81. What is the output of print(3 * 'ab')?
- a) ababab
- b) 3ab
- c) ab3
- d) Error
Answer: A - Strings can be multiplied by integers to repeat them.
82. Which method returns the index of the first occurrence of a value in a list?
- a) index()
- b) find()
- c) search()
- d) locate()
Answer: A -
['a','b'].index('b') returns 1.
83. What does the zip() function do?
- a) Combines iterables element-wise
- b) Compresses files
- c) Merges dictionaries
- d) Concatenates strings
Answer: A -
list(zip([1,2], ['a','b'])) returns [(1,'a'), (2,'b')].
84. Which function returns the largest item in an iterable?
- a) max()
- b) maximum()
- c) largest()
- d) top()
Answer: A -
max([1,2,3]) returns 3.
85. What is the output of print('Python'[-1])?
- a) n
- b) P
- c) o
- d) Error
Answer: A - Negative indices count from the end (-1 is last character).
86. Which method splits a string at occurrences of a separator?
- a) split()
- b) partition()
- c) divide()
- d) separate()
Answer: A -
'a,b'.split(',') returns ['a','b'].
87. What is the output of print(bool([]))?
- a) False
- b) True
- c) []
- d) None
Answer: A - Empty lists are falsy in Python.
88. Which method returns a copy of a list in reverse order?
- a) reversed()
- b) reverse()
- c) backwards()
- d) flip()
Answer: A -
list(reversed([1,2])) returns [2,1] (doesn't modify original).
89. What does the any() function do?
- a) Returns True if any element is truthy
- b) Checks if all elements are True
- c) Counts truthy elements
- d) Applies OR operation
Answer: A -
any([False, 0, 'a']) returns True.
90. Which method converts a list to a string with elements separated by commas?
- a) join()
- b) str()
- c) concat()
- d) tostring()
Answer: A -
','.join(['a','b']) returns 'a,b'.
91. What is the output of print('Python'.islower())?
- a) False
- b) True
- c) None
- d) Error
Answer: A - Checks if all cased characters are lowercase (fails due to 'P').
92. Which method removes and returns the last item of a list?
- a) pop()
- b) remove()
- c) delete()
- d) cut()
Answer: A -
my_list.pop() removes and returns the last item.
93. What is the output of print('Python'[1:4])?
- a) yth
- b) Pyt
- c) ytho
- d) Python
Answer: A - Slicing includes start index (1) up to but not including stop index (4).
94. Which function returns a sequence of numbers?
- a) range()
- b) sequence()
- c) numbers()
- d) seq()
Answer: A -
range(3) generates 0,1,2.
95. What does the enumerate() function do?
- a) Adds counter to an iterable
- b) Counts elements
- c) Numbers items
- d) Creates a numbered list
Answer: A -
list(enumerate(['a'])) returns [(0,'a')].
96. Which method returns a list of dictionary keys?
- a) keys()
- b) get_keys()
- c) items()
- d) values()
Answer: A -
my_dict.keys() returns a view of all keys.
97. What is the output of print('Python'.endswith('on'))?
- a) True
- b) False
- c) None
- d) Error
Answer: A - Checks if string ends with the specified suffix.
98. Which method removes whitespace from both ends of a string?
- a) strip()
- b) trim()
- c) clean()
- d) clear()
Answer: A -
' hello '.strip() returns 'hello'.
99. What is the output of print('Python'[::2])?
- a) Pto
- b) yhn
- c) Python
- d) Pyth
Answer: A - Step value of 2 selects every second character.
100. Which function returns the smallest item in an iterable?
- a) min()
- b) minimum()
- c) smallest()
- d) bottom()
Answer: A -
min([1,2,3]) returns 1.