Python Institute PCAP Certified Associate in Python Programming Practice Tests

Included in this book:

This e-book contains six full-length practice exams (six sets with 40 questions each) with the answer key, including complete explanations and links to the official Python references plus a list of free online resources: blog posts, books, videos, and podcasts. The book is aligned with the PCAP 31-03 version and includes September 17, 2020 updates.

What you will learn:

• Assess your strengths and weaknesses in the five PCAP Exam knowledge blocks

• Boost your chances of passing a real PCAP Exam

• Become aware of commands, terms, and definitions you have to memorize

• Prepare for five PCAP Exam Blocks: (i) Modules and Packages, (ii) Exceptions, (iii) Strings, (iv) Object-Oriented Programming, and (v) Miscellaneous (List Comprehensions, Lambdas, Closures, and I/O Operations)

• Make sure you are not wasting your exam fee ($295)

• Prepare for a Data Scientist or Software Development job interview

Requirements:

• Desktop computer (Windows or Mac), tablet, or smartphone

• Internet Connection

• Python 3.9 Installation (recommended)

Target students/who this course is for:

Students preparing for the 2021 PCAP Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer Exam and/or people preparing for Job Interviews in Data Science and Software Development. This exam is the starting point to launching a career in software development, Python programming, and related technologies.

Ebook Description

Please note that provided six practice tests are mock exams, not brain dumps. They are designed to replicate the style, topics, and complexity (or simplicity ;8-) of the real-world PCAP certification exam. The number of questions for each Exam Module is chosen to match the current Python Institute PCAP Exam Guide. The sentence length and structure of questions are adjusted to match examples from the Exam Guide. Drag & drop, gap fill, single-choice, and multiple-choice type questions are all represented.

The multiple-choice questions are written with plausible distractors, using the memory + application method that tests students’ knowledge of principles and facts in real-life programming.

The question actions (eg. ’you are going to’, ’what would you use’, etc), and conditions (’which command is used’, ’does the functions’, ’what 2 is the purpose’) also follow the PCAP Sample Exam Format. A candidate preparing for the exam will expend about the same time and apply about the same mental effort to understand the question as he would in the real test center/online environment.

In the end, I have also tried to make the presentation interesting, in some cases even fun, to maximize the probability you will retain the knowledge ;8-) In a few places, I

have been adding graphics/figures to illustrate the question, hoping that might improve your understanding and retain the subject matter.

P.S. I recommend you first take this PCEP entry-level exam. There are two advantages: (i) you get familiarized with the Python Institute Exam format and the exam environment (administered by OpenEDG Testing Service, edube.org, and Pearson VUE Testing Centers online), and (ii) the exam fee is just $59 and your OpenEDG Python Institute certification remain valid for a lifetime and there is no need for any renewals.

P.S.S. A final comment about the validity of the answers: each practice exam question is followed by an answer, an explanation of the answer, and an explanation of why other multiple choices are wrong. The link(s) (between two and four) to the free online resources are provided (Python documentation, other documentation, pdf articles, blogs, and videos). The answers were tested with Python 3.9 installation.

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Emil is a Ph. D. physicist 3 who has been working at US Universities and national and international labs in experimental particle and nuclear physics for over 30 years. His interests include the AI/ML methods in particle physics data analysis and the development of ML models in medical physics. He holds the CompTIA certifications (A+, Security+, and Network+) and has passed his AWS Certifications (Cloud Practitioner, Solution Architect Associate, and Machine Learning Specialty) as well as the Python Institute PCEP and PCAP exams. I hope you will be able to do it too! Best of luck!

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