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Certified Associate in Python Programming

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QUESTION 1
What will be the value of the i variable when the while e loop finishes its execution?

A. 1
B. 0
C. 2
D. the variable becomes unavailable

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 2
And operator able to perform bitwise shifts is coded as (Select two answers)

A. --
B. ++
C. <<
D. >>

Correct Answer: CD
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Reference: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/basic-operators-python/

QUESTION 3
What will the value of the i variable be when the following loop finishes its execution?

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A. 10
B. the variable becomes unavailable
C. 11
D. 9

Correct Answer: B
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Reference: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/pass-statement

QUESTION 4
The following expression

is:

A. equal to 1
B. invalid
C. equal to 2
D. equal to -1

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 5
A compiler is a program designed to (Select two answers)

A. rearrange the source code to make it clearer

B. check the source code in order to see of it’s correct
C. execute the source code

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D. translate the source code into machine code

Correct Answer: BC
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QUESTION 6
What is the output of the following piece of code?

A. ant’ bat’ camel

B. ant”bat” camel
C. antbatcamel
D. print (a, b, c, sep= ‘ ” ’)

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 7
What is the expected output of the following snippet?

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A. the code is erroneous
B. 3
C. 7
D. 15

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 8
How many lines does the following snippet output?

A. three
B. one
C. two
D. four

Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 9
Which of the following literals reflect the value given as 34.23? (Select two answers)

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A. .3423e2
B. 3423e-2
C. .3423e-2
D. 3423e2

Correct Answer: AB
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QUESTION 10
What is the expected output of the following snippet?

A. 3
B. 1
C. 2
D. the code is erroneous

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 11
Assuming that the following snippet has been successfully executed, which of the equations are True?
(Select two answers)

A. len(a) == len (b)

B. b [0] +1 ==a [0]
C. a [0] == b [0]
D. a [0] + 1 ==b [0]

Correct Answer: AC
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QUESTION 12
Assuming that the following snippet has been successfully executed, which of the equations are False?
(Select two answers)

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A. len(a)== len (b)
B. a [0]-1 ==b [0]
C. a [0]== b [0]
D. b [0] - 1 ==a [0]

Correct Answer: AB
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QUESTION 13
Which of the following statements are true? (Select two answers)

A. Python strings are actually lists

B. Python strings can be concatenated
C. Python strings can be sliced like lists
D. Python strings are mutable

Correct Answer: BC
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Reference: https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/introduction.html

QUESTION 14
Which of the following sentences are true? (Select two answers)

A. Lists may not be stored inside tuples

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B. Tuples may be stored inside lists
C. Tuples may not be stored inside tuples
D. Lists may be stored inside lists

Correct Answer: BD
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Reference: https://www.afternerd.com/blog/python-lists-for-absolute-beginners/

QUESTION 15
Assuming that String is six or more letters long, the following slice

is shorter than the original string by:

A. four chars
B. three chars
C. one char
D. two chars

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 16
What is the expected output of the following snippet?

A. 1
B. 4
C. 2
D. 3

Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 17
What is the expected output of the following snippet?

A. abc
B. The code will cause a runtime exception
C. ABC
D. 123

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 18
How many elements will the list2 list contain after execution of the following snippet?

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A. zero
B. five
C. seven
D. three

Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 19
What would you used instead of XXX if you want to check weather a certain ‘key’ exists in a dictionary called
dict? (Select two answers)

A. ‘key’ in dict
B. dict [‘key’] != None
C. dict.exists (‘key’)
D. ‘key’ in dict.keys ( )

Correct Answer: BD
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Reference: https://thispointer.com/python-how-to-check-if-a-key-exists-in-dictionary/

QUESTION 20
You need data which can act as a simple telephone directory. You can obtain it with the following clauses
(Select two relevant variants; assume that no other items have been created before)

A. dir={‘Mom’: 5551234567, ‘Dad’: 5557654321}

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B. dir= {‘Mom’: ‘5551234567’, ‘Dad’: ‘5557654321’}
C. dir= {Mom: 5551234567, Dad: 5557654321}
D. dir= {Mom: ‘5551234567’, Dad: ‘5557654321’}

Correct Answer: CD
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QUESTION 21
Can a module run like regular code?

