Python Starting out with Python chapter 2 Exam
Questions Graded A+ 2025/2026
What error does not prevent the program from running but causes it to produce
incorrect results. - Logic Error
What is a single function that the program must perform in order to satisfy the
customer? - Software Requirement
What is a set of well-defined logical steps that must be taken to perform a task? -
Algorithm
What is an informal language that has no syntax rules and is not meant to be compiled
or executed? - Pseudocode
What is a diagram that graphically depicts the steps that take place in a program? -
Flowchart
What is a sequence of characters? - String
What is a name that references a value in the computer's memory? - Variable
What is a hypothetical person using a program and providing input for it? - User
A string literal in Python must be enclosed in, what? - ' '
""
"" ""
""" """
Short notes placed in different parts of a program explaining how those parts of the
program work are called what? - Comments
What makes a variable reference, a value in the computer's memory. - Assignment
statement
This symbol marks the beginning of a comment in Python. - #
Which of the following statements will cause an error?
a. x = 17 b. 17 = X C. X = 99999 d. X = '17' - b. 17 = X
In the expression 12 + 7, the values on the right and left of the + symbol are called
what? - operands
This operator performs integer division. - //
This is an operator that raises a number to a power. - **
Questions Graded A+ 2025/2026
What error does not prevent the program from running but causes it to produce
incorrect results. - Logic Error
What is a single function that the program must perform in order to satisfy the
customer? - Software Requirement
What is a set of well-defined logical steps that must be taken to perform a task? -
Algorithm
What is an informal language that has no syntax rules and is not meant to be compiled
or executed? - Pseudocode
What is a diagram that graphically depicts the steps that take place in a program? -
Flowchart
What is a sequence of characters? - String
What is a name that references a value in the computer's memory? - Variable
What is a hypothetical person using a program and providing input for it? - User
A string literal in Python must be enclosed in, what? - ' '
""
"" ""
""" """
Short notes placed in different parts of a program explaining how those parts of the
program work are called what? - Comments
What makes a variable reference, a value in the computer's memory. - Assignment
statement
This symbol marks the beginning of a comment in Python. - #
Which of the following statements will cause an error?
a. x = 17 b. 17 = X C. X = 99999 d. X = '17' - b. 17 = X
In the expression 12 + 7, the values on the right and left of the + symbol are called
what? - operands
This operator performs integer division. - //
This is an operator that raises a number to a power. - **
