What does the read() method do when called on a file object?

Reads the entire file content as a string

Reads the file and returns a list of lines

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Python Basics GPYC Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Python Fundamentals domain, which makes up ~43% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~22–34 in this domain), expect 4–7 from this objective — we provide 33 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Which standard library module provides the sqrt() function?
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What is the output of the following code? def add(a, b): return a + b print(add(2, 3))
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What is the output of the following code? for i in range(3): print(i)
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What does the read() method do when called on a file object?
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What is the result of the following lambda expression? (lambda x: x + 1)(5)
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Python Basics GPYC Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

Which standard library module provides the sqrt() function?

What is the output of the following code? def add(a, b): return a + b print(add(2, 3))

What is the output of the following code? for i in range(3): print(i)

What does the read() method do when called on a file object?

What is the result of the following lambda expression? (lambda x: x + 1)(5)

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