1.3 Exception Handling

Question 1

An error that happens during execution of a program

Answer 1

Exception

Question 2

1. IOError
2. ImportError
3. ValueError
4. KeyboardInterrupt
5. EOFError

Answer 2

Some common exception errors in Python

Question 3

If the file cannot be opened

Answer 3

IOError

Question 4

If python cannot find the module

Answer 4

ImportError

Question 5

Raised when a built-in operation or function receives an argument that has the right type but an inappropriate value

Answer 5

ValueError

Question 6

Raised when the user hits the interrupt key (normally ctrl + c or delete)

Answer 6

KeyboardInterrupt

Question 7

Raised when one of the built-in functions ((input) or raw_input()) hits an end-of-file condition (EOF) without reading any data

Answer 7

EOFError

Question 8

A single try statement can have ________ except statements

Answer 8

multiple

Question 9

Used to catch and handle exceptions

Answer 9

try-except block

Question 10

This try-except statement catches all the exceptions that occur, but isn’t considered good practice because it doesn’t make the programmer identify the root cause of the problem

Answer 10

Try-except-else block

Question 11

You can use the same except statement to handle multiple exceptions [True or False]

Answer 11

True

Question 12

This clause is executed no matter what, and is generally used to release external resources

Answer 12

Finally clause

Question 13

An exception can have an __________, which is a value that gives additional information about the problem. the contents of this vary by exception

Answer 13

argument