Python Functions

1.		What is the purpose of the **kwargs parameter in a function definition?

It allows the function to accept a variable number of positional arguments

It allows the function to accept a variable number of keyword arguments

It defines the default arguments for a function

It defines the required arguments for a function

2.		What is the output of the following code? def my_function(x, y):return x + y result = my_function(y=2, x=3) print(result)

5

2

3

1

3.		What is the output of the following code? def my_function(x): return x ** 2 numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4] result = map(my_function, numbers) print(list(result))

[1, 4, 9, 16]

[2, 4, 6, 8]

[0, 1, 4, 9

Error

4.		What is the syntax to call a function in Python?

call function_name(arguments)

function_name(arguments)

function(arguments)

call function(arguments)

5.		What is the output of the following code? numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] def square(x):return x * x squared_numbers = map(square, numbers) print(list(squared_numbers))

[1, 4, 9, 16, 25]

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

[2, 4, 6, 8, 10]

[3, 6, 9, 12, 15]

6.		What is the output of the following code? def my_function(x, y=2):return x ** y result1 = my_function(2) result2 = my_function(2, 3) print(result1, result2)

2 8

4 8

4 6

2 6

7.		What is the output of the following code? def my_function(**kwargs):return sum(kwargs.values()) result = my_function(a=1, b=2, c=3) print(result)

1

4

6

3

8.		What is the output of the following code? def my_function(x, y):return x ** y result = my_function(2, 3) print(result)

5

8

6

1

9.		What is the output of the following code? def my_function():global x x = 5 x = x + 1 my_function() print(x)

5

6

TypeError

None

10.		What is the purpose of the map function in Python?

It applies a function to each element of an iterable and returns a new iterable

It filters an iterable based on a given function

It converts an iterable to a dictionary

It sorts an iterable based on a given function