Python Interview Questions and Answer Part – 2

Which argument would you use in a Python function to obtain a dictionary of all the named arguments passed?

• Keyword Arguments (**kwargs) (Ans)
• *args
• The NoneType argument
• Regular function arguments

To create a virtual environment, you use the following command:

• virtualenv-create
• virtualenvironment
• virtualenv (Ans)
• virtual-env

A nested function can access its parent’s function variable and use that data within it.

• True (Ans)
• False

To install a Python package using pip, you use:

• pip install (Ans)
• pip get
• pip add
• pip uninstall

Flask is used:

• as a Python utility library.
• as a Web microframework. (Ans)
• as a general purpose Python library.
• Similarly to how pip is used.

One of the Python packages used for creating executable files out of Python code is called:

• PyInstaller (Ans)
• PyMaker
• Flask
• Django

Python requires us to declare types such as int, string, and char[] before declaring a variable

• True
• False (Ans)

In order to group multiple objects in one variable, you use:

• array
• list (Ans)
• collection
• dictionary

When creating two instances of the same class, those two instances will share all the data automatically

• True
• False (Ans)

In Python, a class can inherit from exactly this number of parent classes

• 1
• Many (Ans)
• None
• 3

To help debug your application, you can set something called a:

• Stop point
• Pause
• Resume point
• Breakpoint (Ans)

The constructor method in Python classes looks similar to this

• def initialize(self):
• def constructor():
• def init(self): (Ans)
• There is no constructor method in Python classes

What is the result of the following code?

names = [“Jonathan”, “Bo”, “Layla”, “Kristin”]
for name in names:
if name == “Bo”:
print(“Found the instructor!”)
break
print(“{0} is not the instructor”.format(name))

• It will print “Jonathan is not the instructor”, after which it will print “Found the instructor” and then stop the for loop. (Ans)
• It will print “Jonathan is not the instructor”, after which it will print “Found the instructor” and continue to print the rest of the list.
• It will print “Kristin is not the instructor”, after which it will print “Found the instructor” and stop the for loop.
• It will print all the names from the list.

Which one of the following is a valid dictionary?

• All of them (Ans)
• { “name”: “Mark” }
• { “name”: “Mark”, “student_Id”: 16135 }
• { “name”: “Bo”, “student_id”: 42671, instructor: True }

What keyword do we use in a function when we want to return the data to the function caller?

• respond
• give_back
• print()
• reply
• return (Ans)

Class attributes do share their value across different instances of that class.

• True, but only if the class attribute name has a dash.
• False
• False, except when the class attribute name starts with a capital letter.
• True (Ans)

Which function in unittest will run all of your tests?

• unittest.execute()
• unittest.run()
• unittest.main() (Ans)
• unittest.generate_report()

What is one way to create a list from another sequence?

• a with-statement
• the list constructor (Ans)
• the split() method
• the make_string() function

What does PDB’s where command do?

• Prints the current call stack (Ans)
• Shows where an attribute was initially defined
• Prints directory containing the current source file
• Prints the current timezone

When converting a float to an integer with the int() constructor in which direction is rounding?

• Towards zero (Ans)
• Away from zero
• Towards the nearest integer
• Towards positive infinity
  E. Towards negative infinity

What is one way in which exceptions are superior to error codes?

• They are faster.
• They cannot be easily ignored. (Ans)
• They aren’t part of a function’s API.
• Python doesn’t support error codes.

What does Python’s id() function return?

• A unique identifier for an object (Ans)
• The version of the Python runtime
• The order in which an object was created
• The name of an object

Are functions also objects in Python?

• Yes (Ans)
• Only if you declare them so explicitly
• Module-level functions are, but not instance methods
• No

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