A. yes, and it can differentiate its behavior between the regular launch and import
B. it depends on the Python version
C. yes, but in cannot differentiate its behavior between the regular launch and import
D. no, it is not possible; a module can be imported, not run

Correct Answer: D
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You write a module (a .py file) where it can be executed directly. Alternatively, it can also be imported and
used in another module. By doing the main check, you can have that code only execute when you want to
run the module as a program and not have it execute when someone just wants to import your module and
call your functions themselves.

Reference: https://developer.rhino3d.com/guides/rhinopython/python-remote-local-module/

QUESTION 22
Select the valid fun () invocations:
(Select two answers)

A. fun (b=1)
B. fun (a=0)
C. fun (b=1, 0)
D. fun (1)

Correct Answer: BD
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QUESTION 23
A file name like this one below says that:
(Select three answers)

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services, cpython 36.pyc

A. the interpreter used to generate the file is version 3.6

B. it has been produced by CPython
C. it is the 36th version of the file
D. the file comes from the services.py source file

Correct Answer: ABD

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QUESTION 24
What is the expected behavior of the following snippet?

It will:

A. cause a runtime exception

B. print 1
C. print 0, [1]
D. print [1]

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 25
What can you do if you don’t like a long package path like this one?

A. you can make an alias for the name using the alias keyword
B. nothing, you need to come to terms with it
C. you can shorten it to alpha . zeta and Python will find the proper connection
D. you can make an alias for the name using the as keyword

Correct Answer: D
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Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/706595/can-you-define-aliases-for-imported-modules-in-
python

QUESTION 26
What is the expected output of the following code?

A. abcef
B. The program will cause a runtime exception/error
C. acdef

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D. abdef

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 27
What is the expected output of the following code?

A. 21
B. 2
C. 3
D. 12

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 28
What is the expected behavior of the following snippet?

It will:

A. cause a runtime exception on line 02

B. cause a runtime exception on line 01
C. cause a runtime exception on line 03
D. print 3

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 29
What is the expected behavior of the following code?

It will:

A. print 4321
B. print <generator object f at (some hex digits)>
C. cause a runtime exception
D. print 1234

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 30
If you need a function that does nothing, what would you use instead of XXX? (Select two answers)

A. pass
B. return
C. exit
D. None

Correct Answer: AD
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Reference: https://www.pythoncentral.io/python-null-equivalent-none/

QUESTION 31
Is it possible to safely check if a class/object has a certain attribute?

A. yes, by using the hasattr attribute

B. yes, by using the hasattr ( ) method
C. yes, by using the hassattr ( ) function
D. no, it is not possible

Correct Answer: B
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Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/610883/how-to-know-if-an-object-has-an-attribute-in-python

QUESTION 32
The first parameter of each method:

A. holds a reference to the currently processed object

B. is always set to None
C. is set to a unique random value
D. is set by the first argument's value

Correct Answer: D
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Reference: https://pythontips.com/2013/08/07/the-self-variable-in-python-explained/

QUESTION 33
The simplest possible class definition in Python can be expressed as:

A. class X:

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B. class X:
pass
C. class X:
return
D. class X: { }

Correct Answer: A
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Reference: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html

QUESTION 34
If you want to access an exception object’s components and store them in an object called e, you have to use
the following form of exception statement:

A. except Exception (e) :

B. except e= Exception :
C. except Exception as e:
D. such an action is not possible in Python

Correct Answer: C
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Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32613375/python-2-7-exception-handling-syntax

QUESTION 35
A variable stored separately in every object is called:

A. there are no such variables, all variables are shared among objects
B. a class variable
C. an object variable
D. an instance variable

Correct Answer: A
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Reference: https://dev.to/ogwurujohnson/distinguishing-instance-variables-from-class-variables-in-python-81

QUESTION 36
There is a stream named s open for writing. What option will you select to write a line to the stream?

A. s. write (“Hello\n”)
B. write (s, “Hello”)
C. s.writeln (“Hello”)
D. s. writeline (“Hello”)

Correct Answer: A
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Explanation

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Reference: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming/Input_and_Output

QUESTION 37
You are going to read just one character from a stream called s. Which statement would you use?

