SKILL BENCHMARK

Python Programming Awareness (Entry Level)

  • 10m
  • 10 questions
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The Python Programming Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark will measure your knowledge of the basic programming concepts of Python, such as variables, data types, and built-in functions. You will be assessed on your skills in using Jupyter Notebook to write and work with simple Python programs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write and run a simple Python program using Jupyter Notebook.

Topics covered

  • assign values to newly created variables
  • create floating point, integer, Boolean, and string variables
  • execute Python code to perform simple calculations
  • initialize and work with single-line and multi-line strings
  • install the Anaconda distribution of Python to run Python on a Mac machine
  • perform string formatting operations to display data
  • run the Jupyter notebook server to execute Python code on a Windows machine
  • use built-in functions in Python to perform operations
  • use variables in place of values directly
  • work with floats, integers, Booleans, and strings