Basic Math
Variables
Flow Control
General Python
String Operations
100
This character denotes the division operator.
What is the forward slash (/) ?
100
This common variable type stores letters, numbers, and symbols.
What is a string?
100
This often used statement checks the validity of a statement before creating a branch.
What is an 'if' statement?
100
To comment a line in Python, you use this/these character(s).
What is a pound sign (#) ?
100
This operator "glues" two strings together.
What is the concatenation (+) operator?
200
These characters have the highest order of operation in Python.
What are parenthesis?
200

This variable type stores decimal numbers.

What is a float?

200
This flow control statement loops through a set of statements if a test statement continues to evaluate to True.
What is a for or while loop?
200
This commonly used Python data structure contains a collection of items referenced by a numeric index.
What is a list?
200
Identify the letter printed from these lines of code: words = "GIS Rules!" print words[4]
What is 'R'?
300
The result of 9 / 5
What is 1?
300
This function allows user input text to be assigned to a variable.
What is raw_input()?
300
What is the value of 'x' after the following Python code has completed executing?
x = 100
for n in range(1,5):
x = x*n print x
What is 2400?
300
In Python, this is the smallest element of a program that can be executed.
What is a statement?
300
Identify the letters printed from these lines of code: words = "GIS Rules!" print words[:-1]
What is 'GIS Rules'?
400
To raise the number 5 to the power of 8, you must use the power operator. This/These symbol(s) denote the power operator.
What are two asterisks (**) ?
400
Data stored as a string is surrounded by these.
What are quotes?
400
This type of operators allow you to string together tests in an 'if' statement.
What is a Boolean operator?
400
Python will warn on a logic error, but it will warn (and possibly error) on this type of error.
What is a syntax error?
400
This function returns a string with leading and trailing white spaces removed.
What is strip()?
500
Denoted as '%', this operator returns the remainder of a division operation.
What is the modulus?
500
To determine the variable type of a variable, you would use this function.
What is type()?
500
The following Python code loops forever. What is it missing?
n = 10
while n<100:
print n
What is a increment statement?
500
This built-in Python function returns the length of many objects, including Lists.
What is len()?
500
This string operator declares that the following character should be literally interpreted.
What is the escape character (\)?
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