CSCI 1170 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

CSCI 1170 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 The Python interpreter is a program that can read Python programming statements and execute them T or F - Answers T A Python variable name cannot begin with a digit T or F - Answers T In Python math expressions are evaluated from left to right, no matter what the operators are T or F - Answers F The % symbol is the percentage operator and is also known as the precedence operator T or F - Answers F Statements in the loop body of a WHILE statement will NOT be executed if the predicate initially evaluates to FALSE T or F - Answers T Converting programming instructions to machine instructions is a function of - Answers compilers A bit is - Answers an element of a byte and can be "off" or "on" A cursor is a - Answers symbol that shows where the next character will be entered on the screen The part of a record that is used to store individual facts or data items is called - Answers a field Which of the following is NOT true of comments in Python a) they can begin anywhere on a line b) they are optional text included by the programmer c) they translate into one machine language instruction d) they are preceded by the symbol # - Answers c Evaluating the expression [3 // 2 - 3.0 / 2] yields the value - Answers -.5 Which of the following is NOT legal syntax of a floating point value a) 3.1415 b) 31415 c) 31415. d) 3.1415E-4 - Answers b The predicate of a WHILE is - Answers evaluated before each iteration of the loop The ____________ function reads a piece of data that has been entered at the keyboard and returns that piece of data, as a string, back to the program - Answers input Memory is said to be ______________ if data and programs are erased when the power to a computer is turned off - Answers volatile The line continuation character is a - Answers Which mathematical operator is used to raise 5 to the second power in Python - Answers ** In Python names of variables and names of functions are all generically known as - Answers identifiers The form of a program that we as programmers modify with an editor is called the _____________ program and might be stored in the file - Answers source After execution of the statement [ sold = 256.752 ] the variable [ sold ] will reference the numeric literal value as a(n) __________ data type - Answers float After execution of the statement [ price = int(68.549) ] the variable [ price ] will reference the value - Answers 68 Where does a computer store a program and the data that the program is working with while the program is running - Answers primary storage Exactly 2^20 bytes is called a a) Terabyte b) Kilobyte c) Gigabyte d) None of these - Answers d What type of error is it when Reeborg performs the wrong task - Answers logic error UNIX command to list the names of of all files in the current directory - Answers ls UNIX command to remove the file - Answers rm UNIX command to change current directory from home to OLA - Answers cd OLA UNIX command to make a copy of the file called - Answers cp UNIX command to create a directory called unixstuff - Answers mkdir unixstuff UNIX command to display contents of onto the screen a page at a time - Answers more A system or language that distinguishes between upper and lowercase letters is said to be ____________ - Answers case sensitive What are three types of program maintenance - Answers corrective adaptive perfective What will the following statements cause the computer to print x = 99 y = 444 z = x x = y y = z print(x) print(y) - Answers 444 99 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 T or F - Answers T According to the behavior of integer division in Python when an integer is divided by an integer the result will be a float T or F - Answers F Python allows programmers to break a statement into multiple lines T or F - Answers T In Python the assignment operator and the equality operator are represented the same way T or F - Answers F Reducing duplications of code is one of the advantages of using a loop structure T or F - Answers T Assuming [number] has an integer value the clause [if not (number9):] is equivalent to the clause [if (number10): ] T or F - Answers F Python allows you to compare strings T or F - Answers T In Python an identifier cannot start with a digit T or F - Answers T Semantics is the term used when we refer to the meaning of a statement T or F - Answers T Both of the following [for] classes would generate the same number of loop iterations: for num in range(4): for num in range(1,5): T or F - Answers T Which would be a poor choice for a sentinel value a) 999 for voter_age b) 1 for test_score c) 13 for birthday_month d) 75 for car_speed e) b and d - Answers e Which assignment statement could be used to store the symbol @ into the variable at_sign a) at_sign = "@" b) at_sign = @ c) at_sign = '@' d) a and c e) a b and c - Answers d How many bits are in one byte - Answers 8 What values of num will print given the code fragment for num in range(2,9,2) print(num) - Answers 2 4 6 8 What is the output of the following program fragment x = 25.628499 print('$',format(x,'6.2f'),'7d') - Answers $--25.63-7d What is the output of the following program fragment alpha = 20 beta = 100 print( alpha, beta, format(alpha/beta,'.1%') - Answers 20-100-20.0% How many lines of output are produced by the following program fragment n = 5 print("Item A", "Item BnItem C", "Item D", end="") candidate = "Item E" print(n, candidate) candidate = "ItemnF" print(candidate,n,sep='*') - Answers 3 If the variables i ,j, and k contain the integer values 10, 3, 20 (respectively), what is the value of the following boolean expression ( i 4 and ( j == 5 or i = k) ) - Answers False If [flag] contains a boolean value, which of the following boolean expressions always evaluates to the value [False] a) flag and flag b) flag or flag c) flag and not flag d) flag or not flag e) b and d - Answers c Using De Morgan's Law, negating the expression (ij) and (k==x) yields - Answers (i=j) or (k!=x) Which of the following Python statements could be used to read a word from std input into the variable [term] a) cin term b) term = input('Enter word: ') c) read(term) d) input(term) e) term = int(read('word')) - Answers b The part of a record that is used to store individual facts or data items is called - Answers a field What is the value of count after control exits the following loop alpha = 0 count = 10 while count = 145: alpha = alpha + 7 count += 1 - Answers 146 What is not an example of an augmented assignment operator a) *= b) /= c) **= d) = e) %= - Answers d The first input operation is called the _______________ and its purpose is to get the first input value that will be tested by the predicate of the validation loop - Answers priming read 5 + 5 // 10 = ? - Answers 5 23 % 4 = ? - Answers 3 -2.5 = 2.5 ? - Answers True ( 2 * 12.5 ) / 2 = ? - Answers 12.5 - ( -4.1) = ? - Answers 4.1 2 ** 10 = ? - Answers 1024 "xy" "abcd" = ? - Answers True 'hi' == "hi" - Answers True Write a Python assignment statement that assigns the variable y the result of evaluating the mathematical expression [9n^2 +5n] / [n-2.5] - Answers y = (9 * (n ** 2) + 5 * n) / (n -2.5) Write a Python statement that triples the value of the variable num - Answers num = num *3 Briefly what is a short-circuit - Answers [Edit] Complete the following truth table r h r and h r or h ------ ------- ------------- ----------