A. ch = read (s, 1)
B. ch= s.input (1)
C. ch= input (s, 1)
D. ch= s.read (1)

Correct Answer: D
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Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/510357/python-read-a-single-character-from-the-user

QUESTION 38
What can you deduce from the following statement? (Select two answers)

A. str is a string read in from the file named file.txt

B. a newline character translation will be performed during the reads
C. if file. txt does not exist, it will be created
D. the opened file cannot be written with the use of the str variable

Correct Answer: AD
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QUESTION 39
The following class hierarchy is given. What is the expected out of the code?

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A. BB
B. CC
C. AA
D. BC

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 40
Python’s built in function named open () tries to open a file and returns:

A. an integer value identifying an opened file

B. an error code (0 means success)
C. a stream object
D. always None

Correct Answer: A
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Reference: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/file-operation

QUESTION 41

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Which of the following words can be used as a variable name? (Select two valid names)

A. for
B. True
C. true
D. For

Correct Answer: AB
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Reference: https://www.pluralsight.com/guides/python-basics-variables-assignment

QUESTION 42
Python strings can be “glued” together using the operator:

A. .
B. &
C. _
D. +

Correct Answer: D
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Reference: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html

QUESTION 43
A keyword (Select two answers)

A. can be used as an identifier

B. is defined by Python’s lexis
C. is also known as a reserved word
D. cannot be used in the user’s code

Correct Answer: BC
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Reference: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/keywords-identifier

QUESTION 44
How many stars (*) does the snippet print?

A. the code is erroneous

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B. five
C. four
D. two

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 45
Which line can be used instead of the comment to cause the snippet to produce the following expected
output? (Select two answers)

Expected output:
123

Code:

A. c, b, a = b, a, c
B. c, b, a = a, c, b
C. a, b, c = c, a, b
D. a, b, c = a, b, c

Correct Answer: AC
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QUESTION 46
Assuming that the V variable holds an integer value to 2, which of the following operators should be used
instead of OPER to make the expression equal to 1?

V OPER 1

A. <<<
B. >>>
C. >>
D. <<

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 47
How many stars (*) does the following snippet print?

A. the code is erroneous

B. five
C. three
D. four

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 48
UNICODE is:

A. the name of an operating system

B. a standard for encoding and handling texts
C. the name of a programming language
D. the name of a text processor

Correct Answer: B
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Reference: https://docs.python.org/2/howto/unicode.html

QUESTION 49
What is the expected output of the following snippet?

A. *- **-**-**-*
B. *-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-*
C. *-*
D. *-**-*

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 50
Which of the listed actions can be applied to the following tuple? (Select two answers)

A. tup [:]
B. tup.append (0)
C. tup [0]
D. del tup

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Correct Answer: CD
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Reference: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_tuples.htm

QUESTION 51
Executing the following snippet

will cause the dct:

A. to hold two keys named ‘pi’ linked to 3.14 and 3.1415 respectively
B. to hold two key named ‘pi’ linked to 3.14 and 3.1415
C. to hold one key named ‘pi’ linked to 3.1415
D. to hold two keys named ‘pi’ linked to 3.1415

Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 52
How many elements will the list1 list contain after execution of the following snippet?

A. two
B. zero
C. one
D. three

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 53
Which of the equations are True? (Select two answers)

A. chr (ord (x)) = = x

B. ord (ord (x)) = = x
C. chr (chr (x)) = = x
D. ord (chr (x)) = = x

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Correct Answer: AD
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QUESTION 54
If you want to transform a string into a list of words, what invocation would you use? (Select two answers)

Expected output:

Code:

A. s.split ()
B. split (s, ‘ ‘)
C. s.split (‘ ‘)
D. split (s)

Correct Answer: AC
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QUESTION 55
Assuming that 1st is a four-element list is there any difference between these two statements?

A. yes, there is, the first line empties the list, the second line deletes the list as a whole
B. yes, there is, the first line deletes the list as a whole, the second line just empties the list
C. no, there is no difference
D. yes, there is, the first line deletes the list as a whole, the second line removes all the elements except the
first one

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 56

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What should you put instead of XXX to print out the module name?

