Testbank Chapter 3

10/24/2017 Testbank (Chapter 3)
Title 3 Decisions
Book Python for Everyone
Edition 1
1. What statement is used to implement a decision?

A. while
B. if Answer
C. for
D. import
Title What is a decision statement?
Section 3.1 The if statement
2. What are the two parts of an if statement?

A. A condition and a body Answer
B. A check and an increment
C. An increment and a body
D. An increment and a return value
Title What are the two parts of an if statement?
3. Which of the following statements is true about the if statement?

A. The if statement can have only one condition that evaluates to an integer value.
B. The if block is optional.
C. The else block is optional. Answer
D. The if and else blocks can be aligned to any indentation level.
Title Which statement is true about the if statement
4. Which of the following is the correct syntax for an if statement?
A.
if (x < 10) size = "small";
B.
if (x < 10)
size = "small"
else (x < 20)
size = "medium"
C.
if x < 10 :
size = "small"
else :
size = "medium"
Answer
D.
if x < 10 :
size = "small"
else
size = "medium"
Title What is the correct syntax for an if statement?

5. Which of the following correctly identifies what is wrong with the code snippet below:
file:///C:/Horstmann1e_TB/ch03.testbank.xhtml 1/30
if y > 300 :
x = y
else :
x = 0
print("x:", x)
A. Nothing, the program runs as intended

B. The statement after the if statement must be indented
C. The statement after the if statement and the statement after the else statement must be
indented Answer
D. No colon is needed after the else statement
Title What is the correct syntax for an if statement?
6. Assuming that the user provides 303 as input, what is the output of the following code snippet?
y = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

if y > 300 :
x = y
else :
x = 0
print("x:", x)
A. x: 0
B. x: 303 Answer
C. x: 300
D. There is no output due to a syntax error.
Title What is the output of an if/else statement given sample input value
7. The following code snippet contains an error. What is the error?
if cost > 100

cost = cost - 10
print("Discounted cost:", cost)
A. Syntax error: missing colon after if statement Answer

B. Logical error: use of an uninitialized variable
C. Syntax error: missing an else statement
D. Syntax error: incorrect indentation
Title Find the error in a code snippet containing an if statement
8. Assuming that the user provides 95 as input, what is the output of the following code snippet?
y = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

if y > 300 :
x = y
else :
x = 0
print("x:", x)
A. x: 0 Answer
B. x: 303
C. x: 300
D. There is no output due to a syntax error
Title What is the output of an if/else statement given sample input value
9. What is printed by the following code snippet if itemCount contains a value of 10 and cost contains 80:
if itemCount > 5 :
discount = 0.8
totalcost = cost * discount
print("Total discounted price is:", totalCost)
A. Nothing, the program will run but not print any results
B. Total discounted price is: 64 Answer
C. Total discounted price is: 0
D. Total discounted price is: 16
Title What is the output of a compound statement?

10. What is the output of the following code snippet if the cost contains 100:
if cost > 150 :

discount = 0.8 * cost
else :
discount = cost
print("Your cost is:", discount)
A. Nothing, the code contains a syntax error

B. Your cost is: 0
C. Your cost is: 80
D. Your cost is: 100 Answer
Title What is the output of a conditional expression?

Section 3.1 The ifstatement
11. Consider the following code segment:
if count > 0 :
x = x + 1
print(x)
If count is initialized to -1 and x is initialized to 4 then the value displayed by this code segment is:
A. -1
B. 0
C. 4 Answer
D. 5
Title Trace an if statement
Section 3.1 The if Statement
numPizzas = 1
numPeople = 4
if numPeople == 5 :
numPizzas = 2
After this code segment executes, what value is in the variable numPizzas?
A. 1 Answer
B. 2
C. 4
D. 5
Title Trace an if statement
c = 2
b = 1
if b == 0 :
c = c + 1
else :
c = c - 1
print(c)
What value is printed by this code segment?
A. 1 Answer
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Title Trace an if/else statement
14. What is the error in this statement?
if count = max :
print("You win")
A. Equality is evaluated using two equal signs (==), not one. Answer
B. The print function should not be indented
C. There must be an else statement
D. Nothing, if count equals max, it would print "You win"
Title What is the error in this statement?
Section 3.2 Relational Operators
15. What is the opposite of this condition: count > 10?

