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. 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']

2. Guess the correct output of the following code?

str1 = "PYnative"
print(str1[1:4])
print(str1[4:])

PYna
ative

Ynat
ative

Yna
tive

3. 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)

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

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

tho

hon

yth

ython

5. Python does not support a character type; a single character is treated as strings of length one.

False

True

6. Which method is correct to convert String "welcome to python" to "Welcome To Python"

capitalize()

title()

7. 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.

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 Python code?

s = "Python"
print('o' in s)
print('x' not in s)

True
False

True
True

False
True

False
False

10. Select the correct output of the following String operations

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

11. What is the purpose of a “raw string” (prefixed with r or R) in Python?

To create strings that cannot be modified.

To ignore escape sequences like \n or \t.

To define strings that are case-insensitive.

To represent binary data.

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

str1 = "PYnative"
print(str1[0:-1])
print(str1[:-1])

PYnativ
PYnativ

PYnative
PYnative

PYnativ
PYnative

PYnativ
e

13. What does it mean that strings in Python are “immutable”?

Their characters can be changed, but their length cannot.

They cannot be assigned to new variables.

Once created, their content cannot be changed.

They can only contain ASCII characters.

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

ascii(number)

char(number)

chr(number)

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

ASCII

Latin-1

UCS-2

UTF-8

16. Which string method returns True if all characters in the string are alphabetic (letters) and there is at least one character?

str.isalphabet()

str.isalpha()

str.isalphanumeric()

str.isletter()

17. What will be the output of the following string operation?

str1 = 'Welcome'
print (str1[:6] + ' PYnative')

Welcome PYnative

WelcomPYnative

Welcom PYnative

WelcomePYnative

18. Guess the correct output of the following String operation

str1 = 'Welcome'
print(str1*2)

WelcomeWelcome

Error

19. 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()

20. Which f-string syntax allows you to print both the variable name and its value for debugging purposes?

f"{varname} = {varname}"

f"{varname:debug}"

f"{varname=}"

f"{varname.debug()}"

21. 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)

22. 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’]

23. 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")

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

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

True
False

False
False

25. 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

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