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Basic Python Programming

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Function to read the contents of a file
read
>>
print()
*truncate

2. Binary XOR Operator copies the bit if it is set in one operand but not both. (a ^ b) will give 49 which is 0011 0001
^
<=
close
argv

3. Adds something to a variable
assignment
>>
round()
=

4. This keyword in the body of a conditional allows chained conditionals.
class
raise
elif (Else if)
>>

5. Binary OR Operator copies a bit if it exists in eather operand. (a | b) will give 61 which is 0011 1101
for
|
a**b
//=

6. Less than or equal to symbol
~
close
continue
<=

7. This statement exits a function. The remaining lines of the function are not executed.
print
return
>
open()

8. Prints a string to the screen which is converted using repr()
input()
%r
read
*=

9. End header line.
:
del
+=
str

10. Symbol to divide by the number to the right of the symbol
insert()
>=
/
//=

11. rounds a number to the number of decimal points you choose
file.write(stuff)
continue
print()
round()

12. Writes stuff to the file.
*write(stuff)
=

open()

13. Function to write something to a file
def
*truncate
#
write

14. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.
write
+=
/=
*read

15. modulus AND assignment operator
%d
%=
write
>

16. Binary XOR Operator copies the bit if it is set in one operand but not both. (a ^ b) will give 49 which is 0011 0001
=
^
>>
&

17. An operator that removes a value from a list.
a**b
assignment
str()
del

18. floor division
insert()
a//b
%d
argument variable

19. A statement that displays a value on the screen.
>=
**=
print
int()

20. Evaluates to true if it does not finds a variable in the specified sequence and false otherwise. x not in y - here not in results in a 1 if x is a member of sequence y.
/
n
a**b
not in

21. A data type for representing numbers with fractional values.
+
>
class
floating point number

22. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
if
Variables
=
&

23. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
def
-
//=
=

24. turns an object into an integer
int()
/=
()
%s

25. divide AND assignment operator
a**b
float
/=
&

26. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
else
input()
%d
%s

27. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
|
.py
%d
>=

28. unction to read one line of a file
file.truncate()
try
&
readline

29. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
%
/
|
open()

30. Binary OR Operator copies a bit if it exists in eather operand. (a | b) will give 61 which is 0011 1101
/
%=
a//b
|

31. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
read
/
print()
break

32. Less than symbol
<
-=
a//b
<=

33. exponent AND assignment operator
~
<=
**=
*=

34. Command to print to the screen
//=
print
continue
|

35. modulo
class
elif (Else if)
a%b
read

36. Symbol to subtract things from each other
+
is
str()
-

37. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
truncate
*truncate
insert()
not in

38. This keyword attempts to do something that would cause the program to crash if it were not for this statement.
try
is not
del
a//b

39. divide AND assignment operator
/=
#
not
<<

40. Function to close a file - it will not be able to be used again unless the file is opened.
>
close
int()
argv

41. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
file.readline()
len()
#
:

42. Adds something to a variable
open()
a//b
%r
=

43. floor division AND assignment operator
//=
read
=
read

44. assignment operator
//=
^
=
==

45. Reads just one line of a text file.
^
=
math.sqrt(a)
*readline

46. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
+=
close
==
#

47. absolute value
abs(a)
not
readline
while

48. A boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second.
str()
+=
in
()

49. A built-in function that converts its argument to a string.
read
str
int
<

50. turns an object into a string
%r
del
str()
#