Python Programming Language

Basic Math

100

This character denotes the division operator.

What is the forward slash (/) ?

200

These characters have the highest order of operation in Python.

What are parenthesis?

300

The result of 9 // 5

What is 1?

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 (**) ?

500

Denoted as '%', this operator returns the remainder of a division operation.

What is the modulus?

Variables

100

This common variable type stores letters, numbers, and symbols.

What is a string?

200

This variable type stores decimal numbers.

What is a float?

300

This function allows user input text to be assigned to a variable.

What is input()?

400

Data stored as a string is surrounded by these.

What are quotes?

500

The process of converting a variable from one type to a different type.

What is casting?

Flow Control

100

This often used statement checks the validity of a statement before creating a branch.

What is an 'if' statement?

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?

300

This process focuses on implementing a large, complex software problem in small increments.

What is incremental development?

400

The process that many professional developers write code in. Hint: The implementation of this process in your assignments is required.

What is Test Driven Development?

500

The following Python code loops forever. What is it missing?

n = 10

while n<100:

What is a increment statement?

General Python

100

To comment a line in Python, you use this/these character(s).

What is a pound sign (#) ?

200

This represents a sequence of integers.

What is a range?

300

After execution, what is the value of x?

x = 100

for n in range(1,5):

x = x*n

What is 2400?

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?

500

This built-in Python function returns the length of many objects, including Lists.

What is len()?

String Operations

100

This operator "glues" two strings together.

What is the concatenation (+) operator?

200

Identify the letter printed from these lines of code: words = "GIS Rules!" print words[4]

What is 'R'?

300

Identify the letters printed from these lines of code: words = "GIS Rules!" print words[:-1]

What is 'GIS Rules'?

400

This function splits a string into tokens.

What is split()?

500

This string operator declares that the following character should be literally interpreted.

What is the escape character (\)?