What is the expected output of the following code? ``python data = {'name': 'Peter', 'age': 30} person = data.copy() print(id(data) == id(person)) ``

Question

data = {'name': 'Peter', 'age': 30}
person = data.copy()
print(id(data) == id(person))

Options

• AFalse
• B1
• C0
• DTrue

• A
  84% (27)
• B
  9% (3)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

dict.copy() creates a new dictionary object in memory - a shallow copy with identical contents but a distinct identity. Since data and person occupy different memory addresses, id(data) == id(person) evaluates to False, making A correct.

B (1) and C (0) are wrong because id(data) == id(person) returns a Python boolean (True/False), not an integer; even though False == 0 is true in Python, print(False) outputs the string False, not 0 or 1. D (True) is wrong because True would only print if both variables were aliases to the same object (e.g., person = data without .copy()).

Memory tip: Think of .copy() as a photocopier - it produces an identical document, but on a different sheet of paper (a new object at a new address). Assignment (=) just hands you the same sheet; copy() hands you a duplicate.

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