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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. This keyword in the body of a conditional allows chained conditionals.
%
elif (Else if)
close
pass

2. Adds something to a variable
append()
print
=
*read

3. empties the file
()
file.truncate()
continue
#

4. absolute value
<
-
abs(a)
elif (Else if)

5. Less than or equal to symbol
<=
>=
file.write(stuff)
*truncate

6. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
open()
%r
-
else

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

8. A data type for representing numbers with fractional values.
=
<=
floating point number
>=

9. asks the user for a response and returns that response
>>
input()
round()
return

10. square root
math.sqrt(a)
break
abs(a)
&

11. Argument variable
*=
argv
elif (Else if)
len()

12. Empties the file - watch out if you care about the file.
/
argv
*truncate
break

13. A string that begins with the % symbol and contains a sequence of printable characters and format specifiers that determine how values output should look.
write
%
<<
format string

14. Symbol to add things together
int()
+
%s
not in

15. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
except
>>
if
%=

16. Binary AND Operator copies a bit to the result if it exists in both operands. (a & b) will give 12 which is 0000 1100
&
else
.py
read

17. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
^
~
for
argv

18. Symbol to subtract things from each other
print
-
=
pass

19. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
len()
input()
/
<

20. subtract AND assignment operator
str
#
.py
-=

21. 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
del

22. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
=
insert()
==
input()

23. End header line.
round()
int()
assignment
:

24. divide AND assignment operator
%
<
open()
/=

25. Binary AND Operator copies a bit to the result if it exists in both operands. (a & b) will give 12 which is 0000 1100
&
<
not

26. 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.
insert()
argument variable
+=
**=

27. exponent AND assignment operator
abs(a)

*read
**=

28. A built-in function that converts its argument to a string.
%r
=
str
read

29. Symbol to multiply things
/=
=
*
raise

30. prints its parameter to the console
print()
a%b
+=
floating point number

31. End header line.
*=
or
:
%s

32. An operator to check whether two variables refer to the same object.
%d
str()
is
print

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

34. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
**=
file.write(stuff)
%s
>>

35. Greater than symbol
>
**=
**=
read

36. A statement that ends the current iteration of a loop but continues looping.
continue
~
|
*

37. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
close
if
%
+

38. deletes an item from a list
close
del
#
return

39. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
for
>=
if
>

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

41. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
del
^
%d
&

42. Create a variable.
%=
del
=
int()

43. turns an object into a string
int()
*write(stuff)
str()
write

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

45. Function to open or read a file
round()
a**b
open()
else

46. An operator that removes a value from a list.
a**b
del
read
^

47. This keyword creates a new class object which is a user-defined type - like a factory for creating objects.
abs(a)
class
Variables
insert()

48. ,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.
a//b
len()

<=

49. Symbol used to create comments
=
pass
=
#

50. Writes stuff to the file.
%
readline
**=
*write(stuff)