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Test your current Python knowledge ...


A short test to see how you're getting along ...

This test has been prepared for one of our customers, to assess their delegate's Python knowledge before and after a course. There is no time limit for this test. However, we do note the time you have taken, and would be concerned if you took a long time.

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Question 1: What is a decorator?
   A function wrapper
   Nothing to with Python - a painter
   An optional parameter on a method call
 
Question 2: When would you use a generator function
   When creating a list or tuple to a formula
   When stepping item by item through a large data flow
   Generaor functions are deprecated and should no longer be used
 
Question 3: Which is a difference between old and new style classes
   You call the parent constructuctor via a super call in new style
   In old style classes, assigning an object to a new variable clones it but in the new style it copies the reference
   Old style classes only support inheritance to one level, but that limit is removed in new style
   You can only use the property() builtin on new style classes
 
Question 4: Which of the following is not a valid Python variable name?
   abc
   def
   ghi
   unless
   until
 
Question 5: Which database support is shipped with a standard Python distributon?
   Oracle
   MySQL
   SqLite
   PostGRESql
   CSV files at database tables
   None
 
Question 6: Which of these will NOT add multiple objects onto an existing list?
   demo.append([12,14,16])
   demo = demo + [12,14,16]
   demo += [12,14,16]
   demo.extend([12,14,16])
 
Question 7: How do you insert a floating point number variable into the middle of a string
   Write the string in double quotes, with a $ in front of the variable name where you want it
   The only way to do it is to use the + operator to concatenate strings
   Using either the % operator or the format method on a string object
   Using the #{varname} structure in a non-raw string
 
Question 8: Unittests allow you to
   Check that modules and packages you've loaded are the current ones
   Test whether code performs to specification
   Check that you have all your dependencies matched
   Distribute your own code and charge for it, even though Python is GPL license compatible
 
Question 9: Python is called "Python" because
   The Author thought that an O'Reilly book with an animal on the cover would come, and liked snakes
   Named after Monty Python - "And now for something completely different"
   It's just a nice name a word chosen more or less at random
   It stands for "Programming - with Yield High Through Object Nodes" (words other way round in Dutch - native tongue of author)
 
Question A: What is 'if __name__ == "__main__":' commonly used for?
   Adding a test harness to a class
   Checking whether there are command line arguments available to you
   Providing user documentation
   All of the above
 
Question B: Under what circumatances can a dictionary have two identical keys?
   It can't
   Only if the keys are objects of a type you have defined yourself
   If the keys are muttable objects
   If the keys are immutable objects
   If the keys are object which extend the base class cloneable
 
Question C: What does "vals = range(20); print vals[2:17:3]" print?
   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
   [2, 5, 8, 11, 14]
   [2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17]
   2, 5, 8, 11, 14
   2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17
 
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