SKILL BENCHMARK

Python for Developers Literacy (Beginner Level)

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  • 16 questions
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The Python for Developers Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to install Python and work with variables, built-in functions, and simple Python data types. You will be assessed on your skills in creating and using lists and tuples, working with sets and dictionaries, correctly copying variables of complex data types, and distinguishing the similarities and differences across lists, sets, tuples, and dictionaries. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform operations with simple and complex data types in Python.

Topics covered

  • create and use complex data types, such as lists, tuples, and sets
  • execute commands on the Python shell
  • illustrate the characteristics of tuples
  • implement list indexing and slicing operations
  • install Anaconda Python on Windows
  • perform basic math operations
  • perform escaping and formatting of strings
  • perform insert and remove operations on lists
  • perform operations on sets
  • perform type conversions
  • recall the differences between shallow copies and deep copies in dictionaries
  • recall the differences between shallow copies and deep copies in lists
  • use dictionaries to store data in an associative and unordered format
  • use strings as a sequence of characters
  • use the different kinds of primitive data types, such as strings, numbers, and Booleans
  • work with built-in functions