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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. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
readline
def
*truncate
readline

2. prints its parameter to the console
print()
file.truncate()
write
abs(a)

3. Function to close a file - it will not be able to be used again unless the file is opened.
while
*write(stuff)
a**b
close

4. floor division
*=
and
^
a//b

5. Less than or equal to symbol
**=
<=
*read
~

6. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
break
+=
%d
%s

7. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
in
<
read
%

8. This statement causes an exception.
+=
^
raise
file.seek()

9. 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
^
in
+=
n

10. square root
a%b
continue
append()
math.sqrt(a)

11. empties the file
file.truncate()
-=
read
print

12. subtract AND assignment operator
**=
print
-=
is

13. 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
/=
int()
for

14. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
Variables
else
%r
^

15. 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
|
>>
open()
file.seek()

16. turns an object into a string
str()
readline
&
>>

17. adds an item to a list
a**b
append()
=
elif (Else if)

18. Symbol to multiply things
len()
or
*
abs(a)

19. A statement that displays a value on the screen.
#
close
a%b
print

20. Empties the file - watch out if you care about the file.
*truncate
()
%=
del

21. exponent AND assignment operator
<=
argv
int
**=

22. Symbol to subtract things from each other
%
-
round()
abs(a)

23. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
-=
=
for
file.readline()

24. modulo
read
==
read
a%b

25. Argument variable
argv
-=
a//b
if

26. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
not
+=
int()
%s

27. 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.
in
%=
>>
open()

28. Symbol to divide by the number to the right of the symbol
for
/
%d
except

29. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
&
len()
and
print()

30. deletes an item from a list
del
*=
except
<<

31. A boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second.
in
len()
==
continue

32. Argument variable
if
print
argv
>

33. ,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.
n

%
n

34. This variable holds the arguments you pass to your Python script when you run it. Then you unpack it in your script so you have variables you can work with.
//=
open()
open()
argument variable

35. multiply AND assignment operator
a%b
input()
*=
*read

36. modulo
a%b
print
and
-=

37. A keyword that does nothing but fill space to indicate code which will be written later.
is
pass
/
append()

38. Adds something to a variable
a**b
str()
&
=

39. This keyword creates a new class object which is a user-defined type - like a factory for creating objects.
+
class
=
print

40. Greater than symbol
round()
=
>
abs(a)

41. A data type for representing numbers with fractional values.
floating point number
:
float
#

42. Symbol to add things together
insert()
+=
+
%r

43. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
or
Variables
<<
float

44. Where the parameters go. A necessary punctuation after any function even if it's empty.
assignment
=
a**b
()

45. sets the file's current position
*=
continue
+=
file.seek()

46. Less than or equal to symbol
in
round()
<=
:

47. asks the user for a response and returns that response
write
else
input()
=

48. Less than symbol
>=
file.write(stuff)
<
#

49. A built-in function that converts its argument to a string.
except
**=
str
>=

50. subtract AND assignment operator
del
.py
for
-=