Python 3 MCQ - Multiple Choice Questions n Answers for Tests, Quizzes - Python Students & Teachers By S. C. Lewis Copyright © 2016. All Rights Reserved Version: 0.096 Multiple Choice Questions for Python 3 - 600 Plus MCQ's for Python Jobs, Tests & Quizzes If you are learning Python programming on your own (whether you are learning from Python books, videos or online tutorials and lesson plans) this book is for you. These questions and answers can be used to test your knowledge of Python3. If you already know Python, you can still use it to check how many questions you can attempt on your own without any help. You may want to go through these questions before you appear for a job interview. If you are a teacher or tutor who is teaching Python, you'll find these MCQ useful as a tool to understand how much your students have learned what you have taught. All these questions are based on Python 3 and the target level of questions is Beginner Level - someone who is just starting to learn Python or someone who has recently learnt Python. Answer Key for these questions is provided at the end. FAQ Q 1. These questions are based on which version of Python? Ans: All the MCQ for this book are based on Python 3. Q 2. The questions have been tested on which platforms? Ans: These questions have been tested with Python 3.4.0 on Linux and Windows operating systems. You might want to download/update the newest Python version from www.Python.org for your own system before attempting these questions. Q 3. I have just started to learn Python. Will I be able to answer these questions? Ans: The questions for this book are written for beginners level and are intended for someone who has recently learnt Python. Someone who has just started to learn Python is likely to find these questions useful too. You might not be able to answer all the questions in first attempt but would be able to answer all if you keep coming back to these questions as you start becoming fluent in Python. Q 4. When I run the statements given in the question, I am not able to get any of the 4 options as my output? Ans: It is recommended that you try to run the statements for which some output is expected by saving them as a program in the IDLE File Editor only (unless noted otherwise) and if it not works as expected then only try it in IDLE shell (one statement at a time). Some statements work only in the File Editor while some work exclusively on the IDLE shell. In some rare cases, it might be because of the version of Python you are using and your operating system as because of the version of Python you are using and your operating system as some questions might give platform specific output. Q 5. When I run the statements given in the question, the output is not in the same order or exactly same as the given answer? Ans: This is because some statements and functions give a random output or an unsorted order of items. In such cases, you may select the answer which is most likely to be the possible answer based on your understanding of Python. Q 6. Are there any indentation errors in this book? Ans: None that I know of. Each of the questions has been thoroughly tested and then only added to this book. If you are seeing some errors, try to actually solve these questions in the IDLE File Editor and/or IDLE shell and you will not find any errors. Some questions which intentionally have errors in-built might be exceptions to this. This is because these are to check whether you will be able to recall the types and names of such Python errors and these questions have the errors in the answer options added to them. Q 7. What is the recommended approach to solve these questions? Ans: The best approach to solve these questions is to take a pen(or pencil) & paper and try attempting these questions one by one. 1. If you do not know the answer to a particular question (may be you have not learnt the topic yet), you may leave the answer for that question blank, skip that question for the moment and come back to attempt it after you have learnt that topic. 2. If you attempted a question but your answer was wrong, go through your Python notes (or books) again and then re-attempt that question later when you have thoroughly grasped that concept. 3. If you get all the answers right in your first attempt, Congratulations! you are doing something right. You can still come back to these questions after a while for revision and to keep those topics and the related concepts in your memory for revision and to keep those topics and the related concepts in your memory refreshed. Q 8. What topics are covered in these questions? Ans: The topics for these MCQ are mentioned later. While I have tried to cover most of the mentioned topics, it is likely that some are covered indepth while some topics are only covered slightly. I am trying to add more questions to this book on an ongoing basis and if some topic has not been covered yet, it is likely that I will be covering it in the near future. Q 9. Does the answer key contains the explanations to these questions too? Ans: The answer key contains only the answers and does not contain the explanation to the answers. This is because most of the answers are self- explantory or very simple to understand if you have understood the basic concepts well. If you still face some difficulty, try thinking for a while and you'll know why. Or else, you might Google that statement or expression and you are likely to find your explanation easily but you might not need to go that far. If you still face any problems, feel free to let me know. Q 10. My version of the book I bought has less number of questions than the number of questions present in this book. Why so? Ans: It is possibly so because you had bought an earlier version of this book. As I keep on adding more questions and topics to this book, so with every new version of this book, more questions are getting added to the book. Please check your version of the book with the version number mentioned at the start of this book. e.g. version 0.09 of the book contains 612 questions while version 0.03 of the book contained 267 questions only. If you are a subscriber of Amazon's Kindle Unlimited, you can borrow the latest version for free to get the updated book with the maximum number of questions. Python MCQ Topics The topics on which these questions are based include: Python basics IDLE user inputs operations arithmetic assigning values comparisons writing statements list lists manipulation tuple set dictionary branching with if while loop for loop functions importing modules built-in functions built-in modules working with strings list comprehensions file handling reading and writing files objects and classes Python MCQ 1. Which of the following version of Python was released in December, 2015 by Python.org? a. 3.3 b. 3.5.1 c. 2.4 d. 2.6 2. Python files are saved with the extension as ...? a. .python b. .pe c. .py d. .pi 3. What is the name of the GUI that comes in-built as an interactive shell with Python? a. PGUI b. Pyshell c. IDLE d. PythonSh 4. IDLE stands for ... ? a. Indigenous Development Lab b. Integrated Development Environment c. Integrated Developers Local Environment c. Integrated Developers Local Environment d. Indie Developers Environment 5. The function to display a specified message on the screen is ... ? a. print b. display c. run d. output 6. Which of the following is an assignment operator in Python? a. == b. === c. >>> d. = 7. Which of the following is used to initialize multiple variables with a common value? a. x = y: y = 33 b. x = y = z = 33 c. x = z; y = z; x = 33; d. x & y & z = 33 8. Comments in Python begin with ...? a. { b. % c. * d. # 9. A user-specified value can be assigned to a variable with this function ... a. user b. enter