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Course Introduction
Introduction to Computer Science provides students with a broad overview of the foundational concepts, principles, and tools that underpin the discipline of computer science. The course covers key topics such as algorithms, programming, data structures, computer systems, and the societal impact of computing. Students will learn to think computationally, develop problem-solving skills, and gain hands-on experience with coding by working on practical programming assignments and projects. This course serves as a fundamental stepping stone for further study in computer science and related fields, engaging students with real-world applications and the relevance of computing in modern society.
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Starting Out with Python 3rd Edition by Tony Gaddis
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers and Programming
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Q1) The instruction set for a microprocessor is unique and is typically understood only by the microprocessors of the same brand.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The disadvantages of a(n) _______________ are that it only holds small amounts of data, is slow to access data, and can be unreliable.
Answer: Floppy disk
Q3) The term _______________ refers to all of the physical devices that a computer is made of.
Answer: hardware
Q4) The _______________ is the part of a computer that actually runs programs and is the most important component in a computer.
Answer: central processing unit or CPU
Q5) The CPU understands instructions written in a binary machine language. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Input, Processing, and Output
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Q1) Python allows programmers to break a statement into multiple lines.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) After the execution of the following statement, the variable sold will reference the numeric literal value as a(n) _____ data type: sold = 256.752
A) int
B) float
C) str
D) currency
Answer: B
Q3) What is the output of the following print statement?
Print('The path is D:\\sample\\test.')
A) 'The path is D:\\sample\\test.'
B) The path is D:\\sample\\test.
C) The path is D\\sample\\test.
D) The path is D:\sample\test.
Answer: D
Q4) The result of the expression 12.3 + 6.7 is _______________.
Answer: 19.0
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Chapter 3: Decision Structures and Boolean Logic
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Q1) The logical _______________ operator reverses the truth of a Boolean expression.
Answer: not
Q2) A(n) _______________ statement will execute one block of statements if its condition is true, or another block if its condition is false.
Answer: if-else
Q3) A(n) _____ structure is a logical design that controls the order in which a set of statements execute.
A) function
B) control
C) sequence
D) iteration
Answer: B
Q4) Short-circuit evaluation is performed with the not operator.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) Expressions that are tested by the if statement are called Boolean expressions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Repetition Structures
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Q1) Functions can be called from statements in the body of a loop, and loops can be called from the body of a function.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the disadvantage of coding in one long sequence structure?
A) Duplicated code makes the program faster to write.
B) Writing a long sequence of statements is error prone.
C) If parts of the duplicated code have to be corrected, the correction has to be made many times.
D) It does not make use of decision structures.
Q3) The first input operation is called the _____, and its purpose is to get the first input value that will be tested by the validation loop.
A) priming read
B) first input
C) loop set read
D) loop validation.
Q4) A(n) _______________ validation loop is sometimes called an error trap or an error handler.
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Chapter 5: Functions and Modules
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Q1) What type of value is returned by the functions random and uniform?
A) integer
B) number
C) float
D) double
Q2) The _____ of a local variable is the function in which the variable is created.
A) global
B) defined
C) local
D) scope
Q3) The top-down design breaks down the overall task of the program into a series of _______________.
Q4) Python allows for passing multiple arguments to a function.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A variable is visible only to statements in the variable's _______________.
Q6) The randrange function returns a randomly selected value from a specific sequence of numbers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Files and Exceptions
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Q1) Python allows the programmer to work with text and number files.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The term _______________ file is used to describe a file to which data is written.
Q3) When a piece of data is read from a file, it is copied from the file into the program.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How many types of files are there?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Q5) Programmers usually refer to the process of _______________ data in a file as "writing data to" the file.
Q6) The term _______________ file is used to describe a file from which the program gets data.
Q7) A(n) _______________ includes one or more statements that can potentially raise an exception.
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Chapter 7: Lists and Tuples
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Q1) The built-in function _______________ returns the length of a sequence.
