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Python (Basics and Semantics)

This quiz tests the basic knowledge associated with the popular programming language 'Python', a computer language used to run a variety of computer programs.

Quiz ID:	#31786
Fun:	(2.06)
Difficulty:	(1.71)
Category:	Technology > Computers
Created By:	Amaranthine

#1 Python was created by Guido van Rossum.

True
False

#2 Python is a high-level, general-purpose, compiled programming language.

True
False

#3 Semantics, in computer programming, is the study of...

The meaning of a program.
The meaning of a computer.
The expressions of a language.
The way the language is formed.

#4 Syntax, in computer programming, is the set of rules that define legal expressions associated with the language.

True
False

#5 There are only three types of built-in exceptions in Python: name errors, type errors, and syntax errors.

True
False

#6 Which of the following is true of Python but not of C or Java?

Indentation is used for block statements.
Line breaks are used to end a statement.
Only two forms of looping are used.
All of the above
None of the above

#7 There are two types of values in Python: numbers and strings.

True
False

#8 There are two types of numbers in Python: integers and assigned values.

True
False

#9 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "print 'abc'"

abc
'abc'
=abc
NameError: name 'abc' is not defined

#10 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "print abc"

abc
'abc'
=abc
NameError: name 'abc' is not defined

#11 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "3*3"

9
27
333
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str'

#12 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "'3'*'3'"

9
27
333
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str'

#13 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "3**3"

9
27
333
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str'

#14 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "print 3/5"

0
0.6
6/10
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'str'

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Python (Basics and Semantics)

#1 Python was created by Guido van Rossum.

#2 Python is a high-level, general-purpose, compiled programming language.

#3 Semantics, in computer programming, is the study of...

#4 Syntax, in computer programming, is the set of rules that define legal expressions associated with the language.

#5 There are only three types of built-in exceptions in Python: name errors, type errors, and syntax errors.

#6 Which of the following is true of Python but not of C or Java?

#7 There are two types of values in Python: numbers and strings.

#8 There are two types of numbers in Python: integers and assigned values.

#9 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "print 'abc'"

#10 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "print abc"

#11 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "3*3"

#12 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "'3'*'3'"

#13 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "3**3"

#14 If the following is run using Python, what is the outcome? "print 3/5"

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