Basics

Question 1

What is a built on function?

Answer 1

• It is a function that is predefined and can be used firefly l directly.

Question 2

What are comments in python?

Answer 2

Code that is ignored by python

Question 3

Variables act as what?

Answer 3

Containers to store values

Question 4

What is a shell script?

Answer 4

A set of commands to be executed in sequential order from the terminal

Question 5

a list can store what ?

Answer 5

values of different types like numbers , strings , etc…

Question 6

in a list what are is the position of a value called?

Answer 6

indexes

Question 7

where do indexes start ?

Answer 7

0

Question 8

if i have list list1=[2,4,5,6,7,2,] how would i access values 4,5,6?

Answer 8

a = list1[1:4] print(a)

Question 9

how would i access all the items in the list ?

Answer 9

by using the colon as the argument .

Question 10

what function would i use to add an item to the end of the list?

Answer 10

append()

Question 11

if i want to delete items from a list what do i use?

Answer 11

del

Question 12

where does del go w.r.t. the list variable?

Answer 12

before the list variable

Question 13

what is another was to remove item other that del?

Answer 13

the remove() function

Question 14

show an example of how to use the remove function

Answer 14

list1.remove(5), where the item at index 5 is being removed.

Question 15

what is a tuple?

Answer 15

a data structure

Question 16

what is another way to describe a tuple?

Answer 16

a sequence of items separated by commas 2

Question 17

unlike lists tuples are what?

Answer 17

immutable

Question 18

what does immutable mean?

Answer 18

something cannot be changed

Question 19

what is a dictionary w.r.t. python?

Answer 19

it is a data structure which contains data in the form of pairs of keys and values .

Question 20

what is a key usually ?

Answer 20

a string

Question 21

items in a dictionary are separated by what

Answer 21

a comma

Question 22

w.r.t. dictionaries the key and value are separated by what?

Answer 22

:

Question 23

items in a dictionary are accessed by what

Answer 23

their keys

Question 24

dictionaries are consider what?

Answer 24

unordered data structures

Question 25

to update an existing entry, w.r.t dictionaries, we need to first x the item and then y a new value to it

Answer 25

access , assign

Question 26

give an example of updating a dictionary entry

Answer 26

dict1[‘name’]= ‘abc’

Question 27

• eIt is a function that is predefined and can be used firefly l directly.

Answer 27

What is a built on function?

Question 28

Code that is ignored by python

Answer 28

What are comments in python?

Question 29

Containers to store values

Answer 29

Variables act as what?

Question 30

A set of commands to be executed in sequential order from the terminal

Answer 30

What is a shell script?

Question 31

values of different types like numbers , strings , etc…

Answer 31

a list can store what ?

Question 32

indexes

Answer 32

in a list what are is the position of a value called?

Question 33

0

Answer 33

where do indexes start ?

Question 34

a = list1[1:4] print(a)

Answer 34

if i have list list1=[2,4,5,6,7,2,] how would i access values 4,5,6?

Question 35

by using the colon as the argument .

Answer 35

how would i access all the items in the list ?

Question 36

append()

Answer 36

what function would i use to add an item to the end of the list?

Question 37

del

Answer 37

if i want to delete items from a list what do i use?

Question 38

before the list variable

Answer 38

where does del go w.r.t. the list variable?

Question 39

the remove() function

Answer 39

what is another was to remove item other that del?

Question 40

list1.remove(5), where the item at index 5 is being removed.

Answer 40

show an example of how to use the remove function

Question 41

a data structure

Answer 41

what is a tuple?

Question 42

a sequence of items separated by commas 2

Answer 42

what is another way to describe a tuple?

Question 43

immutable

Answer 43

unlike lists tuples are what?

Question 44

something cannot be changed

Answer 44

what does immutable mean?

Question 45

it is a data structure which contains data in the form of pairs of keys and values .

Answer 45

what is a dictionary w.r.t. python?

Question 46

a string

Answer 46

what is a key usually ?

Question 47

a comma

Answer 47

items in a dictionary are separated by what

Question 48

:

Answer 48

w.r.t. dictionaries the key and value are separated by what?

Question 49

their keys

Answer 49

items in a dictionary are accessed by what

Question 50

unordered data structures

Answer 50

dictionaries are consider what?

Question 51

access , assign

Answer 51

to update an existing entry, w.r.t dictionaries, we need to first x the item and then y a new value to it

Question 52

dict1[‘name’]= ‘abc’

Answer 52

give an example of updating a dictionary entry