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PCEP-30-02 4.1 Decompose the Code Using Functions PCEP-30 Practice Questions (Page 3)
Part of the Functions and Exceptions domain, which accounts for 28% of the PCEP-30 exam. Python Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 45-minute exam (~20–30 total, ~6–8 in this domain), expect 2–2 from this objective — we provide 19 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 11–15
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A developer is testing a recursive function that computes the nth Fibonacci number: def fib(n): if n <= 1: return n return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2) What is the result of `fib(3)`?
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What does a function return if it has no return statement?
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A developer writes the following generator function: def evens(limit): for i in range(limit): if i % 2 == 0: yield i They then run `for x in evens(6): print(x)`. What is the output?
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Given the function definition def add(a, b): return a + b, which call is correct?
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A script defines a function `get_total(prices)` that returns the sum of a list of prices. The developer calls it with `total = get_total([10, 20, 30])`. What will the variable `total` contain?
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