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Basic Python Programming
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Symbol used to create comments
//=
*=
a//b
#
2. turns an object into a string
str()
open()
argv
int()
3. square root
argv
math.sqrt(a)
argv
format string
4. modulo
return
<
a%b
5. Adds something to a variable
+
insert()
=
open()
6. writes stuff to the file
in
float
file.readline()
file.write(stuff)
7. Function to write something to a file
=
write
math.sqrt(a)
str()
8. single line comment
#
str()
a//b
len()
9. 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
^
int()
>>
len()
10. Less than symbol
if
str()
//=
<
11. A statement that assigns a value to a variable.
%s
assignment
<
#
12. Create a variable.
:
<
=
round()
13. 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
print()
<<
//=
if
14. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
Variables
elif (Else if)
==
%s
15. floor division AND assignment operator
//=
>>
%s
a//b
16. floor division
-
a//b
.py
#
17. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
truncate
print
*truncate
str()
18. unction to read one line of a file
def
is
open()
readline
19. modulus AND assignment operator
if
%=
raise
insert()
20. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
insert()
not in
str
21. This statement exits a function. The remaining lines of the function are not executed.
return
==
n
abs(a)
22. Evaluates to true if it does not finds a variable in the specified sequence and false otherwise. x not in y - here not in results in a 1 if x is a member of sequence y.
*=
print()
not in
#
23. floor division AND assignment operator
len()
=
//=
print
24. Argument variable
math.sqrt(a)
argv
except
input()
25. reads just one line of a text file & keeps track of where in the file you're at
del
|
file.readline()
is not
26. The extension for Python scripts
=
%d
.py
readline
27. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
for
==
del
28. An operator that removes a value from a list.
int
print()
str()
del
29. asks the user for a response and returns that response
<
argument variable
input()
*read
30. prints its parameter to the console
>
a**b
%=
print()
31. adds an item to a list
round()
append()
<=
a%b
32. turns an object into an integer
int()
print()
-=
>>
33. Adds a new line character
Variables
print
+
n
34. Symbol used to create comments
<=
#
>
()
35. turns an object into a string
len()
print
str()
%=
36. This keyword creates a new class object which is a user-defined type - like a factory for creating objects.
/=
open()
class
argument variable
37. prints its parameter to the console
print()
not
*read
try
38. exponent AND assignment operator
*write(stuff)
+=
**=
*
39. add AND assignment operator
%r
+=
int()
//=
40. A string that begins with the % symbol and contains a sequence of printable characters and format specifiers that determine how values output should look.
format string
not in
open()
-
41. exponent AND assignment operator
<<
a**b
**=
=
42. subtract AND assignment operator
*read
-=
a%b
return
43. adds an item to a list
<
%
append()
/
44. Symbol to divide by the number to the right of the symbol
.py
&
/
+
45. assignment operator
%s
not
.py
=
46. Binary OR Operator copies a bit if it exists in eather operand. (a | b) will give 61 which is 0011 1101
elif (Else if)
%=
int
|
47. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
int()
Variables
len()
float
48. This statement causes an exception.
raise
else
read
()
49. An operator to check whether two variables refer to the same object.
write
while
a//b
is
50. End header line.
len()
:
%r
and