Final Exam

Question 1

What does ASDIDM stand for?

Answer 1

Analyze, Specify, Design, Integrate, Debug, and Maintain

Question 2

By default computers display information to the computer screen, when talking about output, the screen is often referred to as…

Answer 2

Standard output

Question 3

What are a variable’s 3 components?

Answer 3

identifier, value, data type

Question 4

A variable is a memory location with an associated…

Answer 4

Identifier

Question 5

What must be included in an input statement if you want to be able to perform calculations on the input value?

Answer 5

Float

Question 6

What are operators?

Answer 6

Symbols that can be evaluated by the computer

Question 7

What are operands?

Answer 7

Values that can be evaluated by the computer

Question 8

A Boolean Expression means…

Answer 8

True/False

Question 9

What operators allow us to make comparisons?

Answer 9

Relational Operators

Question 10

What is a boolean expression that involves the answer to more than one question?

Answer 10

Compound Conditional Statement

Question 11

What is the name of the statement that allows for the repetition of an instruction or group of instructions?

Answer 11

Loop

Question 12

4 parts of the loop

Answer 12

Initialization, Loop Control, Body, Update

Question 13

What is the reserved word that indicates a loop?

Answer 13

While

Question 14

What is a string?

Answer 14

Made up of a sequence of characters

Question 15

What is the plan for solving a problem called?

Answer 15

Algorithm

Question 16

Match the arithmetic operator to the correct function: A. +, B. -, C. *, D. /, E. **, F. %, G. //
1. Multiplication
2. Exponents
3. Subtraction
4. Addition
5. Floor Division (Rounds the result down)
6. Remainders
7. Division

Answer 16

C, E, B, A, G, F, D

Question 17

What is it called when the decimal is ignored in a problem?

Answer 17

Truncation

Question 18

Name the function call, return value, and argument(s) of this statement:
numberOfChar = len(stringIdentifier)

Answer 18

Function call - len
Argument - stringIdentifier
Return Value - numberofChar

Question 19

What is the general syntax for a function call that does not return a value?

Answer 19

nameOfFunction(Argument(s))

Question 20

What is the idea that you can use something without understanding it called?

Answer 20

Abstraction

Question 21

What is a linear collection of like-typed items called?

Answer 21

A list

Question 22

What does the append function do?

Answer 22

Adds an item onto the end of a list

Question 23

What does the insert function do?

Answer 23

Adds a value to a specified position in the list

Question 24

What is the general syntax of the append function?

Answer 24

listIdentifier.append(newValue)

Question 25

What is the general syntax of the insert function?

Answer 25

listIdentifier.insert(position, newValue)

Question 26

What is the general syntax of the delete function?

Answer 26

del(listIdentifier[position])

Question 27

What is the general syntax of the modify function?

Answer 27

listIdentifier[position] = newValue

Question 28

What is the general syntax of the sort function?

Answer 28

listIdentifier.sort()

Question 29

What is a repetitive process that applies a sequence of steps to each item in the list collection called?

Answer 29

Iteration