Pre-assessment.md

Python Pre-Assessment

This assessment is designed to test a students prior knowledge of Python.

Q1 - How would you define a variable, a, and set it's value equal to 5 in python?

a) def variable(a):
b) a = 5
c) a == 5
d) a = 5;

Q2 - What is the output of print str[2:5] given str = 'Hello World!'?

a) ello W
b) llo
c) llo Wo
d) lo Wo

Q3 - What is the output list*5 given list = ['a','b',12]

a) ['a', 'b', 12, 'a', 'b', 12, 'a', 'b', 12, 'a', 'b', 12, 'a', 'b', 12]
b) ['aaaaa', 'bbbbb', 60]
c) [['a','b',12],['a','b',12],['a','b',12],['a','b',12],['a','b',12]]
d) list*5 produces an error because you can't multiply an int by a mixed array.

Consider the following piece of code

import numpy

a = numpy.array([1,2,3,4,5])

for i in range(len(a)):
	b = i*a

print(b)

Q4 - What is numpy?

a) A header file
b) A program
c) A reference to a file called numpy on the computer
d) A package

Q5 - What are the values of i?

a) 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
b) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
c) i does not change
d) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Q6 - What would the output of the program be if a = [1,2,3,4,5]

a) Would not work. You need an array for multiplication to work.
b) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
c) [ 4 8 12 16 20]
d) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Q7 - Give that a = [12,26,330,41,50]. What is a[:-1]?

a) [50,41,330,26,12]
b) Not possible.
c) [12,26,330,41]
d) 50

Q8 - What error occurs when you execute: apple = banana?

a) No error. Apple is assigned the variable banana.
b) ValueErrror
c) SyntaxError
d) NameError
e) SyntaxError

Q9 - What data type is this object: a = [1,'hello',3.14,0,]

a) list
b) array
c) dictionary
d) tuple

Q10 - Which pieces of code will result in: This code will work ?

a) "This code will",work
b) "This code will"+"work"
c) This code will work
d) "This+code+will+work"