Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What is used to define a body of a loop?
a. | quotation | c. | curly braces | b. | parenthesis | d. | indentation |
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Python statement needed to use math.pi?
a. | import os | c. | import random | b. | import math | d. | import sys |
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The if..elif..else executes only one block of code among several
blocks.
a. | It depends on expression used. | c. | False | b. | True | d. | There
is no elif statement in Python |
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4.
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Which of these would be used to loop through instructions exactly 10
times?
a. | If statement | c. | WHILE loop | b. | FOR loop |
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5.
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Suppose a list with name test, contains 10 elements. You can get the 5th
element from the test list using:
a. | test[‘5’] | c. | test[‘4’] | b. | test[4] | d. | test[5] |
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6.
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Comments are ignored by the Python interpreter. What symbol is needed at the
beginning of the comment?
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What is used to take input from the user in Python?
a. | input( ) | c. | <> | b. | print( ) | d. | scan( ) |
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Which Python statement will check to see if a is greater than or equal to
b?
a. | if a >=b: | c. | if (a > b) | b. | if a>b: | d. | if a is greater than
b |
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A syntax error in code means:
a. | you have not used enough characters | c. | Python cannot find the file to pass
the code to | b. | there was an error with your typing and code structure | d. | there was no defined
index |
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10.
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Which data type represents a whole number?
a. | Boolean | c. | Float | b. | String | d. | Integer |
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Which term is used to describe expressions that result in the value of either
true or false?
a. | Boolean | c. | Selection | b. | Concatenation | d. | Conditional |
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Which of the following statements is true?
a. | the break statement terminates the loop containing it | c. | the continue statement is used to
skip the rest of the code inside the loop | b. | the break and continue statements are almost
always used with the if, if...else, and if...elif...else statements. | d. | All of the
above. |
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Which of the following is correct?
a. | A variable name can start with a digit | c. | Reserved words can be used as a
variable name | b. | A variable name can have symbols like: @, #, $ etc. | d. | A variable name can start with a
underscore |
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What is the output of the following code?
while 4 = =
4: print(‘4’)
a. | 4 is printed once | c. | 4 is printed infinitely until program closes | b. | 4 is printed four
times | d. | Syntax
error |
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What is used to concatenate two strings in Python?
a. | , operator | c. | ^ operator | b. | # operator | d. | + operator |
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The method to remove an entry from a dictionary is named?
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To obtain the length of a string, you can use which function?
a. | len( ) | c. | index( ) | b. | length_input( ) | d. | length( ) |
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Which of the following commands can be used to read the entire contents of a
file as a string using the file object <tmpfile>?
a. | tmpfile.read( ) | c. | tmpfile.read(n) | b. | tmpfile.readlines(n) | d. | tmpfile.readline(n) |
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In the following code, num is a ____?
num = ‘5’
a. | float | c. | integer | b. | boolean | d. | string |
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Erases the contents of an existing file?
a. | outfile = open(“temp.txt”, “r”) | c. | outfile =
open(“temp.txt”,”a”) | b. | outfile = open(“temp.txt”,
“w”) |
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