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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. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
int()
file.truncate()
or
%

2. Create a variable.
int
=
%=
abs(a)

3. Empties the file - watch out if you care about the file.
*readline
:
*truncate
write

4. floor division AND assignment operator
print()
%r
*
//=

5. Symbol used to create comments
elif (Else if)
*read
class
#

6. Prints a string to the screen which is converted using repr()
%r
=
class
n

7. Adds a new line character
for
*=
*=
n

8. Greater than or equal symbol.
>=
>>
round()
+

9. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
continue
if
<
len()

10. subtract AND assignment operator
for
-=
not
or

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

print()
close
#

12. deletes an item from a list
len()
%d
and
del

13. modulus AND assignment operator
%=
=
in
else

14. Binary OR Operator copies a bit if it exists in eather operand. (a | b) will give 61 which is 0011 1101
print
not in
except
|

15. Greater than symbol
>
n
truncate
return

16. Create a variable.
break

%d
=

17. A keyword that does nothing but fill space to indicate code which will be written later.
pass
input()
*read
&

18. Command to print to the screen
print
~
=
>

19. Adds something to a variable
=
argument variable
str
truncate

20. Prints a string to the screen which is converted using repr()
%r
*=
>=
Variables

21. absolute value
**=
continue
abs(a)
read

22. An operator that removes a value from a list.
del
a%b
def
and

23. writes stuff to the file
file.write(stuff)
a%b
int()
in

24. square root
not in
math.sqrt(a)
open()
del

25. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.
write
in
while
try

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

27. A statement that displays a value on the screen.
print()
append()
float
print

28. unction to read one line of a file
#
&
%d
readline

29. End header line.
assignment
-
argv
:

30. multiply AND assignment operator
abs(a)
|
*=
break

31. This keyword attempts to do something that would cause the program to crash if it were not for this statement.
:
argument variable
def
try

32. Symbol to multiply things
int()
append()
try
*

33. Turns a line into a comment instead of executable code.
-
%d
%r
#

34. Function to open or read a file
int()
open()
=
+

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

36. A logical operator which requires two expressions to both be true.
del
if
and
=

37. modulo
while
str()
a%b
=

38. Reads just one line of a text file.
*readline
except

%s

39. adds an item to a list
append()
and
^
<

40. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
append()
format string
insert()
argv

41. exponent AND assignment operator
elif (Else if)
**=
>
%

42. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
a**b
=
%r
Variables

43. A string that begins with the % symbol and contains a sequence of printable characters and format specifiers that determine how values output should look.
abs(a)
int()
<<
format string

44. Function to open or read a file
open()
#
==
()

45. ,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.
n

~
>>

46. divide AND assignment operator
/=
Variables
print()
=

47. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
int()
for
<
truncate

48. A statement that assigns a value to a variable.
<
assignment
-=
open()

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

50. Function to read the contents of a file
>
readline
read
is not