Python String Quiz [15 String Quiz Questions]

This Python String Quiz provides Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) to help you get familiar with Python Strings. To perform any programming tasks in Python, a good understanding of string manipulation is necessary. This online quiz focuses on testing your skills in Python String manipulation.

You’ll encounter questions covering:

String Creation and Basics: How to define strings, basic properties like length, and immutability.
String Indexing and Slicing: Accessing specific characters or substrings using indices and slicing techniques.
String Methods: Utilizing built-in string methods for common operations like changing case, searching, replacing, splitting, and joining strings.
String Formatting: Different ways to embed variables and expressions within strings.
Escape Sequences: Understanding special characters within strings.

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Python String Exercise
15 Python Quizzes: each focusing on a specific topic

The quiz contains 25 questions. There is no time limit.
Explanation is provided for each answer.
You will get 1 point for each correct answer. Solve 15 correctly to pass the test

1. Which string method checks if all characters in the string are digits (0-9) and the string is not empty?

str.isnumeric()

str.isdigit()

str.isdecimal()

All of the above (with subtle differences)

2. Which string method converts all characters in a string to uppercase?

str.upper_case()

str.toUpper()

str.upper()

str.caps()

3. What will be the output of the following Python code?

text = "programming"
print(text.count('g'))
print(text.count('m', 5))

2
1

2
2

1
1

1
2

4. What will be the output of the following code?

str1 = "My salary is 7000";
str2 = "7000"

print(str1.isdigit())
print(str2.isdigit())

False
True

False
False

True
False

5. Which string method would you use to center a string within a specified width, padding with a specified character?

str.center()

str.align_center()

str.pad_center()

str.middle()

6. You have a list of strings words = ["hello", "world", "python"]. How would you join them into a single string "hello-world-python"?

"-".join(words)

words.join("-")

words.connect("-")

"-".concatenate(words)

7. What will be the output of the following Python code?

sentence = "Python Python Python"
sentence = sentence.replace("Python", "PYnative", 1)
print(sentence)

PYnative PYnative PYnative

Python PYnative Python

Python Python Python

PYnative Python Python

8. Which of the following is the modern (Python 3+) and generally preferred way to format strings, offering better readability and performance than % formatting?

% formatting

str.format() method

f-strings

Template Strings

9. What will be the output of the following string comparison

print("John" > "Jhon")
print("Emma" < "Emm")

True
False

False
False

10. Strings are immutable in Python, which means a string cannot be modified.

True

False

11. What will be the output of the following Python code?

text = "abracadabra"
print(text.find('a'))
print(text.rfind('a'))

0
10

0
0

0
5

1
10

12. What will be the output of the following Python code?

sentence = "Joy Joy Joy"
sentence.replace("Joy", "Bliss", 2)
print(sentence)

Joy Joy Joy

Joy Bliss Joy

Bliss Bliss Joy

Joy Joy Bliss

13. What is the difference between str.strip() and str.lstrip()?

strip() removes all whitespace, lstrip() removes only spaces.

strip() removes leading/trailing whitespace, lstrip() removes only leading whitespace.

strip() removes specified characters, lstrip() removes only leading specified characters.

strip() is for numbers, lstrip() is for strings.

14. Choose the correct function to get the character from ASCII number

ascii(number)

char(number)

chr(number)

15. What will be the output of the following Python code?

s = "Python"
print(s[2:5])

tho

hon

yth

ython

16. What will be the output of the following Python code?

text1 = "Python3"
text2 = "HelloWorld"
print(text1.isalnum())
print(text2.isalpha())

True
True

False
False

True
False

False
True

17. What is the default encoding used for strings in Python 3?

ASCII

Latin-1

UCS-2

UTF-8

18. How would you replace all occurrences of “apple” with “orange” in the string s = "I like apple pie, apple juice."?

s.replace("apple", "orange")

s.replace_all("apple", "orange")

s.sub("apple", "orange")

s.change("apple", "orange")

19. What will be the output of the following Python code?

myString = "pynative"
stringList = ["abc", "pynative", "xyz"]

print(stringList[1] == myString)
print(stringList[1] is myString)

True
False

True
True

20. Select the correct output of the following String operations

str1 = "my isname isis jameis isis bond"; 
sub = "is"; 
print(str1.count(sub, 4))

21. What will be the output of the following Python code?

data = "item1,item2,item3"
parts = data.split(',')
print(parts[1])

item1

item2

item3

[‘item1’, ‘item2’, ‘item3’]

22. Guess the correct output of the following String operation

str1 = 'Welcome'
print(str1*2)

WelcomeWelcome

Error

23. What will be the output of the following Python code?

path = "/usr/local/bin/python"
print(path.split('/'))

['', 'usr', 'local', 'bin', 'python']

['usr', 'local', 'bin', 'python']

['/usr', '/local', '/bin', '/python']

['/', 'usr', 'local', 'bin', 'python']

24. Which of the following is the most efficient way to concatenate a large number of small strings in a loop?

Using the + operator repeatedly.

Using f-strings in each iteration.

Appending to a list and then using "".join(my_list)

Using the str.concat() method.

25. Which string method is used to count the number of non-overlapping occurrences of a substring in the string?

str.find_all()

str.occurrences()

str.count()

str.num_substrings()

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