QUESTION 1

 

A loop can also be known as a

Decision

Sequence

Iteration

Structure

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QUESTION 2

 

Abstracts a program’s various tasks or function into separate named blocks of code.

Modularization

Code blocks

Subroutines

Flowcharts

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QUESTION 3

 

Boolean expressions are only true

 True

 False

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QUESTION 4

 

Component of a function used to get an output directly from that function.

for

output

return

print

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QUESTION 5

 

Considered the brain of the computer

GPU

CPU

RAM

HDD

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QUESTION 6

 

Loops are similar to decisions in that they have a condition statement which evaluates to a TRUE or FALSE value.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 7

 

Serves the same purpose as a list, but is considered less flexible.

Iteration

Arrays

Flowchart

Code

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QUESTION 8

 

The Python Framework does inform you where an error occurred.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 9

 

This programing element begins with the keyword def.

variables

functions

keywords

lists

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QUESTION 10

 

Used to define the scope in Python

{ }

sub

indentation

( )

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QUESTION 11

 

____ within a list are identified by an index number, placed within square brackets after the name of the list. For example, names[0]

Decisions

Items

Elements

Code

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QUESTION 12

 

Python requires the user to specify a variable’s data type during creation.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 13

 

It is arguable that recursion is just another way to accomplish the same thing as a while loop.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 14

 

Scope is defined the same way in all programming languages

 True

 False

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QUESTION 15

 

In Python, this serve as an alternative to a lists which offer slightly different functionality by replacing index values with names.

Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Arrays

Objects

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QUESTION 16

 

Which of the following is NOT true about recursion

It is usually studied at the advanced level

It can accomplish the same tasks as a for loop

Recursion is used to solve complex problems

Recursion functions require more memory

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QUESTION 17

 

Which is the following is NOT a basic programming concept listed in the lecture

 

Logic and Syntax

Objects

Code Blocks

Produce Output

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QUESTION 18

 

Is an example of an exception object in Python

 

Try

Def

ValueError

Except

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QUESTION 19

 

Incorporates the use of the three primary programming structures and logic strategies that create well organized, easy to read, and easy to understand program code.

 

Unstructured Programming

Flowchart

Pseudocode

Structured Programming

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QUESTION 20

 

An example of declaring a new class object.

 

menuSelection = displayMenu()

pets = {}

pets = Pet()

elif menuSelection == 4:

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QUESTION 21

 

while True: , in Python, can be used to create an infinite loop.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 22

 

The Python Framework does inform you where an error occurred

 True

 False

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QUESTION 23

 

____ is a critical component to being able to store data and information long term.

File Access

Memory

Print function

with

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QUESTION 24

 

Error handling is also known as ___ handling

 

Result

Recursion

Exception

Crash

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QUESTION 25

 

We use a ______ block to handle thrown exceptions.

 

try

except

keywords

lists

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QUESTION 26

 

When does python limit access to global objects from within a scope?

 

When there is the presence of a newly created local variable with the same name as a global variable.

When there is the presence of a newly created local variable with a different name than the global variable.

When there are no new variables.

When there is the presence of any newly created variable.

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QUESTION 27

 

Passes multiple values into a function for processing

 

Global variable

Code block

 

Return

 

Parameter list

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QUESTION 28

 

There is no limit to the number of except blocks a program can have.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 29

 

When we pass a variable into a function and then modify that variable inside of the function, it also modifies the variable outside of the function that we passed into the function.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 30

 

def calcBMI(hgt, wgt);

 

  BMI = wgt * 703 / hgt ** 2

 

   return BMI

 

What is wrong with the above code syntax

 

(hgt, wgt) should be (hgt; wgt)

The ; should be a :

The ** should be a ^

The function code block needs to be closed with enddef

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QUESTION 31

 

The function that can be used to generate a list of index values, useful in controlling a for loop:

 

list()

range()

rand()

str()

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QUESTION 32

 

The function used to import python code and objects from other python files.

 

build

add

import

print

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QUESTION 33

 

An interpreter converts the entire source code into an executable.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 34

 

Compilers and interpreters have the following in common:

 

Reads the source code into machine code, all at once.

Translates machine code into byte code.

Reads the course code one line at a time.

Translates source code into machine code.

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QUESTION 35

 

The _______ block is used to perform normal operations, but allow an exception to be thrown, thus ending the _______ block.

 

Try

Except

Throw

Catch

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QUESTION 36

 

def setPhone(self,

phone):

 

     self.phone

= phone

 

The above code is an...

Mutator method

Accessor method

Global function

Except Function

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QUESTION 37

 

What does this operator mean <=

 

Equal

Approximately

Greater than or equal to

Less than or equal to

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QUESTION 38

 

Write a 4 element Python dictionary object that contains four colors as the names and their values as examples of something that is that color. Example: “red”: “apple”

 

Path: pWords:0

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QUESTION 39

 

Write a Python class definition for an Employee object that contains the following elements:

 

Attributes:

 

id

name

wage

department

 

Methods:

 

Initializer which sets ID, name, and wage

Set Name

Set Department

Get Id

Get Name

Get Wage

Get Department

 

Path: pWords:0

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QUESTION 40

 

In Python, all exceptions must be instances of a class that derives from BaseException.

 True

 False

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QUESTION 41

 

Attributes are to variables, as methods are to ______________.

 

declarations

objects

functions

exceptions

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QUESTION 42

 

Programming method of solving a problem by solving a smaller version of the same problem, repeatedly

 

Repetition

Problem Solving

Debugging

Recursion

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QUESTION 43

 

Function used to close a file once the program is done with that file.

 

end()

close()

finish()

detach()

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QUESTION 44

 

The len() function accepts an object and returns:

 

the object’s size in kilobytes.

the number of elements in the object.

part of the object.

number of parameters in the object

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QUESTION 45

 

_____ are part of the UML and is used to illustrate how your program’s functions will relate and support your organization’s various functions.

 

Flowcharts

Use case diagrams

Class diagrams

Communication diagrams

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QUESTION 46

 

Comments in Python begin with:

//

/>

*

#

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QUESTION 47

 

A UML diagram used to examine the various states that any objects will go through at various points in time

 

State machine diagrams

Use case diagrams

Communication diagrams

Object diagrams

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QUESTION 48

 

The simplest way to produce output is using the _____ statement

 

Get

Try

Print

Use

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QUESTION 49

 

Separates the keys when defining the contents of a dictionary.

 

(

{

:

[

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QUESTION 50

 

Statement used to delete a dictionary element

 

remove

del

erase

terminate

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QUESTION 51

 

Which of the following is NOT a number type supported by python

char

int

long

float

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QUESTION 52

 

What is the output of the following Python code:

 

SIZE = 10

 

numbers = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

 

index = 0

 

while index < SIZE:

 

  numbers[index] = index * 10

 

  index = index + 1

 

while index > 0:

 

  index = index - 1

 

  print(numbers[index])