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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. Where the parameters go. A necessary punctuation after any function even if it's empty.
()
*
print
&

2. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
=
%r
%d
file.truncate()

3. prints its parameter to the console
is not
*truncate
print()
%r

4. writes stuff to the file
else
Variables
file.write(stuff)
<

5. A statement that assigns a value to a variable.
abs(a)
*=
//=
assignment

6. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
<=
else
str()
.py

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

8. Argument variable
|
argv
**=
read

9. Create a variable.
open()
=
*=
truncate

10. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
print
=
if
%s

11. Binary XOR Operator copies the bit if it is set in one operand but not both. (a ^ b) will give 49 which is 0011 0001
+
>>
^
<<

12. adds an item to a list
#
%d
append()
#

13. modulo
raise
a%b
/=
pass

14. Function to read the contents of a file
read
round()
open()
=

15. Less than or equal to symbol
abs(a)
<=
del
%

16. modulo
insert()
truncate
<
a%b

17. floor division
a//b
read
*readline
open()

18. 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
-
=
file.truncate()
<<

19. Less than symbol
return
=
except
<

20. Symbol to divide by the number to the right of the symbol
math.sqrt(a)
*readline
/
insert()

21. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
float
for
print
+

22. Less than symbol
<
input()
~
else

23. Adds something to a variable
=
()
continue
%=

24. subtract AND assignment operator
.py
<
len()
-=

25. divide AND assignment operator
print()
/=
#
return

26. unction to read one line of a file
%=
readline
int()
is

27. A logical operator which returns a value of True if either of the conditions is true.
a**b
and
^
or

28. This keyword attempts to do something that would cause the program to crash if it were not for this statement.
:
try
argv
#

29. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
input()
%d
raise
def

30. 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.
%s
a%b
if
not in

31. Evaluates to false if the variables on either side of the operator point to the same object and true otherwise. x is not y - here is not results in 1 if id(x) is not equal to id(y).
input()
is not
int()
>>

32. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
truncate
%r
+=
/

33. turns an object into an integer
%s
int()
%r
int

34. This statement exits a function. The remaining lines of the function are not executed.
class
+
return
elif (Else if)

35. A keyword that does nothing but fill space to indicate code which will be written later.
:
pass
while
>>

36. End header line.
else
not in
:
return

37. rounds a number to the number of decimal points you choose
<<
write
print
round()

38. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
for
^
read
def

39. A logical operator which requires two expressions to both be true.
print
*=
and
try

40. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
>
|
if
%s

41. Prevents a runtime error from stopping the program.
<
a**b
<<
except

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

43. Prints a string to the screen which is converted using repr()
round()
**=
%r
input()

44. turns an object into a string
%r
%=
str()
%s

45. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
format string
if
break
-=

46. subtract AND assignment operator
len()
-=
else
try

47. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.
>=
-
while
is

48. Symbol used to create comments
%r
#
<=
file.write(stuff)

49. A boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second.
in
for
else
+

50. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
==
%
#
argv