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Basic Python Programming

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Function to open or read a file






2. turns an object into a string






3. square root






4. divide AND assignment operator






5. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.






6. add AND assignment operator






7. 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






8. A built-in function that takes any value and converts it to an integer if possible - or complains otherwise.






9. absolute value






10. 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






11. Symbol to subtract things from each other






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






13. Command to print to the screen






14. Symbol used to create comments






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






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






17. assignment operator






18. Evaluates to true if it finds a variable in the specified sequence and false otherwise. x in y - here in results in a 1 if x is a member of sequence y.






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






20. Prints a string to the screen which is converted using repr()






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






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






23. A statement that displays a value on the screen.






24. Greater than or equal symbol.






25. asks the user for a response and returns that response






26. Argument variable






27. End header line.






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






29. Turns a line into a comment instead of executable code.






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






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






32. floor division






33. Function to write something to a file






34. Symbol used to create comments






35. Adds something to a variable






36. Greater than symbol






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






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






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






40. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.






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






42. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.






43. 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






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






45. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.






46. floor division






47. floor division AND assignment operator






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






49. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.






50. End header line.