1 - Which Python keyword indicates the start of a function definition?

Answer: def
// function definition (def)

2 - In Python, how do you indicate the end of the block of code that makes up the
function?

Answer: You de-indent a line of code to the same indent level as the def keyword
// The relation of dependence in statements is in base the indentation, other wise,
you code will not work in Python.

3 - In Python what is the input() feature best described as?

Answer: A built-in function

// All the functions that are predefined in a programming language are called
built-in functions.

4 - What does the following code print out?

def thing():
print('Hello')

print('There')

Answer: There
// In the code the function y is defined but is never called/invoked, so only the
print is executed.

5 - In the following Python code, which of the following is an "argument" to a

function?

x = 'banana'
y = max(x)
print(y)

Answer: x
// The argument is the data that you pass to the function to be processed.

6 - What will the following Python code print out?

def func(x) :
print(x)

func(10)
func(20)

Answer: 1020
// Because is printing numbers and not string, the print does not generate a new
line.
7 - Which line of the following Python program will never execute?

def stuff():
print('Hello')
return
print('World')

Answer: print ('World')

// The line is never executed because the return statement ends the function.
You can only have a return inside of every function.

8 - What will the following Python program print out?

def greet(lang):
if lang == 'es':
return 'Hola'
elif lang == 'fr':
return 'Bonjour'
else:
return 'Hello'
print(greet('fr'),'Michael')

Answer: Bonjour Michael

// The argument passed to the "greet" function is 'fr', lang will be equal to 'fr'
and then it will return "Bonjour"

9 - What is the most important benefit of writing your own functions?

Answer: Avoiding writing the same non-trivial code more than once in your program
// Avoids repetition of your code and makes it more compact.