Dictionaries Quiz

Question 1: What is the result of calling the `len()` function on an empty dictionary?

0 - Correct!

None

Error

Question 2: Which symbol is used to access values from a dictionary in Python?

>

[ ] - Correct!

Question 3: What will be the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
print(my_dict['b'])

2 - Correct!

b - Incorrect! Correct answer: 2

KeyError: b - Incorrect! Correct answer: 2

Question 4: Which method is used to add a new key-value pair to a dictionary?

add() - Incorrect! Correct answer: update()

insert()

append()

update() - Correct!

Question 5: What is the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3} my_dict['d'] = 4
print(my_dict)

{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}

{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4}

{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 4}

Error

Question 6: Which of the following is not a valid key type for a dictionary in Python?
 String - Incorrect! Correct answer: List

Integer - Incorrect! Correct answer: List

List - Correct!

Tuple

Question 7: What does the `pop()` method do in Python dictionaries?

Removes and returns the last element - Incorrect! Correct answer: Removes and returns the
specified key-value pair

Removes and returns the first element

Removes and returns the specified key-value pair - Correct!

Returns the index of the specified element

Question 8: What will be the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
print(my_dict.pop('b'))

2 - Correct!

'b'

KeyError: 'b'

Question 9: Which method is used to remove a key-value pair from a dictionary without raising
an error if the key is not found?

remove() - Incorrect! Correct answer: pop()

delete()

discard()

pop() - Correct!

Question 10: What is the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
print(my_dict.get('d'))

KeyError

None - Correct!

0 - Incorrect! Correct answer: None

Error

Question 11: What method returns a list of all keys in a dictionary?

keys() - Correct!

get_keys()
 dict_keys()

list_keys()

Question 12: What is the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3} print('b' in
my_dict)

True - Correct!

False

Error

None

Question 13: Which of the following is used to iterate over the items of a dictionary?

for key, value in my_dict.items():

for key in my_dict.keys():

for value in my_dict.values():

All of the above - Correct!

Question 14: What is the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
my_dict.clear() print(my_dict)

{} - Correct!

{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}

None

Error

Question 15: What will be the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
print(len(my_dict))

3 - Correct!

Question 16: Which method is used to return a shallow copy of a dictionary?

copy() - Correct!

clone() - Incorrect! Correct answer: copy()

duplicate()

shallow() - Incorrect! Correct answer: copy()

Question 17: What is the correct way to create an empty dictionary in Python?
 {} - Correct!

[] - Incorrect! Correct answer: {}

()

None

Question 18: What will be the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
my_dict.update({'d': 4}) print(my_dict)

{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}

{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4}

{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 4}

Error

Question 19: What method is used to retrieve the value for a given key from a dictionary?

retrieve()

get() - Correct!

fetch()

read()

Question 20: What data structure is a dictionary in Python?

Sequential - Incorrect! Correct answer: Associative

Associative - Correct!

Ordered

Indexed

Question 21: Which of the following is not a valid key type for a dictionary in Python?

Integer

String

List - Correct!

Tuple

Question 22: What will be the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
print(my_dict['d'])

KeyError: 'd'

None

'd'
Question 23: Which method is used to remove a key-value pair from a dictionary?

pop() - Correct!

delete()

remove()

discard()

Question 24: What will be the output of the following code? my_dict = {'apple': 2, 'banana': 3,
'orange': 4} del my_dict['banana'] print(my_dict)

{'apple': 2, 'banana': 3, 'orange': 4}

{'apple': 2, 'orange': 4}

{'banana': 3, 'orange': 4}

Error: del keyword cannot be used with dictionaries

Question 25: Which of the following methods returns a list of all the keys in a dictionary?

keys() - Correct!

get_keys()

dict_keys()

list_keys()

Question 26: What does the `update()` method do in Python dictionaries?

Adds a new key-value pair - Incorrect! Correct answer: Updates existing key-value pairs with
new values

Removes a key-value pair

Updates existing key-value pairs with new values - Correct!

Clears the dictionary

Question 27: What is the time complexity for accessing an element in a dictionary by its key?

O(1) - Correct!

O(log n)

O(n)

O(n log n)

Question 28: Which of the following functions creates a dictionary from two lists, one
containing keys and the other containing values?

create_dict()

dict_from_lists()
 zip_dict()

dict() - Correct!

Question 29: What will be the output of the following code? my_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}
print(len(my_dict))

3 - Correct!