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Basic Python Programming

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Greater than or equal symbol.






2. This statement causes an exception.






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






4. Create a variable.






5. deletes an item from a list






6. Function to read the contents of a file






7. assignment operator






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






9. A built-in function that converts its argument to a string.






10. subtract AND assignment operator






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






12. Symbol to multiply things






13. Symbol to divide by the number to the right of the symbol






14. writes stuff to the file






15. Symbol to subtract things from each other






16. reads just one line of a text file & keeps track of where in the file you're at






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






18. Command to print to the screen






19. turns an object into a string






20. Writes stuff to the file.






21. exponent AND assignment operator






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






23. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.






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






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






26. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division






27. A data type for representing numbers with fractional values.






28. A logical operator which negates an expression so that it returns a value of True if the expression is false.






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






30. Prevents a runtime error from stopping the program.






31. divide AND assignment operator






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






33. deletes an item from a list






34. modulo






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






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






37. Where the parameters go. A necessary punctuation after any function even if it's empty.






38. multiply AND assignment operator






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






40. This keyword in the body of a conditional allows chained conditionals.






41. Empties the file - watch out if you care about the file.






42. A string that begins with the % symbol and contains a sequence of printable characters and format specifiers that determine how values output should look.






43. sets the file's current position






44. unction to read one line of a file






45. exponent AND assignment operator






46. 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






47. Symbol to add things together






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






49. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division






50. square root