Introduction to Programming Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to Programming provides students with the foundational concepts and skills necessary to design, write, and debug basic computer programs. This course covers key programming principles such as variables, data types, control structures (including loops and conditionals), functions, and basic data structures. Students will learn to solve computational problems using a high-level programming language, with an emphasis on structured and logical thinking. Through hands-on exercises and projects, students develop practical skills that prepare them for further study in computer science and related disciplines.
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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) What type of volatile memory is usually used only for temporary storage while running a program?
A) ROM
B) TMM
C) RAM
D) TVM
Answer: C
Q2) All programs are normally stored in ROM and loaded into RAM as needed for processing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The main reason for using secondary storage is to hold data for long periods of time, even when the power supply to the computer is turned off.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q4) Main memory is commonly known as _______________. Answer: random-access memory or RAM
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Chapter 2: Input, Processing, and Output
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Q1) A(n) _______________ is a single task that the program must perform in order to satisfy the customer.
Answer: software requirement
Q2) 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
Q3) A(n) _______________ character is a special character that is preceded with a backslash, appearing inside a string literal.
Answer: escape
Q4) When using the camelCase naming convention, the first word of the variable name is written in lowercase letters and the first character of the second and subsequent words are written in uppercase letters.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Decision Structures and Boolean Logic
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Q1) The _______________ statement is used to create a decision structure. Answer: if
Q2) In a decision structure, the action is _______________ executed because it is performed only when a certain condition is true.
Answer: conditionally
Q3) Which logical operators perform short-circuit evaluation?
A) or, not
B) not, and C) or, and D) and, or, not
Answer: C
Q4) An action in a single alternative decision structure is performed only when the condition is true.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q5) Short-circuit evaluation is performed with the not operator.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Repetition Structures
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Q1) A(n) _______________ total is a sum of numbers that accumulates with each iteration of a loop.
Q2) In Python, an infinite loop usually occurs when the computer accesses the wrong memory address.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When will the following loop terminate?
While keep_on_going != 999 :
A) When keep_on_going refers to a value less than 999
B) When keep_on_going refers to a value greater than 999
C) When keep_on_going refers to a value equal to 999
D) When keep_on_going refers to a value not equal to 999
Q4) In a nested loop, the inner loop goes through all of its iterations for every single iteration of an outer loop.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A(n) _______________ validation loop is sometimes called an error trap or an error handler.
Q6) A(n) _______________ is a special value that marks the end of a sequence of items.
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Chapter 5: Functions and Modules
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Q1) In Python, there is no restriction on the name of a module file.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Python library functions that are built into the Python _____ can be used by simply calling the function.
A) code
B) compiler
C) linker
D) interpreter
Q3) A(n) _____ constant is a global name that references a value that cannot be changed.
A) keyword
B) local
C) global
D) string
Q4) The first line in the function definition is known as the function _____.
A) header
B) block
C) return
D) parameter
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Chapter 6: Files and Exceptions
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Q1) Programmers usually refer to the process of _______________ data in a file as "writing data to" the file.
Q2) When a piece of data is read from a file, it is copied from the file into the program.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ZeroDivisionError exception is raised when the program attempts to perform a division by zero.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A(n) _____ access file is also known as a direct access file.
A) sequential B) random C) numbered D) text
Q5) The term _______________ file is used to describe a file to which data is written.
Q6) Python allows the programmer to work with text and number files.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 7: Lists and Tuples
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Q1) Invalid indexes do not cause slicing expressions to raise an exception.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In slicing, if the end index specifies a position beyond the end of the list, Python will use the length of the list instead.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The _______________ exception is raised when a search item is not in the list being searched.
Q4) A(n) _______________ is a span of items that are taken from a sequence.
Q5) The _______________ method is commonly used to add items to a list.
Q6) 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
Q7) The index - 1 identifies the last element in a list.
A)True
B)False
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Q8) Lists are _______________, which means their elements can be changed.
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Chapter 8: More About Strings
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Q1) Which of the following string methods can be used to determine if a string contains only '\n' characters?
A) ischar()
B) isalpha()
C) istab()
D) isspace()
Q2) What will be assigned to s_string after the execution of the following code?
Special = '1357 Country Ln.'
S_string = special[4: ]
A) '1357'
B) 'Country Ln.'
C) ' Country Ln.'
D) Invalid code
Q3) What are the valid indexes for the string 'New York'?
A) 0 through 7
B) 0 through 8
C) -1 through -8
D) -1 through 6
Q4) A(n) _______________ exception will occur if you try to use an index that is out of range for a particular string.
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Chapter 9: Dictionaries and Sets
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Q1) What is the value of the variable phones after the execution of the following code?
Phones = {'John': '5555555', 'Julie' : '7777777'}
Phones['John'] = '1234567'
A) {'John': '5555555', 'Julie' : '7777777'}
B) {'John': '1234567', 'Julie' : '7777777'}
C) {'John': '1234567' }
D) invalid code
Q2) To determine whether a key is not included in a dictionary, or an element is not included in a set, you can use the _______________ operator.
Q3) What is the process used to convert an object to a stream of bytes that can be saved in a file?
A) Pickling
B) Streaming
C) Writing
D) Dumping
Q4) You would typically use a for loop to iterate over the elements in a set.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The built-in function _______________ returns the number of items in a set.
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Chapter 10: Classes and Object Oriented Programming
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Q1) The self parameter need not be named self, but it is strongly recommended to conform with standard practice.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The self parameter is required in every method of a class.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Object-oriented programming allows us to hide the object's data attributes from code that is outside the object.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _______________ programming is a method of writing software that centers on the actions that take place in a program.
Q5) Which method is automatically executed when an instance of the class is created in memory?
A) __state__
B) __obj__
C) __str__
D) __init__
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Chapter 11: Inheritance
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Q1) Which method can you use to determine whether an object is an instance of a class?
A) isinstance
B) isclass
C) isobject
D) isinheritance
Q2) Superclasses are also called _______________ classes.
Q3) _______________ allows subclasses to have methods with the same names as methods in their superclasses.
Q4) What is the relationship called in which one object is a specialized version of another object?
A) Parent-child
B) Node
C) Is a
D) Class
Q5) New attributes and methods may be added to a subclass.
A)True
B)False
Q6) In an inheritance relationship, a television is a(n) _______________ of the electronics class.
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Chapter 12: Recursion
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Q1) The majority of repetitive programming tasks are best done with _______________.
Q2) Function A calls function B, which calls function C, which calls function A. This is called _____ recursion.
A) continuous
B) direct C) three function call D) indirect
Q3) Recursive functions are _____ iterative algorithms.
A) more efficient than B) less efficient than C) as efficient as D) incomparable to
Q4) If the problem cannot be solved now, then a recursive function reduces it to a smaller but similar problem and _____.
A) exits
B) returns to the main function
C) returns to the calling function D) calls itself to solve the smaller problem
Q5) Some problems are _______________ solved with recursion than with a loop.
Q6) Recursive function calls are _______________ efficient than loops.
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Chapter 13: GUI Programming
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Q1) An info dialog box is a simple window that displays a message to the user and has an OK button that closes the dialog box.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _______________ are small windows that display information and allow the user to perform actions.
Q3) The pack method determines where a widget should be positioned.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a GUI environment, no text input is possible.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which widget allows the user to select a value by moving a slider along a track?
A) Entry
B) Scale
C) Scrollbar
D) Slider
Q6) The Label widget's _______________ method determines where a widget should be positioned and makes the widget visible when the main window is displayed.
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