{"id":27638,"date":"2026-06-03T04:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharpinterview.online\/?sharp_quiz=python-interview-mutable-default-arguments-foundation"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:27:21","slug":"python-interview-mutable-default-arguments-foundation","status":"publish","type":"sharp_quiz","link":"https:\/\/sharpinterview.online\/?sharp_quiz=python-interview-mutable-default-arguments-foundation","title":{"rendered":"Python: Which statement about Mutable Default Arguments is the strongest interview answer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Question<\/h2>\n<p>Which statement about Mutable Default Arguments is the strongest interview answer?<\/p>\n<ol type=\"A\">\n<li>Mutable Default Arguments is mostly a naming style choice and has little effect on runtime behavior or design tradeoffs.<\/li>\n<li>Default argument values are evaluated once when the function is defined, not every time the function is called.<\/li>\n<li>Mutable Default Arguments exists mainly to reduce the number of files in a Python project.<\/li>\n<li>Mutable Default Arguments matters only for frontend scripting and not for backend or automation code.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Hint<\/h2>\n<p>Start with the core rule behind Mutable Default Arguments.<\/p>\n<h2>Answer and rationale<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Correct answer:<\/strong> B. Default argument values are evaluated once when the function is defined, not every time the function is called.<\/p>\n<p>Default argument values are evaluated once when the function is defined, not every time the function is called. This is the base concept interviewers commonly test first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track:<\/strong> Python<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which statement about Mutable Default Arguments is the strongest interview answer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","topic":[88,91,89],"difficulty":[6],"class_list":["post-27638","sharp_quiz","type-sharp_quiz","status-publish","hentry","topic-python","topic-python-core-mutable-default-arguments","topic-python-interview-questions","difficulty-easy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpinterview.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sharp_quiz\/27638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpinterview.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sharp_quiz"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpinterview.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sharp_quiz"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpinterview.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharpinterview.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpinterview.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftopic&post=27638"},{"taxonomy":"difficulty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharpinterview.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdifficulty&post=27638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}