Questions Correctly Answered.
Which of the following are operators, and which are values?
*
'hello'
-88.8
-
/
+
5 - CORRECT ANSWER The operators are +,-,*,and /. The values are 'hello' ,-88.8, and 5.
Which of the following is a variable , and which is a string ?
spam
'spam' - CORRECT ANSWER The variable is spam; the string is 'spam'. Strings always start and end with
quotes.
Name three data types. - CORRECT ANSWER The three data types are integers, floating point numbers,
and strings.
What is an expression made up of ? What do all expressions do ? - CORRECT ANSWER An expression is a
combination of values and operators. All expressions evaluate (that is, reduce) to a single value.
This chapter (1) introduced assignment statements, like spam = 10. What is the difference between an
expression and a statement? - CORRECT ANSWER An expression evaluates to a single value. A
statement does not.
What does the variable bacon contain after the following code runs?
bacon = 20
, bacon + 1 - CORRECT ANSWER The bacon variable is set to 20. The bacon + 1 expression does not
reassign the value in bacon (that would need an assignment statement: bacon = bacon + 1).
What should the following two expressions evaluate to ?
'spam' + 'spamspam'
'spam' * 3 - CORRECT ANSWER Both expressions evaluate to the string 'spamspamspam'.
Why is egg a valid variable name while 100 is invalid ? - CORRECT ANSWER Variable names cannot begin
with a number.
What three functions can be used to get the integer, floating-point number, or string version of a value ?
- CORRECT ANSWER The int(), float(), and str() functions will evaluate to the integer, floating-point
number, and string versions of the value passed to them.
Why does this expression cause an error ? How can you fix it ?
'I have eaten' + 99 + 'burritos' . - CORRECT ANSWER The expression causes an error because 99 is an
integer, and only strings can be concatenated to other strings with the + operator. The correct way is i
have eaten ' + str(99) + ' burritos '.
What are the two values of the Boolean data type? How do you write them? - CORRECT ANSWER True
and False, using capital T and F, with the rest of the word in lowercase.
What are the three Boolean operators? - CORRECT ANSWER and, or, and not.
Write out the truth tables of each Boolean operator (that is, every possible combination of Boolean
values for the operator and what they evaluate to). - CORRECT ANSWER True and True is True.
True and False is False.
False and True is False.
False and False is False.
True or True is True.
True or False is True.
False or True is True.