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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. unction to read one line of a file
#
readline
/=
=

2. subtract AND assignment operator
input()
-=
=
*

3. Where the parameters go. A necessary punctuation after any function even if it's empty.
append()
()
+=
write

4. modulus AND assignment operator
%=
def
round()
<=

5. 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
is
>>
==
file.readline()

6. Prints a string to the screen which will be Unicode.
pass
-=
%s
abs(a)

7. This statement causes an exception.
//=
==
%r
raise

8. Greater than or equal symbol.
>>
>=
&
while

9. rounds a number to the number of decimal points you choose
round()
#
write
close

10. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
if
.py
~
elif (Else if)

11. This keyword in the body of a conditional - gives an alternative execution.
a**b
>
math.sqrt(a)
else

12. The extension for Python scripts
.py
and
input()
is

13. square root
math.sqrt(a)
a**b
#
append()

14. divide AND assignment operator
str()
/=
math.sqrt(a)
<<

15. floor division
a//b
+=
and
=

16. Function to read the contents of a file
>=
<<
elif (Else if)
read

17. Adds something to a variable
read
|
&
=

18. A string that begins with the % symbol and contains a sequence of printable characters and format specifiers that determine how values output should look.
str
format string
#
math.sqrt(a)

19. Prints a string to the screen which is a signed decimal.
a//b
%
%d
n

20. This keyword in the body of a conditional allows chained conditionals.
elif (Else if)
~
>>
len()

21. inserts an item inside a list at a certain index
class
%d
write
insert()

22. Where the parameters go. A necessary punctuation after any function even if it's empty.
int
>>
()
and

23. Reads the contents of the file you can assign the result to a variable.
<<
<
*read
def

24. Symbol to multiply things
print()
not
argument variable
*

25. 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.
>=
%
*truncate
in

26. Function to open or read a file
open()
read
<
if

27. A logical operator which compares two operands and produces True if they are equal and False otherwise
%
argv
==
print

28. modulo
raise
or
a%b
class

29. Function to read the contents of a file
>=
-=
floating point number
read

30. square root
%s
math.sqrt(a)
<
|

31. Less than or equal to symbol
<=
else
%s
len()

32. Evaluates to false if the variables on either side of the operator point to the same object and true otherwise. x is not y - here is not results in 1 if id(x) is not equal to id(y).
is not
file.write(stuff)
round()
%

33. writes stuff to the file
file.write(stuff)
n
*
:

34. A boolean operator that takes two strings and returns True if the first appears as a substring in the second.
in
round()
.py
**=

35. End header line.
:
round()
%d
a//b

36. 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
>>
continue
input()
<<

37. modulus AND assignment operator
a**b
print
%=
input()

38. An operator that removes a value from a list.
del

^
print

39. A statement that breaks out of a loop.
-
*read
break
>=

40. exponent AND assignment operator
%
**=
read
return

41. adds an item to a list
n
file.write(stuff)
append()
-=

42. This keyword begins the simplest form of a conditional statement.
abs(a)
if
argv
round()

43. Prints a string to the screen which is converted using repr()
=
%r
>=
append()

44. Prints a string to the screen which is converted using repr()
%r
or
format string
//=

45. Symbol to add things together
&
+
#
+=

46. Binary OR Operator copies a bit if it exists in eather operand. (a | b) will give 61 which is 0011 1101
|
truncate
*write(stuff)
+

47. The keyword beginning a header that will create a new function.
close
:
print
def

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

49. A built-in function that takes any value and converts it to an integer if possible - or complains otherwise.
a//b
//=
**=
int

50. asks the user for a response and returns that response
pass
input()
print
%=