unittest quiz

Test your unittest knowledge with a free interactive quiz — 21 questions with answers and explanations. No signup needed to play.

What is `MagicMock`, and how does it differ from a plain `Mock`?

1. What is `MagicMock`, and how does it differ from a plain `Mock`?
2. How do you run `unittest` tests from the command line?
3. What is the difference between `setUp`/`tearDown` and `setUpClass`/`tearDownClass`?
4. What is the purpose of `unittest.mock.patch`?
5. What is the purpose of a "test fixture" in the context of unittest?
6. What is the difference between `assertEqual` and using a plain `assert` statement in a unittest test?
7. What is `unittest`?
8. What happens when a test method raises an unexpected exception that is NOT explicitly asserted against with `assertRaises`?
9. What is the purpose of the `@unittest.skip` decorator?
10. What is a key limitation of `unittest` compared to `pytest`, a popular third-party alternative?
11. How does test discovery (`python -m unittest discover`) find test files by default?
12. What is the purpose of the `setUp` method on a `TestCase`?

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