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The Python online test assesses knowledge of programming in the Python language and commonly used parts of the Python Standard Library. This test requires solving live coding problems in Python.

The assessment includes work-sample tasks such as:

  • Working with Python collections and language constructs.
  • Using proper algorithms and data structures to optimize application performance.
  • Serializing to/from JSON to handle web requests.

A good Python developer needs a solid understanding of the Python programming language and knowledge of its data structures and language constructs to write robust and maintainable code.

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Easy
20 min
code
Public
AI-resistant
Python
Iteration
Lists

Your company is analyzing malware which targets numerical record files.

The malware uses a sliding window over the array of numbers in a file, and tries to match the following pattern:

Tl, -, -, X, -, -, -, Tr

The entire window is moved so that 'X' passes through all the values and is compared to the numbers at the 'Tl' and 'Tr' locations, which are positioned at a constant offset to 'X'.

The malware has the following rules:

  • If the value at the 'Tl' or 'Tr' position of the pattern is bigger or equal to the value at the 'X’ position, the malware replaces the value at 'X' with 0.
  • If the value at the 'Tl' or 'Tr' offset is out of bounds, then the value at 'X' is only compared to the other existing value.
  • The record is processed in two stages: first, all the positions that should be set to 0 are located, using the original values for comparison. Only after all positions have been identified do they get set to 0.

For example, if the values in a record file are the following:

[1, 2, 0, 5, 0, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3]

The expected values after the malware runs are:

[1, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 0]

In this example, both '2's, the '4' and the last '3' were replaced by 0.

Implement the simulate function so that the malware behavior is replicated for further study.

Easy
15 min
code
Public
Python
Inheritance
OOP

A user interface contains two types of user input controls: TextInput, which accepts all characters and NumericInput, which accepts only digits.

Implement the class TextInput that contains:

  • Method add(self, character) - adds the given character to the current value
  • Method get_value(self) - returns the current value

Implement the class NumericInput that:

  • Inherits TextInput
  • Overrides the add method so that each non-numeric character is ignored

For example, the following code should output "10":

input = NumericInput()
input.add("1")
input.add("a")
input.add("0")
print(input.get_value())

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Category Tree, Greeter, Tuple Slice, Kilometer Converter, Chain Link, Unique Numbers, Moving Total, Max Sum, Reward Points, Flight Connections, Internal Nodes, Is Alpha, Hobbies, Medical Record, Read First Line, Crop Ratio, Username, Log Parser, Special Actions, Veterinarian, Document Store, Paper Strip, Segment, Language Teacher, Read Write Execute, Ceramic Store, String Occurrence, XML Navigation, Date Transform, Book Sale, Students, Numbers To Text, Shipping, Planet Search, Digital Flasks, Company Stock, Airport Networks, Log Patch, Count Hobbies, Book Authors, Friend, Car Rental, Chinese Box, Stories, Node, Driver Exam, Worker, Circuit Simulator, Vectors, Construction Game, Calories Burned, Chemical Machine, Random Playlist, File Format, Flimsy Ladder, Action Stack, Paragraph, Procedural Generator, Cargo Ship.

Skills and topics tested

  • Python
  • Dictionary
  • Exceptions
  • Language
  • Strings
  • Tuples
  • Inheritance
  • Method Overriding
  • OOP
  • Linked List
  • Algorithmic Thinking
  • Set
  • Graphs
  • Lists
  • Tree
  • List Comprehension
  • Iteration
  • Named Tuple
  • Bug Fixing
  • Integer Division
  • Regex
  • Serialization
  • XML
  • Queue
  • Arithmetic
  • Multithreading
  • Stream
  • Dynamic Objects
  • Sorting
  • JSON
  • Conditions
  • AI Code Review
  • Conditional Statements
  • Loops
  • 2D Array
  • Monkey Patching
  • Performance Tuning
  • Data Structures
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Recursion
  • Memory Management
  • Closures
  • Stack
  • Random

For job roles

  • Back-End Developer
  • Python Developer
  • Web Developer

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