Python Institute PCEP-30-02 Exam - Topic 1 Question 5 Discussion

Actual exam question for Python Institute's PCEP-30-02 exam

Question #: 5
Topic #: 1

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What is the expected output of the following code?

BThe code raises an unhandled exception.

CFalse

D('Fermi ', '2021', 'False')

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Suggested Answer: C

The code snippet that you have sent is a loop that checks if a variable ''floor'' is less than or equal to 0 and prints a string accordingly. The code is as follows:

floor = 5 while floor > 0: print(''+'') floor = floor - 1

The code starts with assigning the value 5 to the variable ''floor''. Then, it enters a while loop that repeats as long as the condition ''floor > 0'' is true. Inside the loop, the code prints a ''+'' symbol to the screen, and then subtracts 1 from the value of ''floor''. The loop ends when ''floor'' becomes 0 or negative, and the code exits.

The code outputs five ''+'' symbols to the screen, one for each iteration of the loop. Therefore, the correct answer is C. five.

by Laticia at Oct 18, 2023, 05:42 PM

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Misty

6 months ago

I agree with A, it should just return 1.

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Jin

6 months ago

Wait, is it really D? That seems off.

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Fannie

6 months ago

I’m leaning towards C, but not sure.

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Corazon

6 months ago

Definitely B, it throws an exception!

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Tracie

7 months ago

I think the output is D.

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Vanna

7 months ago

I practiced a question like this before, and I think it was about returning a tuple, so D seems likely.

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Sarah

7 months ago

I feel like the answer could be False, but I can't recall the exact logic behind it.

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Felicidad

7 months ago

I remember something about exceptions in similar questions, so maybe it raises an unhandled exception instead?

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Geoffrey

7 months ago

I think the output might be option D, but I'm not entirely sure if the tuple is formatted correctly.

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Frederic

7 months ago

This is a good test of my knowledge. I'm confident I can work through this step-by-step and arrive at the correct answer.

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Vanesa

7 months ago

Okay, let me break this down. The code is creating a tuple, so the output should be a tuple. I just need to figure out the exact values that will be in the tuple.

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Armanda

7 months ago

Ah, I think I've seen something like this before. Let me quickly review the rules around string concatenation and boolean values in this language.

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Sang

8 months ago

I'm not entirely sure about this one. The output seems a bit ambiguous, so I'll need to double-check my understanding of the language features involved.

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Kenia

8 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to carefully read through the code and think through the logic step-by-step.

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Caitlin

8 months ago

I'm pretty confident about this one. I know CASE and DECODE are both SQL functions, so I'll start by evaluating the statements about them being functions.

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Sharen

8 months ago

This is a good test of my XSLT knowledge. I'm feeling confident that I can figure out the right answer if I take my time and think it through.

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Jules

8 months ago

No way, objects should never call other objects. That's a recipe for a tangled mess of dependencies. I'm going with option A.

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Jame

8 months ago

I'm pretty sure this is asking about the type of query needed for a Prisma Cloud build policy in Terraform. I think the answer is Terraform, since Prisma Cloud integrates with Terraform.

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