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Basic Python Programming

Subject : it-skills

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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 attempts to do something that would cause the program to crash if it were not for this statement.
.py
try
str()
argv

2. asks the user for a response and returns that response
input()
write
print()
truncate

3. 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
<
Variables
abs(a)

4. Adds something to a variable
=
%=
assignment
/=

5. absolute value
-
str()
abs(a)
**=

6. Function to open or read a file
*readline
break
open()
>

7. 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.
%
in
()
not in

8. floor division AND assignment operator
a%b
def
int()
//=

9. Command to print to the screen
%=
print
readline
del

10. deletes an item from a list
del
*readline
|
insert()

11. writes stuff to the file
close
*read
file.write(stuff)
close

12. unction to read one line of a file
truncate
readline
a//b
*=

13. A logical operator which returns a value of True if either of the conditions is true.
()
a//b
or
del

14. Symbol used to create comments
*=
%d
round()
#

15. Symbol to multiply things
|
print
*
-

16. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
round()
print
truncate
n

17. multiply AND assignment operator
*=
.py
str()
file.readline()

18. exponentiation
a**b
+
n
math.sqrt(a)

19. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
del
for
n
close

20. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.
*read
floating point number
for
insert()

21. A statement that assigns a value to a variable.
%d
assignment
=
*write(stuff)

22. A boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second.
*=
in
else
a%b

23. exponent AND assignment operator
**=
a%b
^
file.truncate()

24. floor division AND assignment operator
floating point number
%r
//=
insert()

25. absolute value
else
abs(a)
int()
not

26. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
-=
int()
Variables
#

27. Writes stuff to the file.
write
:
floating point number
*write(stuff)

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

29. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
len()
^
break
=

30. exponentiation
a**b
&
int()
%=

31. adds an item to a list
if
&
:
append()

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

33. asks the user for a response and returns that response
=
//=
input()
=

34. modulus AND assignment operator
==
%=
:
file.truncate()

35. Adds a new line character
not in
+
n
elif (Else if)

36. Adds a new line character
n
==
/=
elif (Else if)

37. Function to read the contents of a file
a%b
a**b
def
read

38. modulus AND assignment operator
argv
*write(stuff)
+
%=

39. Symbol to subtract things from each other
-
readline
%=
readline

40. End header line.
*readline
:
%
or

41. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
else
del
assignment
Variables

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

43. This keyword creates a new class object which is a user-defined type - like a factory for creating objects.
class
math.sqrt(a)
#
print

44. empties the file
>=
file.truncate()
/
&

45. Argument variable
in
print
argv
#

46. floor division
/=
a//b
input()
del

47. 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
+
and
def
>>

48. Prevents a runtime error from stopping the program.
except
and
append()
=

49. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
file.write(stuff)
and
%d
a//b

50. rounds a number to the number of decimal points you choose
try
==
argv
round()