Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer PCEP-30-01 Exam Questions

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Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer PCEP-30-01 Exam Questions are the best way for your preparation. PCEP – Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer certification (Exam PCEP-30-01) is a professional credential that measures the candidate’s ability to accomplish coding tasks related to the essentials of programming in the Python language. Studying PCEP-30-01 Exam Questions will help you test skills in Data Types, Evaluations, and Basic I/O Operations, Control Flow – loops and conditional blocks, Data Collections – Lists, Tuples, and Dictionaries and Functions. You should take this PCEP-30-01 exam before December 31, 2022.

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1. What is the expected output of the following code?

def func(text, num):

while num > 0:

print(text)

num = num - 1

func('Hello', 3)

An infinite loop.

Hello Hello Hello

Hello Hello Hello Hello

Hello Hello

2. What is the expected output of the following code?

def fun():

return True

x = fun(False)

print(x)

False

The program will cause an error

True

3. 1.What are the four fundamental elements that make a language?

An alphabet, phonetics, phonology, and semantics

An alphabet, a lexis, phonetics, and semantics

An alphabet, morphology, phonetics, and semantics

An alphabet, a lexis, a syntax, and semantics

4. A complete set of known commands is called:

an instruction list

a machine list

a low-level list

5. Strings in Python are delimited with:

backslashes (i.e., )

double quotes (i.e., ") or single quotes (i.e., ')

asterisks (i.e., *)

dollar symbol (i.e., $)

6. What is the output of the following program if the user enters kangaroo at the first prompt and 0 at the second prompt?

try:

first_prompt = input("Enter the first value: ")

a = len(first_prompt)

second_prompt = input("Enter the second value: ")

b = len(second_prompt) * 2

print(a/b)

except ZeroDivisionError:

print("Do not divide by zero!")

except ValueError:

print("Wrong value.")

except:

print("Error.Error.Error.")

Error.Error.Error.

Do not divide by zero!

4.0

Wrong value.

7. What is the expected output of the following code?

x = 1 // 5 + 1 / 5

print(x)

0.2

0.4

0.0

8. UTF-8 is ...

a synonym for "byte".

the 9th version of the UTF Standard.

a Python version name.

an encoding form of the Unicode Standard.

9. The ** operator:

performs duplicated multiplication

performs exponentiation

does not exist

performs floating-point multiplication

10. The value thirty point eleven times ten raised to the power of nine should be written as:

30.11E9

30E11.9

30.11E9.0

30.11*10^9

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11. What is the expected output of the following code?

data = {'1': '0', '0': '1'}

for d in data.vals():

print(d, end=' ')

The code is erroneous.

0 1

0 0

1 0

12. What is the output of the following code?

try:

value = input("Enter a value: ")

print(value/value)

except ValueError:

print("Bad input...")

except ZeroDivisionError:

print("Very bad input...")

except TypeError:

print("Very very bad input...")

except:

print("Booo!")

Very bad input...

Bad input...

Booo!

Very very bad input...

13. How did Python, the programming language, get its name?

Guido van Roddum named it to honor Python of Catana, a dramatic poet of the time of Alexander the Grerat

Guido van Roddum named it after the Pythonidae - a family of large, nonvenomous snakes

Guido van Roddum named it to honor Monty Python's Flying Circus, a BBC comedy series popular in the 1970s

14. What is the expected output of the following code?

x = 1

y = 2

x, y, z = x, x, y

z, y, z = x, y, z

print(x, y, z)

2 1 2

1 1 2

1 2 1

1 2 2

15. Consider the following code snippet:

w = bool(23)

x = bool('')

y = bool(' ')

z = bool([False])

Which of the variables will contain False?

16. What is the expected output of the following code?

x = 1 + 1 // 2 + 1 / 2 + 2

print(x)

3.5

4.0

17. Which of the following variable names is illegal?

in_

18. What is the expected output of the following code?

data = set([1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4])

print(len(data))

19. The ABC organics company needs a simple program that their call center will use to enter survey data for a new coffee variety. The program must accept input and return the average rating based on a five-star scale.

The output must be rounded to two decimal places.

You need to complete the code to meet the requirements.

sum = count = done = 0

average = 0.0

while done != -1:

rating = XXX

if rating == -1:

break

sum += rating

count += 1

average = float(sum / count)

YYY + ZZZ

What should you insert instead of XXX, YYY and ZZZ?

XXX -> float(input('Enter next rating (1-5), -1 for done')) YYY -> print('The average star rating for the new coffee is: ' ZZZ -> format(average, '.2d'))

XXX -> float(input('Enter next rating (1-5), -1 for done')) YYY -> printline('The average star rating for the new coffee is: ' ZZZ -> format(average, '.2f'))

XXX -> print(input('Enter next rating (1-5), -1 for done')) YYY -> print('The average star rating for the new coffee is: ' ZZZ -> format(average, '.2f'))

XXX -> float(input('Enter next rating (1-5), -1 for done')) YYY -> output('The average star rating for the new coffee is: ' ZZZ -> format(average, '.2d'))

XXX -> float(input('Enter next rating (1-5), -1 for done')) YYY -> print('The average star rating for the new coffee is: ' ZZZ -> format(average, '.2f'))

XXX -> input('Enter next rating (1-5), -1 for done') YYY -> print('The average star rating for the new coffee is: ' ZZZ -> format(average, '.2d'))

20. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

print(3 / 5)

6/10

0.6

None of the above.

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21. Which of the following variable names is illegal?

True

tRUE

TRUE

true

22. isalnum() checks if a string contains only letters and digits, and this is:

A method

A module

A function

23. Which of the following function calls can be used to invoke the below function definition?

def test(a, b, c, d):

Choose three.

test(a=1, b=2, c=3, d=4)

test(1, 2, 3, d=4)

test(a=1, 2, c=3, 4)

test(a=1, b=2, c=3, 4)

test(1, 2, 3, 4)

test(a=1, 2, 3, 4)

24. What is the expected output of the following code?

x = [[[1, 2], [3, 4]], [[5, 6], [7, 8]]]

def func(data):

res = data[0][0]

for da in data:

for d in da:

if res < d:

res = d

return res

print(func(x[0]))

The code is erroneous.

25. Which of the following statements are true? (Select two answers)

The ** operator uses right-sided binding.

The result of the / operator is always an integer value.

The right argument of the % operator cannot be zero.

Addition precedes multiplication.

26. What is the output of the following snippet?

dictionary = {'one': 'two', 'three': 'one', 'two': 'three'}

v = dictionary['one']

for k in range(len(dictionary)):

v = dictionary[v]

print(v)

three

('one', 'two', 'three')

one

two

27. What is the expected output of the following code?

data = [[0, 1, 2, 3] for i in range(2)]

print(data[2][0])

The code is erroneous.

28. Consider the following code.

for n in range(1, 6, 1):

print(??? * 5)

What would you insert instead of ???

so that the program prints the following pattern to the monitor?

11111

22222

33333

44444

55555

str(n)

-1

29. What value will be assigned to the x variable?

z = 3

y = 7

x = y == z and y > z or z > y and z != y

False

True

30. What value will be assigned to the x variable?

z = 3

y = 7

x = y < z and z > y or y > z and z < y

False

True

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31. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

print(a[::2])

[1, 2]

[1, 3, 5, 7, 9]

[8, 9]

[1, 2, 3]