Python Institute Pcap 31 03 Practice Test - Set 1

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PCAP - Certified Associate in Python Programming - Exam Information

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Exam Code

Python Institute Pcap 31 03

Exam Title

PCAP - Certified Associate in Python Programming

Vendor

Python Institute

Difficulty

Intermediate

Duration

65 Minutes

Question Format

Multiple Choice

Last Updated

February 23, 2025

The PCAP certification validates the ability to accomplish intermediate-level coding tasks in Python programming.

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1. Which module in Python is used for regular expressions?

regex

match

string

2. What does the __init__ method do in Python classes?

Initializes an instance

Deletes an instance

Defines a static method

Creates a class method

3. Which keyword is used to create a subclass in Python?

class

inherit

extends

subclass

4. Which method is called when an object is deleted?

__del__

__delete__

__destroy__

__remove__

5. How do you check if a key exists in a dictionary?

key in dict

dict.has_key(key)

exists(dict, key)

dict.contains(key)

6. Which of the following is true about Python class variables?

They are shared among all instances of a class

They are defined inside methods only

Each instance has a separate copy

They must be defined using global keyword

7. What will `print(type(lambda x: x))` output?

None

8. What will happen if you try to access an undefined variable?

NameError

ValueError

SyntaxError

None

9. Which Python function is used to dynamically import a module?

__import__()

importlib.import_module()

import()

sys.import()

10. Which of the following data types is mutable?

List

Tuple

String

Integer

11. What is the default return value of a function that does not return anything explicitly?

None

False

Empty String

12. Which of the following is used to handle exceptions in Python?

try-except

catch

error-handling

handle

13. Which of the following functions converts an object into a string representation?

repr()

str()

print()

stringify()

14. Which of the following is **not** a valid Python identifier?

3variable

_private

class_

varName

15. What will `list(range(2, 8, 2))` return?

[2, 4, 6]

[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

[2, 8, 2]

[2, 6, 8]

16. Which method is used to add an element to a set?

add()

insert()

append()

push()

17. Which of the following is used to iterate over a dictionary’s keys and values?

items()

keys()

values()

iter()

18. Which of the following is **not** a valid way to create an empty set?

{}

set()

set([])

set(())

19. What does `enumerate()` return?

An iterator that yields pairs (index, value)

A list of tuples

A dictionary

An index

20. Which built-in function returns the largest item in an iterable?

max()

largest()

top()

greatest()

21. What does the `@property` decorator do in Python?

Creates a getter method

Makes a method private

Defines a class property

Marks a method as static

22. Which method is called when using the `with` statement?

__enter__()

__start__()

__open__()

__with__()

23. What will `print(globals() is locals())` output in global scope?

True

False

None

Error

24. Which function returns a map object?

map()

filter()

reduce()

apply()

25. What is the output of `print({x: x**2 for x in range(3)})`?

{0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 4}

[0, 1, 4]

{0, 1, 4}

Error

26. Which method is used to implement operator overloading for addition?

__add__()

__plus__()

__sum__()

__operator__()

27. What will `print(hasattr(str, "upper"))` output?

True

False

None

Error

28. Which module is used for working with dates?

datetime

date

time

calendar

29. What is the output of `print(all([True, False, True]))`?

False

True

None

Error

30. Which method is called to implement the iterator protocol?

__next__()

__iter__()

__loop__()

__sequence__()

31. What will `print(callable(len))` output?

True

False

None

Error

32. Which function returns a zip object?

zip()

map()

enumerate()

combine()

33. What is the output of `print(issubclass(bool, int))`?

True

False

None

Error

34. Which decorator is used for memoization?

@functools.lru_cache()

@memoize

@cache

@remember

35. What will `print(any([False, True, False]))` output?

True

False

None

Error

36. Which method is used to serialize an object to JSON?

json.dumps()

json.serialize()

json.encode()

json.to_string()

37. What is the output of `print(isinstance(True, int))`?

True

False

None

Error

38. Which module provides support for regular expressions?

regex

match

string

39. What will `print(sorted([3, 1, 2], reverse=True))` output?

[3, 2, 1]

[1, 2, 3]

[3, 1, 2]

Error

40. Which method is used to dynamically import a module?

__import__()

importlib.import_module()

import()

sys.import()

41. What is the output of `print([x**2 for x in range(3)])`?

[0, 1, 4]

[1, 4, 9]

[0, 1, 2]

Error

42. Which decorator is used to define a class method?

@classmethod

@staticmethod

@method

@class

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