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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. Reads just one line of a text file.
*readline
n
%
%d

2. A built-in function that converts its argument to a string.
str
return
len()
=

3. assignment operator
=
insert()
raise
:

4. A statement that displays a value on the screen.
<=
print
input()
a**b

5. Function to open or read a file
open()
a%b
input()
Variables

6. Writes stuff to the file.
input()
*write(stuff)
open()
int()

7. asks the user for a response and returns that response
file.seek()
read
input()
raise

8. Where the parameters go. A necessary punctuation after any function even if it's empty.
()
-=
del
%d

9. floor division AND assignment operator
//=
*read
*write(stuff)
file.write(stuff)

10. add AND assignment operator
abs(a)
#
+=
n

11. square root
math.sqrt(a)
>
del
%s

12. modulus AND assignment operator
append()
%=
append()
or

13. subtract AND assignment operator
-=
pass
continue
=

14. Argument variable
%r
>>
argv
and

15. Argument variable
math.sqrt(a)
n
argv
or

16. Greater than or equal symbol.
or
>=
input()
int

17. Symbol to add things together
+
not
else
%=

18. turns an object into an integer
in
open()
int()
in

19. The extension for Python scripts
break
.py
del
&

20. Turns a line into a comment instead of executable code.
break
^
//=
#

21. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
insert()
a//b
*=
print

22. assignment operator
/
readline
=
format string

23. Command to print to the screen
else
pass
%=
print

24. A statement that ends the current iteration of a loop but continues looping.
abs(a)
truncate
open()
continue

25. This keyword attempts to do something that would cause the program to crash if it were not for this statement.
/=
readline
*=
try

26. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
else
%s
~
%

27. exponent AND assignment operator
*
()
>>
**=

28. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
>
try
<
if

29. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
*
<
%s
len()

30. Symbol used to create comments
#
print
except
str()

31. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
%d
len()
while
=

32. exponent AND assignment operator
**=
<
*write(stuff)
try

33. A keyword that does nothing but fill space to indicate code which will be written later.
a//b
float
pass
#

34. multiply AND assignment operator
*=
round()
if
&

35. Command to print to the screen
=
print
read
:

36. turns an object into a string
str()
def
/
=

37. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
a//b
*=
len()
==

38. A logical operator which negates an expression so that it returns a value of True if the expression is false.
not
print
if
*=

39. This statement causes an exception.
raise
-=
close
>

40. square root
math.sqrt(a)
#
%r
float

41. floor division
a//b
#
input()
math.sqrt(a)

42. prints its parameter to the console
try
print()
close
**=

43. add AND assignment operator
len()
//=
+=
a%b

44. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
file.readline()
|
print
%d

45. writes stuff to the file
file.write(stuff)
*
<=
not

46. absolute value
|
=
abs(a)
float

47. 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
-
input()
*=
<<

48. An operator to check whether two variables refer to the same object.
is
except
n
%

49. Binary Ones Complement Operator is unary and has the efect of 'flipping' bits. (~a ) will give -60 which is 1100 0011
~
assignment
else
readline

50. Adds something to a variable
>>
a**b
*read
=