Chapter 9: Exceptions, Errors, and Program Debugging

Question 1

SyntaxError

Answer 1

The program contains invalid code that cannot be understood.

Question 2

IndentationError

Answer 2

The lines of the program are not properly indented.

Question 3

ValueError

Answer 3

An invalid value is used – can occur if giving letters to int().

Question 4

NameError

Answer 4

The program tries to use a variable that does not exist.

Question 5

TypeError

Answer 5

An operation uses incorrect types – can occur if adding an integer to a string.

Question 6

TypeError

Answer 6

An operation uses incorrect types – can occur if adding an integer to a string.

Question 7

try:

except:

Answer 7

Useful for debugging

Runs the try is there are no errors

Runs the except if there is an error

Question 8

EOFError

Answer 8

input() hits an end-of-file condition (EOF) without reading any input

Question 9

KeyError

Answer 9

A dictionary key is not found in the set of keys

Question 10

ZeroDivisionError

Answer 10

Divide by zero error

Question 11

ValueError

Answer 11

Invalid value (Ex: Input mismatch)

Question 12

IndexError

Answer 12

Index out of bounds