A. main
B. _main_
C. __main__
D. ___main___

Correct Answer: C
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Reference: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/__name__-special-variable-python/

QUESTION 57
Files with the suffix .pyc contain:

A. Python 4 source code

B. backups
C. temporary data
D. semi-compiled Python code

Correct Answer: A
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Reference: https://whatis.techtarget.com/fileformat/PYC-Python-compiled-script-file

QUESTION 58
Package source directories/folders can be:

A. converted into the so-called pypck format

B. packed as a ZIP file and distributed as one file
C. rebuilt to a flat form and distributed as one directory/folder
D. removed as Python compiles them into an internal portable format

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 59
What can you deduce from the line below? (Select two answers)

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A. import a.b.c should be placed before that line
B. f () is located in subpackage c of subpackage b of package a
C. the line is incorrect
D. the function being invoked is called a.b.c.f ()

Correct Answer: BD
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QUESTION 60
A two-parameter lambda function raising its first parameter to the power of the second parameter should be
declared as:

A. lambda (x, y) = x ** y
B. lambda (x, y): x ** y
C. def lambda (x, y): return x ** y
D. lambda x, y: x ** y

Correct Answer: D
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QUESTION 61
What is the expected output of the following code?

A. 21
B. 12
C. 3
D. none

Correct Answer: C
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QUESTION 62
A method for passing the arguments used by the following snippet is called:

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A. sequential
B. named
C. positional
D. keyword

Correct Answer: D
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Reference: https://www.techbeamers.com/python-function/

QUESTION 63
What is the expected behavior of the following code?

It will

A. print 2 1
B. print 1 2
C. cause a runtime exception
D. print <generator object f at (some hex digits)>

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 64
What is the expected output of the following code?

A. 2
B. The code will cause a runtime exception
C. 1
D. 3

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 65
What is the expected behavior of the following code?

It will:

A. print 0
B. cause a runtime exception
C. prints 3
D. print an empty line

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 66
If any of a class’s components has a name that starts with two underscores (___), then:

A. the class component’s name will be mangled

B. the class component has to be an instance variable
C. the class component has to be a class variable
D. the class component has to be a method

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Correct Answer: A
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Reference: https://hackernoon.com/understanding-the-underscore-of-python-309d1a029edc

QUESTION 67
If you need to serve two different exceptions called Ex1 and Ex2 in one except branch, you can write:

A. except Ex1 Ex2:

B. except (ex1, Ex2):
C. except Ex1, Ex2:
D. except Ex1+Ex2:

Correct Answer: B
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Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/exception-handling

QUESTION 68
A function called issubclass (c1, c2) is able to check if:

A. c1 and c2 are both subclasses of the same superclass

B. c2 is a subclass of c1
C. c1 is a subclass of c2
D. c1 and c2 are not subclasses of the same superclass

Correct Answer: C
Section: (none)
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Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/python-in-a/9781491913833/ch04.html

QUESTION 69
A class constructor (Select two answers)

A. can return a value

B. cannot be invoked directly from inside the class
C. can be invoked directly from any of the subclasses
D. can be invoked directly from any of the superclasses

Correct Answer: AD
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QUESTION 70
The following class definition is given. We want the show () method to invoke the get () method, and then

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output the value the get () method returns. Which of the invocations should be used instead of XXX?

A. print (get(self))
B. print (self.get())
C. print (get())
D. print (self.get (val))

Correct Answer: A
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QUESTION 71
If S is a stream open for reading, what do you expect from the following invocation?

A. one line of the file will be read and stored in the string called C
B. the whole file content will be read and stored in the string called C
C. one character will be read and stored in the string called C
D. one disk sector (512 bytes) will be read and stored in the string called C

Correct Answer: B
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QUESTION 72
You are going to read 16 bytes from a binary file into a bytearray called data. Which lines would you use?
(Select two answers)

A. data = bytearray (16)

bf.readinto (data)
B. data = binfile.read (bytearray (16))
C. bf. readinto (data = bytearray (16))
D. data = bytearray (binfile.read (16))

Correct Answer: CD
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QUESTION 73
What is the expected output of the following snippet?

A. True False
B. True True
C. False False
D. False True

Correct Answer: A
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