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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. exponent AND assignment operator
append()
Variables
**=
while

2. floor division
a//b
&
*=
&

3. single line comment
=
*truncate
#
def

4. 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
else
^
input()
>

5. modulus AND assignment operator
int()
close
%=
del

6. asks the user for a response and returns that response
input()
str()
print()
*

7. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
=
floating point number
def
Variables

8. reads just one line of a text file & keeps track of where in the file you're at
a//b

math.sqrt(a)
file.readline()

9. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
is
a//b
except
if

10. Symbol to subtract things from each other
for
and
-
math.sqrt(a)

11. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
len()
+=
%s
if

12. modulus AND assignment operator
%=
argument variable
<=
*read

13. exponent AND assignment operator
*
truncate
**=
argv

14. 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
=
<<
del
is not

15. 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.
**=
if
not in
len()

16. Prevents a runtime error from stopping the program.
except
try
in
#

17. exponentiation
while
a**b
except
<

18. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
=
%
*
a**b

19. rounds a number to the number of decimal points you choose
~
>>
round()
break

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

21. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
%s
//=
pass
+=

22. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
%d
**=
def
=

23. Symbol to multiply things
not in
not
()
*

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

25. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
file.truncate()
def
=
except

26. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.
^
round()
*read
if

27. A statement that ends the current iteration of a loop but continues looping.
continue
~
len()
-

28. Adds something to a variable
/=
>>
=
n

29. Greater than or equal symbol.
for
^
>=
*read

30. A data type for representing numbers with fractional values.
>=
:
<=
floating point number

31. 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
*write(stuff)
=
^
<=

32. Symbol to add things together
del
>=
return
+

33. Less than or equal to symbol
format string
str()
%=
<=

34. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
else
+=
*readline
for

35. A built-in function that converts its argument to a string.
read
str
def
floating point number

36. The extension for Python scripts
^
raise
.py
*=

37. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
while
//=
break
is not

38. Less than symbol
file.seek()
<
except
>=

39. Symbol used to create comments
print
#
a**b
argv

40. absolute value
==
abs(a)
+
a//b

41. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
>>
#
is
insert()

42. The keyword beginning a header that will create a loop.
==
file.truncate()
%s
for

43. Create a variable.
()
open()
print
=

44. ,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.
a%b

#
for

45. This keyword in the body of a conditional allows chained conditionals.
close
>>
int()
elif (Else if)

46. Argument variable
()
argv
close

47. Modulus operator. It's the remainder after division
else
^
%
file.truncate()

48. deletes an item from a list
<<
if
*
del

49. add AND assignment operator
write
+=
read
&

50. Symbol to multiply things
=
math.sqrt(a)
*
*=