PCEP Practice Test: Understanding Multi-line Strings in Python

Question 1: Which of the following is the correct way to create a multi-line string in Python?

1. text = 'This is a\nmulti-line string'
2. text = """This is a multi-line string"""
3. text = 'This is a' + '\n' + 'multi-line string'
4. text = "This is a \multi-line string"

Question 2: Which of the following methods can be used to create a multi-line string in Python? (Choose all that apply)

• text = """First line\nSecond line"""
• text = '''First line\nSecond line'''
• text = 'First line' + '\n' + 'Second line'
• text = "First line \n Second line"

Question 3: Complete the code to create a multi-line string using triple quotes.

multi_line = ______

Question 4: What will be the output of the following code?

text = '''Line 1
Line 2
Line 3'''
print(text)

1. Line 1Line 2Line 3
2. Line 1 Line 2 Line3
3. Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3
4. Line 1 Line 2 Line 3

Question 5: Insert the correct code to create a string poem that contains the following text:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Python is fun,
And so are you.
 
poem = ______
print(poem)

Question 6: Which of the following is the correct way to store a paragraph as a multi-line string in Python?

1. paragraph = """This is line 1.\nThis is line 2.\nThis is line 3."""
2. paragraph = 'This is line 1.\nThis is line 2.\nThis is line 3.'
3. paragraph = '''This is line 1. This is line 2. This is line 3.'''
4. paragraph = "This is line 1. \n This is line 2. \n This is line 3."

Question 7: Which of the following are valid ways to include a new line in a multi-line string? (Choose all that apply)

1. Using triple quotes (''' or """)
2. Using the newline character (\n)
3. Using string concatenation (+) with \n
4. Using a tab character (\t)

Question 8: Arrange the steps to correctly create a multi-line string and print it.

1. Use triple quotes to define the multi-line string.
2. Print the variable.
3. Assign the string to a variable.

Question 9: Complete the code to create a multi-line string with a newline character between each line.

text = "Line 1" + ______ + "Line 2" + ______ + "Line 3"
print(text)

Question 10: What will be the output of the following code?

text = '''Hello,
World!
Welcome to Python!'''
print(text)

1. Hello, World! Welcometo Python!
2. Hello, World! Welcome to Python!
3. Hello,\nWorld!\nWelcome to Python!
4. Hello, \n World! \n Welcome to Python!

Question 11: Insert the correct code to define a multi-line string greeting containing the text:

Hi,
How are you?
Have a great day!
 
greeting = ______
print(greeting)

Question 12: What is the result of the following code?

message = """Python is great!
It's also fun!
Let's learn Python!"""
print(message)

1. Python is great! It's also fun! Let's learn Python!
2. Python is great!\nIt's also fun!\nLet's learn Python!
3. Python is great! It's also fun! Let's learn Python!
4. SyntaxError

Question 13: Which of the following are benefits of using triple quotes for multi-line strings? (Choose all that apply)

1. They allow strings to span multiple lines without using \n.
2. They make the code more readable when dealing with large blocks of text.
3. They eliminate the need to concatenate multiple strings together.
4. They automatically format the string with indentation.

Question 14: Arrange the steps to correctly create a string that prints a multi-line message.

1. Print the variable.
2. Use triple quotes to create the string.
3. Assign the string to a variable message.

Question 15: Complete the code to create a multi-line string without using triple quotes.

text = "Line 1" + ______ + "Line 2" + ______ + "Line 3"
print(text)

Question 16: What will be the output of the following code?

text = '''This is line 1.
This is line 2.
This is line 3.'''
print(text)

1. This is line 1. This is line 2. This is line 3.
2. This is line 1. This is line 2. This is line 3.
3. This is line 1. This is line 2. This is line 3.
4. This is line 1.\nThis is line 2.\nThis is line 3.

17. Insert the correct code to define a multi-line string that includes a blank line between two lines of text.

text = ______
print(text)

Question 18: What will be the result of the following code?

text = '''First line
Second line
Third line'''
print(text)

1. First line Second line Third line
2. First line\nSecond line\nThird line
3. First line Second line Third line
4. None

Question 19: Which of the following are correct ways to create a multi-line string? (Choose all that apply)

• text = '''This is a multi-line string'''
• text = """This is a multi-line string"""
• text = 'This is a\nmulti-line\nstring'
• text = "This is a\nmulti-line\nstring"

Question 20: Arrange the steps to correctly format a multi-line string that contains a poem.

1. Print the poem.
2. Assign the poem to a variable using triple quotes.
3. Include line breaks where necessary.

Question 21: Complete the code to create a multi-line string that starts with "Hello" on one line and "World!" on the next.

greeting = ______ + '\n' + ______
print(greeting)

Question 22: What will be the output of the following code?

text = """Line one
Line two
Line three"""
print(text)

1. Line one Line two Line three
2. Line one Line two Line three
3. Line one\nLine two\nLine three
4. None

Question 23: Insert the correct code to define a multi-line string story that contains the following text:

Once upon a time,
In a land far away,
There lived a Python coder.
 
story = ______
print(story)

Question 24: Which of the following statements about multi-line strings in Python is true?

1. Multi-line strings must be created using double quotes.
2. Triple quotes allow strings to span multiple lines.
3. The \n character cannot be used inside triple quotes.
4. Multi-line strings automatically convert line breaks to spaces.

Question 25: Which of the following correctly create a multi-line string that includes a blank line between text? (Choose all that apply)

1. text = '''Line 1\n\nLine 2'''
2. text = """Line 1\n\nLine 2"""
3. text = "Line 1\n\nLine 2"
4. text = '''Line 1\nLine 2'''