Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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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[5] | b. | test[4] | d. | test[‘4’] |
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Why would you use a while loop?
a. | to repeat code | c. | to save time | b. | to repeat code until a condition is
met | d. | to increase the range
of code |
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3.
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What keyword is used to define a function?
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4.
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What will be printed with the following print statement?
print(‘2 +
2’)
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Which of the following statements is true?
a. | the continue statement is used to skip the rest of the code inside the
loop | c. | the break and continue statements are almost always used with the if, if...else, and
if...elif...else statements. | b. | the break statement terminates the loop
containing it | d. | All of the
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The if..elif..else executes only one block of code among several
blocks.
a. | True | c. | False | b. | It depends on expression
used. | d. | There is no elif
statement in Python |
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What would be the following output:
print(4*2 , 4**2)
a. | 4*2 4**2 | c. | 24 | b. | 8 16 | d. | 16 8 |
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What is used to take input from the user in Python?
a. | print( ) | c. | scan( ) | b. | <> | d. | input( ) |
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Which data type represents a whole number?
a. | Boolean | c. | Float | b. | String | d. | Integer |
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10.
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A syntax error in code means:
a. | you have not used enough characters | c. | there was no defined
index | b. | Python cannot find the file to pass the code to | d. | there was an error with your typing and code
structure |
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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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In the following code, num is a ____?
num = ‘5’
a. | integer | c. | boolean | b. | string | d. | float |
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Which term is used to describe expressions that result in the value of either
true or false?
a. | Concatenation | c. | Boolean | b. | Selection | d. | Conditional |
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What is the output of the following code?
while 4 = =
4:
print(‘4’)
a. | 4 is printed once | c. | Syntax error | b. | 4 is printed infinitely until program
closes | d. | 4 is printed four
times |
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To obtain the length of a string, you can use which function?
a. | length_input( ) | c. | length( ) | b. | len( ) | d. | index( ) |
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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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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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Which of the following is correct?
a. | A variable name can start with a underscore | c. | A variable name can start with a
digit | b. | Reserved words can be used as a variable name | d. | A variable name can have symbols like: @, #, $
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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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What is used to define a body of a loop?
a. | indentation | c. | curly braces | b. | quotation | d. | parenthesis |
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