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

2. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
int
round()
open()
Variables

3. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
for
.py
print
int

4. modulo
argv
#
a%b
not

5. turns an object into a string
=
+=
()
str()

6. adds an item to a list
print
append()
argv
%

7. floor division
a//b
%s
str
-

8. A logical operator which negates an expression so that it returns a value of True if the expression is false.
#
not
=
%

9. divide AND assignment operator
abs(a)
continue
/=
=

10. This statement exits a function. The remaining lines of the function are not executed.
is
:
file.readline()
return

11. unction to read one line of a file
=
file.write(stuff)
readline
=

12. This keyword creates a new class object which is a user-defined type - like a factory for creating objects.
*read
a//b
raise
class

13. asks the user for a response and returns that response
input()
~
+
int

14. Command to print to the screen
len()
%d
print
:

15. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.
def
while
write
<<

16. deletes an item from a list
-=
del
%d
float

17. ,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.
for

a**b
()

18. 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
argv
/
print()
>>

19. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
*
-=
>>
else

20. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
%d
insert()
readline
=

21. modulo
insert()
a%b
~
is

22. Create a variable.
-=
=
and
is not

23. Symbol to add things together
abs(a)
int()
a**b
+

24. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
print
if
#
insert()

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

=
>>

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

27. Symbol to subtract things from each other
|
**=
read
-

28. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.
str()
*read
except
while

29. 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.
abs(a)
input()
not in
a//b

30. Adds something to a variable
file.truncate()
=
argv
==

31. Argument variable
break
str()
argv
+=

32. A data type for representing numbers with fractional values.
read
append()
a//b
floating point number

33. empties the file
a%b
==
file.truncate()
/

34. modulus AND assignment operator
&
:
not
%=

35. sets the file's current position
if
%
<<
file.seek()

36. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
>=
truncate
//=
round()

37. Function to write something to a file
write
input()
math.sqrt(a)
a**b

38. assignment operator
del
=
open()
write

39. This keyword attempts to do something that would cause the program to crash if it were not for this statement.
try
input()
a**b
>=

40. Reads just one line of a text file.
/=
*readline
not in
elif (Else if)

41. Function to open or read a file
*
open()
<<
in

42. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
+
floating point number
a//b
len()

43. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
+=
float
~
Variables

44. Less than or equal to symbol
&
print()
<=
*truncate

45. turns an object into a string
str()
and
|
*truncate

46. Symbol used to create comments
is not
def
int
#

47. A boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second.
def
>>
in
/

48. A logical operator which returns a value of True if either of the conditions is true.
a//b
**=
or
break

49. Less than or equal to symbol
append()
<=
>>
#

50. A logical operator which requires two expressions to both be true.
close
and
for
else