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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. Function to close a file - it will not be able to be used again unless the file is opened.
close
str()
a%b
%s

2. 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
#
-=
open()
>>

3. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
and
else
del
=

4. square root
math.sqrt(a)
truncate
<
#

5. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
%s
*=
insert()
int()

6. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
<<
str
len()
==

7. adds an item to a list

append()
n
round()

8. Greater than or equal symbol.
>=
/
^
%s

9. Adds something to a variable
open()
close
=
for

10. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.
is
*read
print()
+

11. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
+=
==
>
|

12. Command to print to the screen
#
pass
%=
print

13. exponentiation
append()
and
abs(a)
a**b

14. Function to write something to a file
except
round()
write
.py

15. 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
in
math.sqrt(a)
^
<<

16. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
<
%d
%=
a%b

17. floor division AND assignment operator
continue
//=
input()
<

18. exponent AND assignment operator
**=
%r
|
append()

19. Command to print to the screen
except
/
floating point number
print

20. Function to empty the contents of a file - no recovery is possible
n
truncate
%=
del

21. Function to read the contents of a file
def
-
print
read

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

23. 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
raise
%d
/
^

24. An operator to check whether two variables refer to the same object.
%s
is
>
math.sqrt(a)

25. Argument variable
#

^
argv

26. turns an object into an integer
Variables
int()
close
for

27. Greater than symbol
n
>
not in
**=

28. deletes an item from a list
<<
del
read
math.sqrt(a)

29. Function to close a file - it will not be able to be used again unless the file is opened.
**=
int
close
input()

30. divide AND assignment operator
**=
/=
#
>>

31. Less than symbol
#
==
+
<

32. floor division
Variables
open()
readline
a//b

33. single line comment
#
file.write(stuff)
assignment
Variables

34. A keyword that does nothing but fill space to indicate code which will be written later.
close
pass
print()
%d

35. prints its parameter to the console
int()
print()
write
close

36. 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
/=
.py
str()

37. modulo
%
>=
%=
a%b

38. A logical operator which returns a value of True if either of the conditions is true.
file.write(stuff)
<<
int()
or

39. asks the user for a response and returns that response
floating point number
insert()
input()
%=

40. A statement that assigns a value to a variable.
in
assignment
for
a%b

41. ,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.
file.seek()
>

n

42. The extension for Python scripts
.py
:
format string
not in

43. Greater than or equal symbol.
/
>=
argv
print

44. returns the length of a string (number of characters)
len()
a//b
a**b
#

45. This keyword begins a header for a body that repeats until the condition is no longer true.
%r
*readline
n
while

46. Writes stuff to the file.
a%b
=
print
*write(stuff)

47. subtract AND assignment operator
int()
^
raise
-=

48. A statement that ends the current iteration of a loop but continues looping.
n
continue
>=
/=

49. Holds the value of something - e.g. oh_hi = 4 where oh_hi is the variable.
()
Variables
*
=

50. modulus AND assignment operator
%=
not in
<<
format string