Python 3rd Quarter

Question 1

segment of code that performs a single task

Answer 1

Function

Question 2

functions already made in Python

Answer 2

Built-in functions

Question 3

functions made by the user

Answer 3

User defined functions

Question 4

variable defined inside a function

Answer 4

Local variable

Question 5

variable defined outside a function

Answer 5

Global variable

Question 6

creates an anonymous function

Answer 6

Lambda

Question 7

stores elements in last-in first-out fashion

Answer 7

Stack

Question 8

what the header of a function consists of

Answer 8

Function name and parameter list

Question 9

a loop within a loop

Answer 9

Nested loop

Question 10

2 main types of functions

Answer 10

• Built-in function

- User defined function

Question 11

where arguments to functions always appear in

Answer 11

Parentheses

Question 12

returns the absolute value

Answer 12

abs( )

Question 13

returns the length of an object

Answer 13

len( )

Question 14

returns largest item in an iterable

Answer 14

max( )

Question 15

returns smallest item in an iterable

Answer 15

min( )

Question 16

returns a new sorted list from the items in alphanumeric order

Answer 16

sorted( )

Question 17

returns the given sequence in reverse

Answer 17

reversed( )

Question 18

rounds a decimal value to the nearest integer

Answer 18

round( )

Question 19

sums the numeric values in an iterable

Answer 19

sum( )

Question 20

short way of creating assignment statements when the variable is both at the left and right side

Answer 20

Shortcut operators

Question 21

opens file object for reading or writing

Answer 21

open( )

Question 22

common modes of interaction in opening files

Answer 22

r - reading plain text; default
w - writing plain text
a - appending plain text in existing file
rb - reading binary data
wb - writing binary data

Question 23

closes opened file

Answer 23

close( )

Question 24

reads all data from file into one text string

Answer 24

read( )

Question 25

reads each line from file one at a time

Answer 25

readline( )

Question 26

removes leading and trailing characters

Answer 26

strip( )

Question 27

removes trailing characters

Answer 27

rstrip( )

Question 28

removes leading characters

Answer 28

lstrip( )

Question 29

allows us to execute a statement or group of statements multiple times

Answer 29

Loop

Question 30

types of loops

Answer 30

• for loop

- while loop

Question 31

repeats statement/s a fixed number of times

Answer 31

for loop

Question 32

repeats statement/s while the condition is True

Answer 32

while loop