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Python: Which statement about Sorting, Key Functions, and Timsort is the strongest interview answer?

Difficulty:

Easy

Questions:

1

Time Limit:

2 minutes

Passing Score:

100%

Question

Which statement about Sorting, Key Functions, and Timsort is the strongest interview answer?

  1. Sorting, Key Functions, and Timsort is mostly a naming style choice and has little effect on runtime behavior or design tradeoffs.
  2. Sorting, Key Functions, and Timsort exists mainly to reduce the number of files in a Python project.
  3. Sorting, Key Functions, and Timsort matters only for frontend scripting and not for backend or automation code.
  4. Python sorting uses Timsort and supports key functions so callers can order complex values without writing full comparator logic.

Hint

Start with the core rule behind Sorting, Key Functions, and Timsort.

Answer and rationale

Correct answer: D. Python sorting uses Timsort and supports key functions so callers can order complex values without writing full comparator logic.

Python sorting uses Timsort and supports key functions so callers can order complex values without writing full comparator logic. This is the base concept interviewers commonly test first.

Track: Python