Python 3 for Beginners: Lists

The video tutorial explains the list data type in programming, covering how to create lists, access and modify items using indices, including negative indices for reverse access. It demonstrates adding items using append and extend methods, and inserting items at specific positions with the insert method.

What is the index of the first item in a Python list?

• -1

• 1

• 0

• 2

How can you change the value of the first item in a list?

• By using the append method

• By using the extend method

• By setting the value at index 0

• By using the insert method

What does the negative index -1 represent in a list?

• The first item

• The second item

• The last item

• The second to last item

Which method would you use to add a single item to the end of a list?

• add

• extend

• append

• insert

How does the insert method affect the list structure?

• It removes the item at the specified index

• It adds the item at the end of the list

• It replaces the item at the specified index

• It adds the item at the specified index and shifts other items