A. count >= 10
B. count < 9
C. count <= 10 Answer
D. count <= 9
Title What is the opposite of a conditional statement?
16. What is the output of the following code snippet if count contains 56?
if count % 2 == 0 :
print("Count is an even number")
else :
print("Count is an odd number")
A. Count is an even number

B. Count is an odd number
C. Nothing, there is a syntax error Answer
D. Nothing, the program runs but does not print any output
Title What is the output of a code snippet with relational operators?
17. What is the output of the following code snippet if count contains 56?
if count % 2 == 0 :
print("Count is an even number")
else :
print("Count is an odd number")
A. Count is an even number Answer

B. Count is an odd number
C. Nothing, there is a syntax error
D. Nothing, the program runs but does not print any output
Title What is the output of a code snippet with relational operators?
18. What type of operator is <= operator?

A. Lexicographic
B. Arithmetic
C. Inequality
D. Relational Answer
Title What type of operator is !< operator?
19. The operator >= stands for

A. greater than
B. greater than or equal to Answer
C. not equal to
D. this is not a valid Python operator
Title Which relational operator is this?
20. Which statement correctly tests if the user entered the letter Y?
A. if userInput = "y" :
B. if userInput = "Y" :
C. if userInput == "Y" : Answer
D. if userInput == "y" :
Title Which statement correctly tests for a user input value?
21. Assuming the user enters 15 as input, what is the output of the following code snippet?
number = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

if number >= 20 :
print("The numer is big")
else :
print("The number is small")
A. There is no output due to a syntax error

B. The number is big
C. The number is small Answer
D. The program runs successfully but does not print any output
Title What is the output of a given code snippet and given input value?
22. What is the output of the following code snippet if the input is 34?

if number != 20 :
number = number + 1
else :
number = number - 1
print(number)
A. 34
B. 33
C. 35 Answer
D. 36
Title What is the output of a given code snippet and given input value?
23. Assuming that the user enters a value of 45, what is the output of the following code snippet?

if number < 100 :
number = number + 5
if number < 500 :
number = number - 2
if number > 15 :
number = number + 1
else :
nmber = number - 1
print(number)
A. 105
B. 45
C. 43
D. 49 Answer
Title What is the output of a code statement containing multiple if statements and a given input
value?
24. A store provides a 10% discount on all items with a price of at least $100. Otherwise, no discount is
applicable. Which of the following DOES NOT correctly compute the discount?
A.
discount = 0
if price >= 100 :
discount = 0.10 * price
B.
if price <= 100 :
discount = 0
Answer
C.
discount = 0
if price >= 100 :
D.
discount = 10
if price >= 100 :
else :
discount = 0
Title Which statement DOES NOT correctly compute the discount?

25. Which of the following conditions is true, given that num1 contains 3 and num2 contains 4?
A. num1 + 1 < b
B. num1 + 1 > b
C. num1 + num2 != 7
D. num1 - num2 <= 0 Answer
Title Which of the following conditions evaluates to True given two variables?
26. In Python, which of the following orderings is used to compare strings?

A. Semantic
B. Alphabetic
C. Syntatic
D. Lexicographic Answer
Title Which ordering is used to compare strings?
27. Which condition will cause the body of the if statement to execute when count is 0?
A. if count = 0 :
B. if count < 0 :
C. if count =< 0 :
D. if count == 0 : Answer
Title Which condition will cause the body of the if statement to execute?
28. Which of the following if statements is problematic because of the limited precision of floating-point
numbers?
A. if 4 // 3 == 1 :
B. if sqrt(2) * sqrt(2) == 2.0 : Answer
C. if "10" == 5 :
D. if 4 <= 4 :
Title If statements and the limited precision of floating-point numbers
s1 = "CAT"
s2 = "cat"
Which of the following if statements has a condition that evaluates to True?
A. if s1 == s2 :
B. if s1 = s2 :
C. if s1 < s2 : Answer
D. if s1 >= s2 :
Title Comparing strings with relational operators
30. Which statement evaluates to True when comparing the two strings:
name1 = "Heather"
name2 = "hanna"
A. name1 == name2
B. name1 > name2 Answer
C. name1 < name2
D. Relational operators cannot be used to compare strings
Title Which statement evaluates to true when comparing two strings?
Section 3.2
31. Given the following list of strings, what is the correct order using lexicographic ordering: "Ann", "amy",
"Heather", "hanna", "joe", "john", "Leo", "Jim" ?
A. amy, Ann, hanna, Heather, Jim, joe, john, Leo
B. Ann, Heather, Jim, Leo, amy, hanna, joe, john Answer
C. amy, hanna, joe, john, Ann, Heather, Jim, Leo
D. Leo, john, joe, Jim, Heather, hanna, Ann, amy
Title Given a list of strings, what is the correct order using lexicographic ordering?
Section 3.2 Special Topic: Lexicographic Ordering of Strings
32. What is the definition of a nested statement?

