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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. Binary Left Shift Operator. The left operands value is moved left by the number of bits specified by the right operand. a << 2 will give 240 which is 1111 0000
=
str()
<<
format string

2. This statement causes an exception.
&
file.truncate()
%s
raise

3. Less than or equal to symbol
str()
%s
<=
len()

4. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
<
^
for
if

5. turns an object into an integer
int
-
int()
-=

6. prints its parameter to the console
int()
print()
else
abs(a)

7. This keyword creates a new class object which is a user-defined type - like a factory for creating objects.
<<
class
#
*=

8. Greater than symbol
>
read
:
:

9. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.
int()
while
%
break

10. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
%d
insert()
>>
a%b

11. reads just one line of a text file & keeps track of where in the file you're at
int
|
-
file.readline()

12. Symbol used to create comments
Variables
open()
#
>=

13. This keyword in the body of a conditional allows chained conditionals.
elif (Else if)
n
round()
truncate

14. assignment operator
write
=
*
else

15. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.
%
*read
%
%r

16. Writes stuff to the file.
assignment
%
*write(stuff)
return

17. Function to close a file - it will not be able to be used again unless the file is opened.
append()
file.seek()
#
close

18. A logical operator which negates an expression so that it returns a value of True if the expression is false.
raise
not
<<
=

19. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
Variables
<=
int()
is

20. floor division
close
a//b
<<
a**b

21. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
for
%
:
==

22. A logical operator which returns a value of True if either of the conditions is true.
/=
or
floating point number
int

23. The extension for Python scripts
()
.py
write
-

24. Symbol to subtract things from each other
:
-
%s
readline

25. Called Logical AND operator. If both the operands are true then then condition becomes true. (a and b) is true.
str()
n
|
and

26. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
len()
%s
append()
-=

27. exponentiation
a**b
%r
*truncate
argv

28. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
n
and
%d
abs(a)

29. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
+
int()
break
is not

30. Symbol to add things together
print
is not
len()
+

31. unction to read one line of a file
print()
input()
readline
-=

32. Adds a new line character
while
&
n
-

33. deletes an item from a list
a//b
def
del
//=

34. prints its parameter to the console
print()
=
math.sqrt(a)
or

35. floor division
a//b
=
<
and

36. floor division AND assignment operator
return
//=
input()
%=

37. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
else
int()
append()
*readline

38. 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
^
>>
math.sqrt(a)
=

39. Binary Right Shift Operator. The left operands value is moved right by the number of bits specified by the right operand. a >> 2 will give 15 which is 0000 1111
>>
-
#
floating point number

40. Binary Ones Complement Operator is unary and has the efect of 'flipping' bits. (~a ) will give -60 which is 1100 0011
~
return
%d
%d

41. modulo
a%b
readline

input()

42. asks the user for a response and returns that response
input()
%d
=
//=

43. unction to read one line of a file
abs(a)
write
<<
readline

44. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
argv
truncate
=
%

45. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
+
/
==
truncate

46. A logical operator which requires two expressions to both be true.
%
*read
and
:

47. Symbol to subtract things from each other
file.write(stuff)
-
&
class

48. exponent AND assignment operator
input()
pass
append()
**=

49. modulus AND assignment operator
%=
round()
a//b
n

50. Adds a new line character
n
*truncate
<<
read