Question 1

What is the value of z after the following code is run?
Y = 0
Z = 0
For x in range(5,8) :
Z = max(x, y) 
Y = y + x

Accepted Answer

A)   18
B)   11
C)   7
D)   13E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

How do you describe a function that calls itself?

Accepted Answer

A)   self_calling function
B)   iterative function
C)   derivative function
D)   recursive functionE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which of the following correctly defines a function named myFunc?

Accepted Answer

A)   def myFunc() :
B)   func myfunc:
C)   myfunc() #
D)   int myFunc:E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Which comparison operation returns True if variable x is not equal to variable y?

Accepted Answer

A)   x .ne. y
B)   x neq y
C)   x  y
D)   x != yE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 5

What is the last line of the output when the following code is executed?
X = 2
For exp in range (5) :
Print ("%2d.0" % x**exp)

Accepted Answer

A)   8.0
B)   16
C)   32
D)   16.0E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

If you print the string "Hello, it is a very 
ice day", there will be two lines of output.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which statement allows a programmer to run a module as a standalone program or import it from the shell?

Accepted Answer

A)   do _module(main) 
B)   while main != _module
C)   if self == "main() ":
D)   if __name__ == "__main__":E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 8

What is the name of the function that contains the starting point of program execution?

Accepted Answer

A)   start
B)   main
C)   begin
D)   enterE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

What can you use a docstring for?

Accepted Answer

A)   to hold the name of a document file
B)   to create a large string variable
C)   to hold data of type string
D)   to create a multiline commentE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 10

Python programs require two or more modules.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is the output of the following code?
Sum = 0
For value in range(1,4) :
Sum += value
Print(sum)

Accepted Answer

A)   5
B)   10
C)   4
D)   6E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

The input function returns a numeric value by default.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following statements creates a tuple containing four items?

Accepted Answer

A)   t = [ 1: 2: 3: 4 ]
B)   t = {1, 2, 3, 4}
C)   t =t = 
D)   t = (1, 2, 3, 4) E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

A tuple is an immutable sequence of items and does not have mutator methods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A dictionary object contains zero or more entries where each entry associates a unique key with a value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

You can use the slice operator to obtain a substring from a string.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The while statement uses the syntax while : and is the preferred control statement to iterate over a definite range of sequences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is the output of the following code? sum = 0
Value = 3
While value <= 5:
Sum += value
Value += 1
Print(sum)

Accepted Answer

A)   15
B)   10
C)   12
D)   18E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

You can use the # symbol to create a multiline comment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What is the last line of output of the following code?
Pres = {1:"Washington", 16:"Lincoln", 35: "Kennedy", 40:"Reagan"}
For nth in pres:
Print("%2d:" % nth,pres[ nth ])

Accepted Answer

A)   35: Kennedy
B)   40: Reagan
C)   03: Kennedy
D)   04: ReaganE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Exam 1: Basic Python Programming

You can use the slice operator to obtain a substring from a string.

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What is the name of the function that contains the starting point of program execution?

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Which statement allows a programmer to run a module as a standalone program or import it from the shell?

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How do you describe a function that calls itself?

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What is the last line of the output when the following code is executed? X = 2 For exp in range (5) : Print ("%2d.0" % x**exp)

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Python programs require two or more modules.

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The while statement uses the syntax while : and is the preferred control statement to iterate over a definite range of sequences.

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The input function returns a numeric value by default.

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A tuple is an immutable sequence of items and does not have mutator methods.

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Which of the following statements creates a tuple containing four items?

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What is the last line of output of the following code? Pres = {1:"Washington", 16:"Lincoln", 35: "Kennedy", 40:"Reagan"} For nth in pres: Print("%2d:" % nth,pres[ nth ])

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What is the output of the following code? sum = 0 Value = 3 While value <= 5: Sum += value Value += 1 Print(sum)

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What is the value of z after the following code is run? Y = 0 Z = 0 For x in range(5,8) : Z = max(x, y) Y = y + x

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What can you use a docstring for?

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If you print the string "Hello, it is a very \nice day", there will be two lines of output.

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You can use the # symbol to create a multiline comment.

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A dictionary object contains zero or more entries where each entry associates a unique key with a value.

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Which of the following correctly defines a function named myFunc?

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What is the output of the following code? Sum = 0 For value in range(1,4) : Sum += value Print(sum)

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Which comparison operation returns True if variable x is not equal to variable y?

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