Q2) Indexing starts at 1, so the index of the first element is 1, the index of the second element is 2, and so forth.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the first negative index in a list?
A) 0
B) -1
C) -0
D) Size of the string or list minus one
Q4) What would be the value of the variable list after the execution of the following code?
List = [1, 2]
List = list * 3
A) [1, 2] * 3
B) [3, 6]
C) [1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2]
D) [[1, 2], [1, 2], [1, 2]]
Q5) Tuples are _______________ sequences, which means that once a tuple is created, it cannot be changed.
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Chapter 8: More About Strings
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Q1) The _______________ method returns true if the string contains only numeric digits.
Q2) The _______________ operator can be used to determine whether one string is contained in another string.
Q3) The _______________ method returns the list of the words in the string.
Q4) The strip() method returns a copy of the string with all leading whitespace characters removed, but does not remove trailing whitespace characters.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Indexing of a string starts at 1, so the index of the first character is 1, the index of the second character is 2, and so forth.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What is the first negative index in a string?
A) 0
B) -1
C) -0
D) Size of the string minus one
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Chapter 9: Dictionaries and Sets
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Q1) The set remove and discard methods behave differently only when a specified item is not found in the set.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What would be the result of the following code?
Ages = {'Aaron' : 6, 'Kelly' : 3, 'Abigail' : 1 }
Value = ages['Brianna']
A) false
B) -1
C) 0
D) KeyError
Q3) The index of the first key-value pair in a dictionary is 0.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which statement would you use to delete an existing key-value pair from a dictionary?
A) del
B) remove
C) delete
D) unpair
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Chapter 10: Classes and Object Oriented Programming
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Q1) What is, conceptually, a self-contained unit that consists of data attributes and methods that operate on the data attributes?
A) Class
B) Object
C) Instance
D) Module
Q2) What is another name for the accessor methods?
A) Setters
B) Getters
C) Instances
D) Attributes
Q3) In _______________ programming, the programming is centered on objects that are created from abstract data types that encapsulate data and functions together.
Q4) A(n) _______________ is code that specifies the data attributes and methods for a particular type of object.
Q5) A class might be thought of as a 'blueprint' that an object may be created from. A)True
B)False
Q6) A(n) _______________ method in a class initializes an object's data attributes.
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Chapter 11: Inheritance
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Q1) The _______________ function determines whether an object is an instance of a specific class, or an instance of a subclass of that class.
Q2) When a class inherits another class, it is required to use all the data attributes and methods of the superclass.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Base classes are also called _____.
A) superclasses
B) derived
C) subclasses
D) classes
Q4) In an inheritance relationship, what is a specialized class called?
A) Superclass
B) Subclass
C) Object
D) Method
Q5) In an inheritance relationship, the extended class is called the _______________.
Q6) _______________ is used to create an 'is a' relationship among classes.
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Chapter 12: Recursion
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Q1) What defines the depth of recursion?
A) The length of the algorithm
B) The numbers of function calls
C) The number of times the function calls itself
D) The number of times it goes back to the main function
Q2) Recursive functions are _____ iterative algorithms.
A) more efficient than B) less efficient than C) as efficient as D) incomparable to
Q3) A function is called from the main function for the first time. It then calls itself seven times. What is the depth of recursion?
A) Eight
B) Two
C) One
D) Seven
Q4) A recursive function must have some way to control the number of times it repeats. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: GUI Programming
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Q1) In a GUI environment, no text input is possible.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which widget will create a rectangular area that can be used to display graphics?
A) Label
B) Frame
C) Canvas
D) Message
Q3) The Toplevel widget is a container, like a(n) _____, but displays in its own window.
A) Label
B) Frame
C) Canvas
D) Message
Q4) Programs that use tkinter do not always run reliably under IDLE.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A(n) _______________ function is a function or method that executes when the user clicks the button.
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