Free PCAP Practice Questions

Question 1

What is the output of the following code?

import math

print(math.floor(-3.5), math.trunc(-3.5), int(-3.5))

Accepted Answer

-4 -3 -3

Answer

-3 -3 -3

Answer

-4 -4 -4

Answer

-4 -4 -3

Question 2

A developer writes the following two lines and runs them on a standard CPython 3 installation:

import platform

print(platform.python_version_tuple()[0] + 1)

What is the result?

Accepted Answer

A TypeError, because the tuple contains strings, not integers

Answer

The major version number increased by one, such as 4

Answer

The string '31', because the two values are concatenated

Answer

A ValueError, because '3' cannot be converted to a number

Question 3

What happens when the following code is executed?

try:
    print(1 / 0)
except Exception:
    print('general')
except ZeroDivisionError:
    print('specific')

Accepted Answer

general is printed

Answer

specific is printed

Answer

general is printed, then specific is printed

Answer

A SyntaxError is raised because the branches are misordered

Question 4

What is the output of the following code?

def check():
    try:
        return 'try'
    finally:
        return 'finally'

print(check())

Accepted Answer

finally, because it replaces the value returned earlier

Answer

try, because it is the first return statement reached

Answer

None, because the two return statements cancel out

Answer

A SyntaxError, because finally may not contain return

Question 5

A script contains the following code. What appears on standard output?

import sys

try:
    sys.exit(1)
except Exception:
    print('caught')

print('done')

Accepted Answer

Nothing is printed; the script terminates immediately

Answer

caught is printed, then done is printed

Answer

Only caught is printed, and the script then stops

Answer

Only done is printed, because sys.exit() is ignored

Question 6

What is the output of the following code?

print('www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.'))

Accepted Answer

example

Answer

www.example.com

Answer

example.com

Answer

www.example

Question 7

What is the output of the following code?

print('a,,b,'.split(','))

Accepted Answer

['a', '', 'b', '']

Answer

['a', 'b']

Answer

['a', '', 'b']

Answer

['a', 'b', '']

Question 8

What is the output of the following code?

print('Zebra' < 'apple', '10' < '9')

Accepted Answer

True True

Answer

False True

Answer

True False

Answer

False False

Question 9

What is the output of the following code?

print('certification'[::-3])

Accepted Answer

ntitc

Answer

ctitn

Answer

noitacifitrec

Answer

An empty string

Question 10

What is the output of the following code?

class Snake:
    victims = 0

def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name
        Snake.victims += 1

a = Snake('Ka')
b = Snake('Nag')
b.victims = 99
c = Snake('Hiss')

print(Snake.victims, a.victims, b.victims)

Accepted Answer

3 3 99

Answer

3 3 3

Answer

99 99 99

Answer

3 99 99

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