A. When a decision statement is contained inside the branch of another decision statement Answer
B. A compound statement that consists of a header and a statement block
C. Allows a program to carry out different actions depending on the nature of the data to be processed
D. A statement that is used to validate user input
Title What is the definition of a nested statement?
Section 3.3 Nested Branches
33. Assuming a user enters 30, 20, and 10 as the input values, what is the output of the following code
snippet?
num1 = int(input("Enter a number: "))

if num1 > num2 :
if num1 > num3 :
print(num1)
else :
print(num3)
else :
if num2 > num3 :
print(num2)
else :
print(num3)
A. 0
B. 10
C. 20
D. 30 Answer
Title What is the output of the nested if code snippet given three input values?
34. Which of the following values make the expression not x == yand z > x true?
A. x = 10, b = 10, c = 15
B. x = 10, b = 20, c = 1t Answer
C. x = 10, b = 2, c = 5
D. x = 10, b = 20, c = 10
Title Which of the following values make the expression not x == y and z > x true?
35. What is the output of the following code snippet?
num1 = 100
if num1 < 100 :
if num1 < 50 :
num1 = num1 - 5
else :
num1 = num1 - 10
else :
if num1 > 150 :
num1 = num1 + 5
else :
num1 = num1 + 10
print(num1)
A. 95
B. 100
C. 105
D. 110 Answer
Title What is the output of an if/else code snippet?
36. Which of the following options refers to the technique of simulating program execution on a sheet of
paper?
A. Compiling
B. Prototyping
C. Debugging
D. Tracing Answer
Title Which refers to the technique of simulating program execution on a sheet of paper?
37. Assuming that a user enters 25 for the price of an item, which of the following hand-trace tables is valid
for the given code snippet?
price = 0
status = ""
price = eval(input("Enter the price for your item: "))
if price >= 50 :
status = "reasonable"
if price >= 75 :
status = "costly"
else :
status = "inexpensive"
if price <= 25 :
status = "cheap"
A.
price status
0 "inexpensive"
25 "cheap"
Answer
B.
price status
0 "inexpensive"
25 "reasonable"
C.
price status
0 "inexpensive"
25 "reasonable"
"costly"
D.
price status
0 "inexpensive"
25 "costly"
Title Which hand-trace table is valid for this snippet?
38. Which of the following code segments is an example of a nested if statement?

A.
if a == b :
print(a)
B.
if a == b :
print(a)
else :
print(b)
C.
if a == b :
print(a)
if c == d :
print(c)
Answer
D. a = a - 1 if a > 0 else a = a + 1
Title Which of the following is an example of a nested if statement?
if a > b :
print("X")
if a == b :
print("Y")
What is displayed if a is 1 and b is 0?

A. X Answer
B. Y
C. X followed by Y on the next line

D. Nothing
Title Trace a nested if statement
if a > b :
print("X")
if a == b :
print("Y")

A. X
B. Y
D. Nothing Answer
if a > b :
print("X")
if a == b :
print("Y")

A. X
B. Y
D. Nothing Answer
if a == b :
print("W")
else :
print("X")
if b == c :
print("Y")
else :
print("Z")
If a, b and c are all 0 then the output generated by this code segment is:
A. W Answer
B. W followed by Y on the next line
D. W followed by X on the next line, followed by Y on the next line
Title Trace nested if/else statements
if a == b :
print("W")
else :
print("X")
if b == c :
print("Y")
else :
print("Z")
If a is 0, b is 1 and c is 0 then the output generated by this code segment is:
A. W
B. X
D. X followed by Z on the next line Answer
if a == b :
print("W")
else :
print("X")
if b == c :
print("Y")
else :
print("Z")
If a is 0, b is 1 and c is 1 then the output generated by this code segment is:
A. W
B. X
C. X followed by Y on the next line Answer
D. X followed by Z on the next line
45. What error will Python display when it attempts to execute the following if/else statement?
if a == b :
print("Equal")
else :
print("Not Equal")
if a > b :
print("a is larger")
else :
print("b is larger")
A. Python will display an error indicating that == should be replaced with =

