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Basic Python Programming
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Study First
Subject
:
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
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.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Less than symbol
&
<
+=
for
2. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
*write(stuff)
-=
==
-=
3. modulus AND assignment operator
%=
<<
argv
print()
4. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
write
%s
print
&
5. Function to read the contents of a file
append()
<<
read
**=
6. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
*read
input()
if
print
7. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
len()
continue
and
readline
8. Symbol to multiply things
while
*
%
except
9. prints its parameter to the console
is
print()
+=
truncate
10. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
%d
%s
*write(stuff)
/
11. Symbol to multiply things
Variables
*
//=
>>
12. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
argv
**=
del
insert()
13. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
not in
//=
truncate
+
14. divide AND assignment operator
-
/=
insert()
%
15. A boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second.
%=
for
in
=
16. Writes stuff to the file.
*write(stuff)
|
is
argv
17. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
%d
int()
close
#
18. The extension for Python scripts
.py
n
abs(a)
del
19. unction to read one line of a file
%=
except
readline
&
20. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
%
Variables
-=
-
21. Symbol to divide by the number to the right of the symbol
//=
%=
/
class
22. floor division AND assignment operator
readline
str
argument variable
//=
23. Symbol to divide by the number to the right of the symbol
/
insert()
for
print
24. A statement that ends the current iteration of a loop but continues looping.
not in
in
for
continue
25. turns an object into an integer
*=
int()
>>
()
26. 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
%r
%d
append()
^
27. Command to print to the screen
print
#
not in
^
28. rounds a number to the number of decimal points you choose
round()
for
^
abs(a)
29. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
del
class
def
continue
30. exponent AND assignment operator
**=
break
continue
=
31. square root
abs(a)
insert()
<<
math.sqrt(a)
32. The extension for Python scripts
^
truncate
.py
read
33. Binary AND Operator copies a bit to the result if it exists in both operands. (a & b) will give 12 which is 0000 1100
-=
print
&
write
34. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
truncate
%d
>=
%
35. sets the file's current position
=
file.seek()
>
read
36. This statement causes an exception.
round()
>>
raise
=
37. This statement exits a function. The remaining lines of the function are not executed.
+=
return
file.truncate()
38. Symbol to add things together
in
file.truncate()
+
assignment
39. Binary Ones Complement Operator is unary and has the efect of 'flipping' bits. (~a ) will give -60 which is 1100 0011
continue
insert()
=
~
40. Binary AND Operator copies a bit to the result if it exists in both operands. (a & b) will give 12 which is 0000 1100
&
int()
a**b
//=
41. exponentiation
a**b
write
else
close
42. A statement that displays a value on the screen.
print
except
^
is not
43. A logical operator which returns a value of True if either of the conditions is true.
try
or
>=
input()
44. Empties the file - watch out if you care about the file.
Variables
close
class
*truncate
45. 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.
/
elif (Else if)
in
not in
46. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.
while
*
==
a%b
47. adds an item to a list
while
append()
%d
=
48. unction to read one line of a file
Variables
>>
insert()
readline
49. assignment operator
del
a//b
=
-
50. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
for
floating point number
==
&