python theory

Question 1

Python’s governing body recommends breaking up multi-word
variables with

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underscore (__)

Question 2

another way to write age = age + 1 is

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age += 1

Question 3

In a list, these
values are known as

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elements

Question 4

enclosed in square brackets is what kind of data type

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lists

Question 5

Return keyword is used to show the results in or within using

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functions, methods, lambdas

Question 6

A list can contain various data types (True or False)

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True

Question 7

.append keyword for the list does what

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add element to the end of the list

Question 8

todays_tasks = todays_tasks + [“Washing the car”, “Cleaning the car”]
what is happening in the code

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a way to add elements to the list using a list

Question 9

if you want to add something new in the middle of the list what keyword would you use

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insert

Question 10

cities.insert(0, “New York”) what is happening here

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using insert the work new york is places first in the list of cities.

Question 11

in slicing the number following the colon is the index number of the element that
comes _____(when) the last element in the slice:

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after

Question 12

keywords used to remove items in a list

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del and .remove

Question 13

the .remove need what

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the string value

Question 14

to strike off an element of a list the keyword used is

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.pop

Question 15

what is similar to a list but elements are fixed unless the entire thing is redefined

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tuple

Question 16

We’re looping through the list y and assigning each element to the variable x. Code the first line.

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for x in y:

Question 17

what statement is used to stop the loop

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break

Question 18

contains an element less than 1, meaning

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c < 1:

Question 19

that you ____ provide a variable to hold the user’s input. If you omit
it python breaks

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must

Question 20

the default data type of a input by a user is

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string

Question 21

what does .lower() do

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for a list, variable or anything it changes all to lower case

Question 22

what does .title() do

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The first letter of the word is capitalized like “Cheyenne” to “Cheyenne”

Question 23

the data type that has ( ) brackets

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tuples

Question 24

the data type that has [ ] brackets

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List

Question 25

______ is a series of pairs of things generally the key and a value

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Dictionary

Question 26

The data type { } bracket is used with

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dictionaries

Question 27

do keys in dictionaries have to be string

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false, no they can also be number

Question 28

customer_29876[“city”] = “Toronto” what is happening here

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for a dictionary a new pair with a key of city and value of Toronto is being added

Question 29

can you define a dictionary with no key value pairs and if so what is it called

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yes, its the empty dictionary

Question 30

the index (in the list) or the key (in the dictionary) can be used to change the value of an element (True or False)

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True

Question 31

.values (): is used for and need in

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looping dictionary values

Question 32

within loops don’t forget to break it or else it will create

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errors or stop functioning

Question 33

can you loop through the keys of the dictionary (true or false)

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true, use .keys() to do that

Question 34

what keyword do you use to list all the elements in the dictionary and what must you make sure

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the keyword is .items and you use make sure to use 2 variables to check in the for line

Question 35

A _____ is a block of Python code that robotically does the same thing again
and again, whenever you invoke its name

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function

Question 36

what keyword is used to start a function

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def

Question 37

a function doesn’t do anything until it’s ____

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called

Question 38

numbers inside the parentheses of a function is known as an

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argument add_numbers(53, 109)

Question 39

A variable inside the parentheses in a function definition is known as a

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parameter – def add_numbers(first_number, second_number):

Question 40

Arguments like this are ______ arguments—arguments that are loaded into
function parameters in order, like a line of customers loaded into the cars of a
theme park ride

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positional

Question 41

for a dictionary what does this command do find_something(customers, 2, “last name”)

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finds the last name of customer 2 in a dictionary named customers

Question 42

def find_something(dict, inner_dict, target): 2 print(dict[inner_dict][target])

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printing a specific part of the dictionaries within one

Question 43

_________ arguments are arguments that need to be included in the proper position or order.

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positional

Question 44

in the following code, the first argument is a _____________ argument.
give_greeting(“Hello there”, first_name=”Al”)

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positional

Question 45

In the following code, the second argument is a _____________ argument.
give_greeting(“Hello there”, first_name=”Al”)

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keyword

Question 46

_____ arguments (or named arguments) are values that, when passed into a function, are identifiable by specific parameter names

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keyword

Question 47

______ arguments enable you to omit arguments for some parameters

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Optional

Question 48

How does the function handle the optional arguments? It puts them in a _______

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dictionary

Question 49

to have a function that displays additional information (optional arguments) you must use

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** two asterisks

Question 50

how do you assign a default parameter in the function

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def analyze(qty = 0):

Question 51

a function is a variable (True or False)

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True

Question 52

A ______ variable is one you define in the main body of your code—that is,
not in a function

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global

Question 53

A ______ variable is one that you define in a function.

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local

Question 54

def call_another_function() what is happening here

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a function is defined by calling another function

Question 55

how do you define a class

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class name:

Question 56

what keyword can be used when you do not have any code in the class or a function but want to write more code outside it

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pass

Question 57

what is a part of blueprint (class) that allows us to specify what should happen when the object is constructed

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a constructor (aka. initializing an object)