B. Python will display an error indicating that an if statement cannot reside inside the body of an else
C. Python will display an error indicating that there is a problem with the indentation Answer
D. No error will be displayed
Title Find the error in an if statement
46. What error will Python display when it attempts to execute the following if/else statement?
if a = b :
print("Equal")
else :
print("Not Equal")
if a > b :
print("a is larger")
else :
print("b is larger")
A. Python will display an error indicating that = should be replaced with == Answer
B. Python will display an error indicating that an if statement cannot reside inside the body of an else
C. Python will display an error indicating that there is a problem with the indentation
D. No error will be displayed
Title Find the error in an if statement
47. What is the output of the following code snippet when the user enters 75 as the grade?
grade = int(input("Enter student grade: "))

if grade >= 90 :
letterGrade = "A"
if grade >= 80 :
letterGrade = "B"
if grade >= 70 :
letterGrade = "C"
if grade >= 60 :
letterGrade = "D"
else :
letterGrade = "E"
print(letterGrade)
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D Answer
Title What is the output of an if statement with multiple alternatives?
Section 3.4 Multiple Alternatives
48. What is the wrong with the following code snippet?

if grade >= 90 :
letterGrade = "A"
if grade >= 80 :
letterGrade = "B"
if grade >= 70 :
letterGrade = "C"
if grade >= 60 :
letterGrade = "D"
else :
letterGrade = "E"
print(letterGrade)
A. Everyone will get an "E"

B. Anyone with a grade higher than 60 will receive a "D" Answer
C. Nothing is wrong, students will get the correct grade

D. The code block will not compile
Title What is the wrong with the code snippet that has multiple alternatives?
49. Given that the following code is incorrect, what code would fix the following code snippet?

if grade >= 90 :
letterGrade = "A"
if grade >= 80 :
letterGrade = "B"
if grade >= 70 :
letterGrade = "C"
if grade >= 60 :
letterGrade = "D"
else :
letterGrade = "E"
print(letterGrade)
A. Change the if statements, to elif statements (except the first one) Answer
B. Reverse the order of the if statements
C. Use a switch statement
D. Change the last statement to if instead of else
Title How can you correct a code snippet that has multiple alternatives?
50. What is the output of the following code snippet?
x = 20
if x <= 20 :
print("1", end="")
if x <=40 :
print("2", end="")
if x <= 30 :
print("3", end="")
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 123 Answer
Title What is the output of the following code snippet?
51. Consider the following code snippet:
number = int(input("Enter a number: "))

if number > 30 :
...
elif number > 20 :
...
elif number > 10 :
...
else :
...
Assuming that the user input is 40, which block of statements is executed?
A. if number > 30 : ... Answer
B. else if number > 20 : ...

C. else if number > 10 : ...
D. else : ...
Title Which statement is executed when the user enters 40 for the input value?
number = int(input("Enter a number: "))

if number < 10 :
print("Too small")
elif number < 50 :
print("Intermediate")
elif number < 100 :
print("High")
else :
print("Too high")
Assuming that the user input is 60, what is the output of the this code snippet?
A. Too high
B. High Answer
C. Intermediate
D. Too small
Title What is output of the if/elif/else snippet with this input?
53. Consider the following code snippet.
num1 = 0
num2 = 0
num3 = 0
num4 = 0
num5 = 0
if num1 < num2 :
num3 = num1
else :
num3 = num2
if num1 < num2 + 10 :

num4 = num1
elif num1 < num2 + 20 :
num5 = num1
print("num1 =", num1, "num2 =", num2, "num3 =", num3,
"num4 =", num4, "num5 =", num5)
Assuming that the user enters the numbers 20 and 12 as the two input values, what is the output of the
code snippet?
A. num1 = 20 num2 = 12 num3 = 20 num4 = 0 num5 = 20
B. num1 = 20 num2 = 12 num3 = 12 num4 = 20 num5 = 0 Answer
C. num1 = 20 num2 = 12 num3 = 12 num4 = 0 num5 = 20
D. num1 = 20 num2 = 12 num3 = 20 num4 = 20 num5 = 0
Title What is output of the if/else and if/elif snippet with two input values?
54. What is the value of the price variable after the following code snippet is executed?
price = 42
if price < 40 :
price = price + 10
if price > 30 :
price = price * 2
if price < 100 :
price = price - 20
A. 42
B. 52
C. 84
D. 64 Answer
Title What is value of a variable after (if/if/if) snippet is executed?

