Chapter 2: Functions & Modularization (Review Questions)¶

The questions below assume that you have read the first and the second part of Chapter 2.

Be concise in your answers! Most questions can be answered in one sentence.

Essay Questions¶

Q1: What behavior of the def statement makes it a statement? Is there a way to use an expression to create a function?

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Q2: One of the first confusions of experienced programmers coming from other languages to Python regards the observation that "everything in Python is an object" (cf., this discussion). How does this relate to functions?

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Q3: What does it mean for a variable to go out of scope?

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Q4: How can a global variable be shadowed? Is this good or bad?

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Q5: Explain the concept of forwarding a function call.

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Q6: What are keyword-only arguments and when is it appropriate to use them?

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Q7: What are callables? How do they relate to function objects?

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True / False Questions¶

Motivate your answer with one short sentence!

Q8: A mere function call is just an expression.

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Q9: When using the import statement, we need to ensure that the imported attributes do not overwrite any already defined variables and functions.

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Q10: Functions always have a name by which we can call them.

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Q11: The standard library is a collection of numerical tools often used in scientific computing, for example, advanced mathematical functions or utilities for simulation.

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