Python Institute Python Institute Certifications PCEP-30-02 Questions & Answers

• Question 181:

  The escape character owes its name to the fact that it:

  A. cannot be caught due to its high speed

  B. escapes from source les into the computer memory C. changes the meaning of the character next to it

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 182:

  What do you call a computer program which directly executes instructions written in a programming language?

  A. A compiler

  B. An interpreter

  C. A translator

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 183:

  What do you call a command-line interpreter which lets you interact with your OS and execute Python commands and scripts?

  A. A console

  B. A compiler

  C. Jython

  D. An editor

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 184:

  A value returned by the input() function is:

  A. an integer

  B. a oat

  C. a string

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 185:

  Insert the correct piece of code, so that the program produces the expected output. Expected output:

  

  Code:

  

  A. print(Andy\nBrown)

  B. print("Andy Brown", end=" ")

  C. print("Andy Brown", sep=" ")

  D. print("Andy\nBrown")

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 186:

  The \n digraph forces the print() function to:

  A. duplicate the character next to the digraph

  B. stop its execution

  C. break the output line

  D. output exactly two characters: \ and n

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 187:

  What is true about compilation? (Choose two.)

  A. The code is converted directly into machine code executable by the processor

  B. It tends to be faster than interpretation

  C. It tends to be slower than interpretation

  D. Both you and the end user must have the code

  Correct Answer: AB

• Question 188:

  You execute the following command in the terminal.

  python index.py Hello

  You want the command to print out Hello.

  What has to be inside of index.py?

  

  A. Option A

  B. Option B

  C. Option C

  D. Option D

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 189:

  The compiled Python bytecode is stored in les having names ending with:

  A. py

  B. pyb

  C. pyc

  D. pc

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 190:

  What is the expected behavior of the following program?

  

  A. The program will generate an error message on the screen

  B. The program will output "Goodbye!"

  C. The program will output Goodbye!

  D. The program will output ("Goodbye!")

  Correct Answer: A