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Basic Python Programming

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Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Symbol to multiply things
and
*
int
>>

2. Less than or equal to symbol
write
<=
input()
>=

3. modulo
%=
insert()
|
a%b

4. Symbol used to create comments
>=
//=
#
%d

5. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
def
file.readline()
-=
a%b

6. Greater than symbol
%s
/
>
continue

7. Argument variable
argv
or
elif (Else if)
+=

8. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
>
%
truncate
is not

9. 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
<<
a%b
def
print

10. exponentiation
write
not
a**b
file.readline()

11. Function to read the contents of a file
a//b
read
insert()
n

12. divide AND assignment operator
/=
del
floating point number
readline

13. adds an item to a list
append()
^
floating point number
*=

14. assignment operator
&
**=
/
=

15. Adds something to a variable
>>
Variables
<
=

16. This statement causes an exception.
truncate
format string
raise
close

17. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
if
==
or
>=

18. subtract AND assignment operator
*truncate
-=
|
n

19. unction to read one line of a file
=
%d
readline
=

20. The extension for Python scripts
a//b
*read
.py
is not

21. deletes an item from a list
<<
in
del
abs(a)

22. floor division
>=
def
a//b
=

23. prints its parameter to the console
%r
%d
print()
#

24. End header line.
del
:
truncate
del

25. An operator to check whether two variables refer to the same object.
is
readline
format string
-=

26. Symbol to divide by the number to the right of the symbol
/
print
insert()
.py

27. square root
#
%
&
math.sqrt(a)

28. Adds something to a variable
while
a%b
:
=

29. A data type for representing numbers with fractional values.
#
floating point number
a%b
print

30. turns an object into a string
str()
()
%
^

31. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
for
**=
>
del

32. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
else
/
*=
assignment

33. writes stuff to the file
math.sqrt(a)
file.write(stuff)
readline
del

34. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
==
>
%d
a%b

35. floor division AND assignment operator
//=
<<
append()
input()

36. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
Variables
input()
a%b
break

37. 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.
read
<
not in

38. multiply AND assignment operator
open()
-
*=
del

39. Prints a string to the screen which is converted using repr()
=
%r
^
close

40. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.
>>
*read
write
format string

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

42. Argument variable
argv
/=
abs(a)
truncate

43. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
==
%s
floating point number
==

44. multiply AND assignment operator
format string
*=
math.sqrt(a)
in

45. turns an object into an integer
except
int()
float
>

46. Create a variable.
for
while
=
()

47. Symbol to subtract things from each other
/=
-
print
file.truncate()

48. Binary Ones Complement Operator is unary and has the efect of 'flipping' bits. (~a ) will give -60 which is 1100 0011
del
**=
~
*truncate

49. Prevents a runtime error from stopping the program.
input()
except
-
insert()

50. asks the user for a response and returns that response
input()
#
print()
**=