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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. Greater than or equal symbol.
pass
//=
>=
%s

2. Create a variable.
*write(stuff)
*=
a%b
=

3. floor division AND assignment operator
truncate
==
raise
//=

4. Less than or equal to symbol
|
len()
%=
<=

5. A boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second.
in
argument variable
argv
raise

6. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
in
==
+
assignment

7. modulo
%
%=
()
a%b

8. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
if
read
*write(stuff)
+

9. divide AND assignment operator
()
/=
len()
assignment

10. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
read
Variables
file.truncate()
len()

11. Less than or equal to symbol
try
a**b
<=
%

12. Adds a new line character
a//b
n
is not
*read

13. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
close
def
truncate
insert()

14. A string that begins with the % symbol and contains a sequence of printable characters and format specifiers that determine how values output should look.
not
write
format string
is

15. 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
#
/=
<<
round()

16. Command to print to the screen
print
-
insert()
break

17. assignment operator
len()
del
.py
=

18. A statement that ends the current iteration of a loop but continues looping.
<
insert()
//=
continue

19. Symbol to add things together
<
close
+
truncate

20. deletes an item from a list
#
del
:
is not

21. asks the user for a response and returns that response
while
input()
:
open()

22. Evaluates to true if it finds a variable in the specified sequence and false otherwise. x in y - here in results in a 1 if x is a member of sequence y.
not in
-
in
%=

23. Symbol to add things together
>=
+
>=
**=

24. A keyword that does nothing but fill space to indicate code which will be written later.
pass
try
+
int()

25. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
argv
raise
Variables
==

26. prints its parameter to the console
del
continue
floating point number
print()

27. Function to read the contents of a file
read
open()
%=
/=

28. Reads just one line of a text file.
%r
*readline
&
/=

29. A statement that assigns a value to a variable.
<<
if
assignment
>

30. floor division
a//b
float
except
not in

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

32. Less than symbol
<
def
print()
=

33. 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
float
def
<<
truncate

34. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
*write(stuff)
*readline
else
==

35. exponentiation
print
a**b
+=
def

36. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
+=
abs(a)
Variables
break

37. The extension for Python scripts
input()
append()
.py
str()

38. modulus AND assignment operator
print()
continue
%=
round()

39. Binary AND Operator copies a bit to the result if it exists in both operands. (a & b) will give 12 which is 0000 1100
<=
&
close
//=

40. unction to read one line of a file
append()
%d
def
readline

41. A statement that displays a value on the screen.
%
print
#
a//b

42. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.
not in
abs(a)
while
for

43. ,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.
*write(stuff)
**=

*=

44. A data type for representing numbers with fractional values.
Variables
-=
floating point number
**=

45. multiply AND assignment operator
append()
*=
a**b
-

46. 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
a//b
%
^
.py

47. A built-in function that converts its argument to a string.
floating point number
not in
str
|

48. square root
>
insert()
math.sqrt(a)
file.seek()

49. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.

print()
%d
#

50. A logical operator which negates an expression so that it returns a value of True if the expression is false.
while
#
read
not