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To pass the quiz, you must correctly answer at least 18 of the 20 questions below.

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Which of the following functions is used to check if a variable matches a specific data type?

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istype()

isdata()

isvariable()

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isinstance()

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Which of the following is NOT a form of string concatenation?

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greeting = 'My name is '
developer = 'Jessica'

greeting += developer

developer = 'Jessica'
greeting = 'My name is ' + developer + '.'

developer = 'Jessica'
age = 30
greeting = 'My name is ' + developer + ' and I am ' + str(age) + ' years old.'

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developer = 'Jessica'
greeting = x'My name is {developer}.'

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Which of the following functions is used to return the number of the characters in the string?

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counting()

length()

iscount()

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len()

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What will result be in this example?

developer = 'Naomi'

result = developer.endswith('N') # ?

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Undefined

True

None

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False

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What happens when you add a float and an integer?

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The result will be an error message.

The result will be None.

The result will be an integer.

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The result will be a float.

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Which of the following is the correct way to define a function?

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define get_sum(num_1, num_2) {
    return num_1 + num_2 
} 

set get_sum(num_1, num_2):
    return num_1 + num_2

function get_sum(num_1, num_2) {
    return num_1 + num_2 
}

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def get_sum(num_1, num_2):
    return num_1 + num_2

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What will be printed to the console?

def greet():
    pass
    
print(greet()) # ?

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TypeError

RangeError

Null

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None

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Which of the following statements is false when naming variables?

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Variable names can only start with a letter or an underscore (_), not a number.

Variable names can only contain alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) and underscores (_).

Variable names cannot be one of Python's reserved keywords such as if, class, or def.

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Variable names must have a max length of 10 characters, otherwise Python will throw an error.

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--text--

Which of the following is NOT a supported data type in Python?

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None

int

float

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Generic

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--text--

Which of the following will return a new string with all characters converted to uppercase?

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developer = 'Jessica'

print(developer.isupper()) # JESSICA

developer = 'Jessica'

print(developer.up()) # JESSICA

developer = 'Jessica'

print(developer.toUpper()) # JESSICA

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developer = 'Jessica'

print(developer.upper()) # JESSICA

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--text--

Which of the following functions is used to get input from a user?

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read()

cout()

prompt()

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input()

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--text--

What will be the result for the following code?

message = 'Python is fun!'

print(message[0:6])  # ?

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'Py'

'fun'

'is'

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'Python'

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--text--

What does the split() method do?

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This method is used to split a tuple into a list of substrings.

This method is used to split a float into a list of substrings.

This method is used to split a dictionary into a list of substrings.

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This method is used to split a string into a list of substrings.

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--text--

What will the following print to the console?

example_list = ['example', 'dashed', 'name']

joined_str = ' '.join(example_list)
print(joined_str)  # ?

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TypeError

'dashed name'

None

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'example dashed name'

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--text--

Which of the following functions is used to create a table of 1 to 1 character mappings for translation?

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str.translations()

str.gettranslate()

str.tran()

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str.maketrans()

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--text--

What will be the result for the following code?

int_1 = 4
int_2 = 2

print(int_1 ** int_2) # ?

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8

2

4

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16

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--text--

What will be returned from the find() method if no substring occurrences are found in a string?

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-2

1

0

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-1

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--text--

Which of the following functions is used to count the times a substring appears in a string?

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counter()

hascount()

counting()

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count()

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--text--

What does floor division do in Python?

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This operator is used to multiply two numbers and round up the result to the nearest whole number.

This operator is used to convert a float to an integer.

This operator is used to raise a number to the power of another.

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This operator is used to divide two numbers and round down the result to the nearest whole number.

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--text--

Which of the following functions is used to round a number to the nearest whole integer?

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floor()

ceil()

float()

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round()