What is polymorphism in the context of inheritance?

The ability to create multiple instances of the same class.

The ability of a subclass to override a method to provide a specific implementation.

The ability to use a class without inheritance.

The ability to define multiple classes in one file.

What mechanism does Python primarily use to manage memory and deallocate objects?

Reference counting and garbage collection

Automatic deletion at the end of the program

Tracing garbage collection only

Manual memory management with malloc/free

A class represents a temperature reading. The team wants to ensure that the temperature cannot be set below absolute zero (-273.15°C). They also want to retrieve the temperature as a property. Which implementation correctly enforces this validation?

Use a static method to validate the temperature before assignment.

Use a regular attribute and validate in the __init__ method only.

Use @property for the getter and @temperature.setter with validation that raises ValueError for invalid values.

Use a class attribute and modify it directly.

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Functions, Classes and Objects GPYC Practice Questions (Page 8)

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36foundation · easy
Which decorator is used to define a setter for a property?
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What is polymorphism in the context of inheritance?
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38foundation · easy
What mechanism does Python primarily use to manage memory and deallocate objects?
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A class represents a temperature reading. The team wants to ensure that the temperature cannot be set below absolute zero (-273.15°C). They also want to retrieve the temperature as a property. Which implementation correctly enforces this validation?
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40foundation · easy
How do you access an instance attribute named `color` from within an instance method?
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Functions, Classes and Objects GPYC Practice Questions (Page 8)

Questions 36–40

Which decorator is used to define a setter for a property?

What is polymorphism in the context of inheritance?

What mechanism does Python primarily use to manage memory and deallocate objects?

A class represents a temperature reading. The team wants to ensure that the temperature cannot be set below absolute zero (-273.15°C). They also want to retrieve the temperature as a property. Which implementation correctly enforces this validation?

How do you access an instance attribute named `color` from within an instance method?

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