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Basic Python Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A statement that assigns a value to a variable.






2. divide AND assignment operator






3. Argument variable






4. exponentiation






5. Greater than symbol






6. floor division AND assignment operator






7. Symbol to multiply things






8. exponent AND assignment operator






9. Command to print to the screen






10. A statement that ends the current iteration of a loop but continues looping.






11. 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






12. 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.






13. assignment operator






14. returns the length of a string (number of characters)






15. This statement causes an exception.






16. An operator to check whether two variables refer to the same object.






17. This statement exits a function. The remaining lines of the function are not executed.






18. asks the user for a response and returns that response






19. rounds a number to the number of decimal points you choose






20. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible






21. 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






22. divide AND assignment operator






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






24. 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.






25. A built-in function that converts integers and strings to floating-point numbers.






26. 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






27. exponentiation






28. 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






29. deletes an item from a list






30. add AND assignment operator






31. Function to open or read a file






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






33. Create a variable.






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






35. The extension for Python scripts






36. Less than symbol






37. absolute value






38. The extension for Python scripts






39. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.






40. Function to close a file - it will not be able to be used again unless the file is opened.






41. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.






42. This keyword attempts to do something that would cause the program to crash if it were not for this statement.






43. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.






44. absolute value






45. prints its parameter to the console






46. A statement that breaks out of a loop.






47. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise






48. A built-in function that takes any value and converts it to an integer if possible - or complains otherwise.






49. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.






50. Command to print to the screen