Q1medium
Trace the logic:
x = [1, 2, 3]
y = x
y[0] = 99
print(x[0])
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Practice in Timed ModeQ2hard
A function calculateDiscount(price) is supposed to return the final price. However, it also prints "Success!" to the console and saves the price to a history.txt file. These extra actions are called:
Q3easy
What is the output?
val = 1
for i from 1 to 3:
val = val * i
print(val)
Q4medium
You are writing a program for a library. You have copied the same 10 lines of "Late Fee Calculation" logic into five different parts of your code. Which programming principle are you violating?
Q5medium
You are writing a program that handles sensitive bank transactions. You want to ensure that even if an error occurs mid-transaction, the system doesn't leave the bank account in a corrupted state. Which structure is most important?
Q6medium
Why is "Hard-coding" values like tax = 0.17 directly into your functions considered a bad practice?
Q7easy
What does "Refactoring" code mean?
Q8medium
What will be the output of this code snippet?
total = 0
for i from 1 to 5:
if (i % 2 == 0):
total = total + i
print(total)
Q9medium
Why is using "Global Variables" generally considered a poor practice in large-scale problem solving?
Q10hard
A developer is writing a program to calculate the average of three
numbers. Find the logical bug:
num1 = 10
num2 = 20
num3 = 30
average = num1 + num2 + num3 / 3