4.7

Question 1

what are the two categories of files in Python?

Answer 1

Text files, and Binary files

Question 2

EOL

Answer 2

End of Line

Question 3

A_____ is structured as a sequence of lines, where each line includes a sequence of characters.

Answer 3

Text file

Question 4

Each line in a text file is terminated with a special character called

Answer 4

EOL, or End of Line character.

Question 5

What is the most common EOL?

Answer 5

A comma, or a newline character.

Question 6

A ______ character can be used to tell the interpreter that the next character - following it - should be treated as a new line.

Answer 6

a backslash

Question 7

What is the function of an EOL?

Answer 7

It ends the current line and tells the interpreter a new one has begun.

Question 8

A _____ is any type of file that is not a text file.

Answer 8

Binary file

Question 9

T or F: there must be an application that can read and interpret binary files.

Answer 9

True. because of their nature, binary files can only be processed by an application that knows or understands the file’s structure.

Question 10

Python File Handling (Order the following):

Read or Write a file, close a file, Open a file.

Answer 10

Open a file. Read or write a file. Close a file.

Question 11

Name all Text File Opening Modes.

Answer 11

r, r+, w, w+, a, a+

Question 12

Name the file opening mode:

____ opens a file for reading only. The file pointer is placed at the beginning of the file. This is the default mode

Answer 12

r

Question 13

Name the file opening mode:
_____ opens a file for writing only. Overwrites the file if the file exists. If the file does not exist, creates a new file for reading and writing.

Answer 13

w

Question 14

Name the file opening mode:

_____ opens a file for both reading and writing. The file pointer is placed at the beginning of the file.

Answer 14

r+

Question 15

Name the file opening mode:
______ opens a file for both writing and reading. Overwrites the existing file if the file exists. if the file doesn’t exist, creates a new file for reading and writing.

Answer 15

w+

Question 16

Name the file opening mode:
____ opens a file for appending. the file pointer is at the end of the file is the file exists. That is, the file is in the append mode. If the file does not exist, it creates a new file for writing.

Answer 16

a

Question 17

Name the file opening mode:
____ opens a file for both appending and reading. The file pointer is at the end of the file, if the file exists. The file opens in the append mode. If the file does not exist, it creates a new file for reading and writing.

Answer 17

a+

Question 18

Name the attribute:

_____ returns true if file is closed, false otherwise.

Answer 18

file.closed

Question 19

Name The Attribute:

_____ returns name of the file.

Answer 19

file.name

Question 20

Name The Attribute:

____ returns access mode with which file was opened.

Answer 20

file.mode

Question 21

Which python function do you use to get a file?

Answer 21

open () function

Question 22

the syntax to open a file object in python:

Answer 22

file_object = open (“filename”, “mode”)

Question 23

the syntax of write function:

Answer 23

fileObject.write(string)

Question 24

T or F: the write function does not add a newline character (‘/n’) to the end of the string.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

the syntax of closing a file:

Answer 25

fileObject.close() or myfile.close()