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
