automate cybersecurity tasks with python coursera weekly challenge 2 answers
Test your knowledge: Introduction to functions
1. In Python, what is a function?
- A section of code that contains a conditional
- A section of code that exists directly in Python
- A section of code that can be reused in a program
- A section of code that contains an iterative statement
3. You want to define a function that performs a status check. Which of the following is a valid header for the function definition?
- def status_check()
- def status_check
- def status_check:
- def status_check():
4. You are responsible for defining a function alert() that prints out the statement "Security issue detected." Which of the following blocks of code represent the correct indentation for defining and then calling the function?
Test your knowledge: Arguments, parameters, and return statements
Test your knowledge: Arguments, parameters, and return statements
5. Fill in the blank: In the following code, the integers 5 and 12 are _____:
for i in range(5, 12):
print(i)
- functions
- parameters
- return statements
- arguments
6. What is the correct way to define the function addition() if it requires the two parameters num1 and num2?
- def addition(num1 num2):
- def addition(num1 and num2):
- def addition(num1)(num2):
- def addition(num1, num2):
7. Which of the following lines of code has correct syntax for printing the data type of the string "elarson"?
- print(type, “elarson”)
- print(type(“elarson”))
- type(print(“elarson”))
- print(“elarson”, type)
8. Which function definition includes the correct syntax for returning the value of the result variable from the doubles() function?
def doubles(num):
result = num * 2
return result
def doubles(num):
result = num * 2
result return
def doubles(num):
result = num * 2
return = result
def doubles(num):
result = num * 2
return “result”
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Test your knowledge: Learn from the Python community
10. Which of the following resources provides recommendations about including comments in your code?
- csv
- re
- Python Standard Library
- PEP 8
