Loops Py Reading

What is the main purpose of loops in Python?

• To repeat a block of code multiple times

• To define functions

• To handle exceptions

• To create variables

Which of the following is a type of loop in Python?

• if loop

• while loop

• switch loop

• case loop

What will the following code output? count = 1 while count <= 5: print(count) count += 1

• 1 2 3 4 5

• 1 2 3 4 5 6

• 0 1 2 3 4

• 5 4 3 2 1

In a while loop, when does the loop stop executing?

• When the condition becomes False

• When the condition becomes True

• After a fixed number of iterations

• When an exception is raised

What does the range() function do in a for loop?

• Creates a sequence of numbers to loop over

• Creates a list of strings

• Creates a dictionary

• Creates a set

What is a key difference between a while loop and a for loop?

• while loop continues as long as a condition is True, for loop iterates over a sequence

• while loop iterates over a sequence, for loop continues as long as a condition is True

• while loop is used for strings, for loop is used for numbers

• while loop is faster than for loop