Programming basics

Question 1

What is sequence in programming?

Answer 1

Code is executed line by line, one after the other

Question 1

What is syntax?

Answer 1

The grammatical rules of a programming language

Question 2

What is exponentiation?

Answer 2

Raising a number to a power (e.g., ‘8**2’ means 8 raised to the power of 2, which is 64)

Question 3

What is Modulus?

Answer 3

It finds the remainder when one number is divided by another (e.g., ‘10 % 3’ results in 1)

Question 4

What does input () do?

Answer 4

It asks the user for input, such as their name, age, or other data

Question 5

How do you respond to user input in python?

Answer 5

You can use ‘print’ to respond with messages or calculations based on user input.

Question 6

What are constants and variables in programming?

Answer 6

Constants hold data that doesn’t change, while variables can change their values during program execution

Question 7

What is assignment in programming?

Answer 7

It’s the process of giving a variable a value (e.g., ‘x=5’ assigns the value 5 to ‘x’

Question 8

Syntax error

Answer 8

A mistake in the programming code that violates the grammatical rules of a language

Question 9

Not equal to

Answer 9

Operator (!=) that checks whether the first number and the second number are not equal

Question 10

CamelCase

Answer 10

A naming convention in which compound words are joined together, and each word’s in initial letter is capitalised (e.g., corePrice)

Question 11

Data types

Answer 11

Categories of values that determine what operations can be performed on them (e.g., integers, strings and floats)

Question 12

Floor division

Answer 12

Division that rounds down to the nearest whole number (// operator)

Question 13

Debugging

Answer 13

The process of identifying and fixing errors or bugs in a program