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Basic Python Programming

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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. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
close
==
-=
a//b

2. exponent AND assignment operator
=
/=
in
**=

3. Less than or equal to symbol
int()
<
<=
n

4. prints its parameter to the console
print()
continue
#
<<

5. Where the parameters go. A necessary punctuation after any function even if it's empty.
()
+=
a**b
>>

6. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
break
round()
/
assignment

7. modulo
%
not in
a%b
str()

8. Symbol to subtract things from each other
print
-
/
a**b

9. End header line.
a**b
open()
n
:

10. A boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second.
in
*
read
*=

11. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
insert()
if
open()
int()

12. deletes an item from a list
Variables
del
close
|

13. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
file.readline()
break
%s
len()

14. This keyword attempts to do something that would cause the program to crash if it were not for this statement.
=
try
*=
str()

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

%=
write
if

16. adds an item to a list
append()
class
break
/

17. add AND assignment operator
in
+=
<<
:

18. Argument variable
#
argv
*
def

19. Less than or equal to symbol
%d
<=
input()
&

20. square root
not in
%r
*read
math.sqrt(a)

21. Writes stuff to the file.
/
<<
*write(stuff)
=

22. A data type for representing numbers with fractional values.
floating point number
=
//=
Variables

23. sets the file's current position
%=
file.seek()
not
print

24. 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.
not in
and
#
assignment

25. asks the user for a response and returns that response
close
input()
%=
<

26. An operator that removes a value from a list.
//=
%
del
round()

27. A logical operator which requires two expressions to both be true.
<=
()
continue
and

28. rounds a number to the number of decimal points you choose
else
round()
~
elif (Else if)

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

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

31. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
*
not in
%
|

32. exponentiation
a**b
int()
<
del

33. Prints a string to the screen which is converted using repr()
read
%r
a**b
-=

34. Turns a line into a comment instead of executable code.
not in
else
#
while

35. exponent AND assignment operator
+
input()
**=
try

36. floor division
a//b
if
|
<

37. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
truncate
argv
>>
*=

38. Greater than or equal symbol.
>=
print
else
==

39. asks the user for a response and returns that response
argument variable
input()
=
print

40. 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
+
=
>>
#

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

42. turns an object into an integer
and
else
%r
int()

43. floor division AND assignment operator
a%b
**=
//=
assignment

44. Command to print to the screen
print
=
*truncate
%d

45. ,multi-line comment hard-code,Fix (data or parameters) in a program in such a way that they cannot easily be altered by the user.
open()
else

n

46. Function to read the contents of a file
%r
%r
read
del

47. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.
while
write
len()
if

48. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
.py
raise
for
read

49. Symbol to add things together
<=
+
*readline
not

50. floor division
a//b
class
Variables
truncate