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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. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
%s
-
>
#

2. add AND assignment operator
<
^
print
+=

3. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.
math.sqrt(a)
while
|
append()

4. 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
>>
^
str()
>=

5. A statement that assigns a value to a variable.
-=
assignment
input()
open()

6. Less than symbol
~
file.readline()
<
*truncate

7. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
>=
insert()
int
argv

8. A statement that ends the current iteration of a loop but continues looping.
continue
%s
len()
elif (Else if)

9. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
-
len()
a**b
>>

10. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
argv
del
not in
len()

11. Adds something to a variable
str
=
len()
in

12. Symbol to add things together
file.write(stuff)
-=
+
*truncate

13. Symbol to multiply things
and
+=
.py
*

14. Symbol used to create comments
#
break
round()
&

15. A keyword that does nothing but fill space to indicate code which will be written later.
*readline
a//b
pass
str()

16. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
<=
or
%d
and

17. turns an object into an integer
>=
a**b
int()
-

18. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
is
&
Variables
math.sqrt(a)

19. floor division AND assignment operator
//=
math.sqrt(a)
argument variable
write

20. modulo
^
a%b
math.sqrt(a)
*=

21. Adds something to a variable
math.sqrt(a)
=
<<
>

22. This keyword in the body of a conditional allows chained conditionals.
int()
%s
elif (Else if)
=

23. floor division
()
n
print()
a//b

24. Command to print to the screen
*=
=
print
str

25. Greater than or equal symbol.
>=
def
Variables
open()

26. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
-
&
file.seek()
%s

27. modulus AND assignment operator
=
%=
file.readline()
+

28. Symbol to subtract things from each other
append()
%d
print
-

29. subtract AND assignment operator
-=
append()
~
close

30. rounds a number to the number of decimal points you choose
in
:
file.seek()
round()

31. divide AND assignment operator
()
=
*truncate
/=

32. exponent AND assignment operator
|
**=
#
&

33. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
a%b
print()
else
len()

34. A built-in function that converts its argument to a string.
in
insert()
str
~

35. Function to read the contents of a file
==
#
-=
read

36. A built-in function that takes any value and converts it to an integer if possible - or complains otherwise.
argument variable
input()
else
int

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

38. The extension for Python scripts
not
int()
int()
.py

39. deletes an item from a list
a//b
else
del
|

40. asks the user for a response and returns that response
readline
%
not
input()

41. multiply AND assignment operator
if
*=
try
//=

42. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
truncate
format string

argument variable

43. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
argument variable
%
close
&

44. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
for
input()
str
is not

45. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
readline
<
or
break

46. assignment operator
=
*
print
input()

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

48. Function to write something to a file
>
argument variable
write
truncate

49. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
-=
str()
if
return

50. sets the file's current position
and
file.seek()
:
<<