Zybooks L2

Question 1

assignment statement

Answer 1

assigns a variable with a value, such as x = 5

Question 2

= is not equals

Answer 2

In programming, = is an assignment of a left-side variable with a right-side value

Question 3

incrementing the variable

Answer 3

Increasing a variable’s value by 1, as in x = x + 1
If x was originally 6, x is assigned with 6 + 1, or 7

Question 4

identifier/ name

Answer 4

a sequence of letters (a-z, A-Z), underscores (_), and digits (0–9), and must start with a letter or an underscore.

Question 5

reserved words/ keyword

Answer 5

words that are part of the language and cannot be used as a programmer-defined name (i.e. ‘and’, ‘true)

Question 6

object

Answer 6

represents a value and is automatically created by the interpreter when executing a line of code. For example, executing x = 4 creates a new object to represent the value 4.

Question 7

garbage collection

Answer 7

unused objects are automatically deleted to free up memory space, typically once printed

Question 8

type()

Answer 8

built-in function finds the type of an object?