def a(x):
def b():
return x + x
return b
x = a(‘x’)
y = a(”)
print(x() + y())

 it will print xxxxxx

 it will print x
 it will print xx
 it will print xxxx
49. If s is a stream opened in read mode, the following line
q = s.readlines()

will assign q as a:
 string
 dictionary
 list
 tuple
50. If you want to write a byte array’s content to a stream, you’d
use:
 the write() method
 writebytearray() method
 the writefrom() method
 writeto() method