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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. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
-
and
%d
<

2. A logical operator which returns a value of True if either of the conditions is true.
.py
or
n
=

3. Function to read the contents of a file
assignment
#
and
read

4. subtract AND assignment operator
is not
-=
:
&

5. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.
*read
#
*=
insert()

6. multiply AND assignment operator
append()
/=
n
*=

7. adds an item to a list
append()
return
>>
argument variable

8. 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
^
%d
readline
append()

9. 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
del
<<
%
**=

10. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
if
%s
%
print

11. subtract AND assignment operator
-=
or
open()
%d

12. Symbol to subtract things from each other
#
break
-
file.write(stuff)

13. A logical operator which requires two expressions to both be true.
>>
Variables
==
and

14. divide AND assignment operator
/=
#
+=
pass

15. ,multi-line comment hard-code,Fix (data or parameters) in a program in such a way that they cannot easily be altered by the user.
file.seek()
read
def

16. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
len()
<=
else
except

17. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
print()
truncate
format string
print

18. A statement that displays a value on the screen.
truncate
print
print()
~

19. Function to open or read a file
truncate
open()
/
def

20. Symbol to subtract things from each other
-
del
#
input()

21. A logical operator which negates an expression so that it returns a value of True if the expression is false.
*=
-=
not
+

22. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
for
float
str
<=

23. floor division
del
argv
read
a//b

24. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
//=
%
append()
print()

25. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
open()
else
def
#

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

27. Symbol to add things together
^
break
+
and

28. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
<
round()
floating point number
insert()

29. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
**=
%
len()
*truncate

30. prints its parameter to the console
print()
^
%
write

31. adds an item to a list
%
append()
else
==

32. Symbol to divide by the number to the right of the symbol
/
for
return
raise

33. Create a variable.
a**b
=
not in
class

34. 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
/=
<
<<
%s

35. Argument variable
str()
print()
argv
&

36. square root
math.sqrt(a)
insert()
not in
*write(stuff)

37. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
math.sqrt(a)
a//b
in
if

38. Function to write something to a file
#
and
write
for

39. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
try
str()
=
else

40. Evaluates to false if the variables on either side of the operator point to the same object and true otherwise. x is not y - here is not results in 1 if id(x) is not equal to id(y).
is not
open()
int()
append()

41. Binary Ones Complement Operator is unary and has the efect of 'flipping' bits. (~a ) will give -60 which is 1100 0011
round()
~
len()
not in

42. add AND assignment operator
+=
=
not
print

43. turns an object into an integer
>>
int()
str()
break

44. Where the parameters go. A necessary punctuation after any function even if it's empty.
//=
&
()
not

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

46. This keyword creates a new class object which is a user-defined type - like a factory for creating objects.
^
class
%s
|

47. Less than symbol
<<
<
>>
%d

48. Argument variable
argv
a//b
.py
=

49. Less than or equal to symbol
print
<=
del
*read

50. exponentiation
a**b
abs(a)
%s
str()