age = int(input("Enter your age: "))

if age < 10 :
print("Child")
if age < 30 :
print("Young Adult")
if age < 70 :
print("Old")
if age < 100 :
print("Impressively old")
Assuming that the user inputs 80 as the age, what is the output?
A.
Child
Young adult
Old
B.
Young adult
Old
C.
Impressively old
Answer
D.
Child
Young adult
Old
Impressive old
Title What is output of the code snippet with this input?

age = int(input("Enter your age:"))

if age < 10 :
print("Child", end="")
if age < 30 :
print("Young Adult", end="")
if age < 70 :
print("Old", end="")
if age < 100 :
print("Impressively old", end="")
A. Child
B. ChildYoung Adult
C. ChildYoung AdultOld Answer
D. ChildYoung adultOldImpressively old

if age < 10 :
if age < 30 :
print("Young Adult", end="")
if age < 70 :
print("Old", end="")
if age < 100 :
print("Impressively old", end="")
A. Child
B. ChildYoung Adult
C. ChildYoung AdultOld Answer
D. ChildYoung adultOldImpressively old
58. Consider the follow code segment. It is supposed to convert numeric marks to letter grades. However, it
may contain a bug. Examine the program, and identify what bug, if any, is present.
grade = "F"
if mark >= 80 :
grade = "A"
if mark >= 70 :
grade = "B"
if mark >= 60 :
grade = "C"
if mark >= 50 :
grade = "D"
A. The greater than or equal signs need to be replaced with equal signs
B. All instances of if, except the first, need to be replaced with elif Answer
C. All instances of if, except the first, need to be replaced with else
D. There is nothing wrong with the code segment (it works as intended)
Title What is wrong with this multiple alternatives statement?
59. Consider the follow code segment. It is designed to classify widgets as too small if they are less than
10mm in diameter or too large if they are 15mm in diameter or more. Otherwise they should be classified
as just right. However, this code may contain a bug. Examine the program, and identify what bug, if any,
is present.
if size >= 0 :
print("Too small")
elif size >= 10 :
print("Just right")
elif size >= 15 :
print("Too big")
A. The greater than or equal signs need to be replaced with greater than signs
B. All instances of elif need to be replaced with else
C. The order of the conditions (and bodies) must be changed Answer
D. There is nothing wrong with the code segment (it works as intended)
60. Consider the following code segment. It is designed to convert letter grades to grade points. Examine the
program, and identify what bug, if any, is present.
if letter == "A" :
gradePoints = 4.0
elif letter == "B" :
gradePoints = 3.0
elif letter == "C" :
gradePoints = 2.0
elif letter == "D" :
gradePoints = 1.0
else :
gradePoints = 0.0
A. The double equal signs need to be replaced with greater than or equal signs
B. All instances of elif need to be replaced with else
C. The order of the conditions (and bodies) must be changed
D. There is nothing wrong with the code segment (it works as intended) Answer
61. Flowcharts are made up of all the following elements, EXCEPT:

A. elements for tasks
B. elements for input/output
C. elements for print Answer
D. elements for decisions
Title What are the parts of a flowchart?
Section 3.5 Problem Solving: Flowcharts
62. The flowchart shows the order in which steps should be executed, and the diamond-shaped boxes indicate:
A. input
B. algorithms
C. tasks
D. decision statements Answer
Title What are the parts of a flowchart?
Section 3.5 Problem Solving: Flowcharts
63. When testing code for correctness, it always makes sense to

A. Aim for complete coverage of all decision points Answer
B. Identify boundary cases and test them
C. Check all cases using hand-tracing
D. Assume invalid input will never occur

Title What is reasonable for checking/testing code?
Section 3.6 Problem Solving: Test Cases
if a == 0 :
print("a is 0")
elif a < 0 :
print("a is less than 0")
else :
print("a is greater than 0")
What is the minimum number of test cases needed to test every line of code in this segment?
A. 2
B. 3 Answer
C. 4
D. 5
Title How many test cases are needed to test every line of code in this segment?
Section 3.6 Problem Solving: Test Cases
65. The boolean (bool) data type has exactly two values:
A. Yes / No
B. True / False Answer
C. 0 / 1
D. -1 / 1
Title What are the values of a boolean variable?
Section 3.7 Boolean Variables and Operators
66. Which operators listed below are considered boolean operators:

A. < / >
B. and / or Answer
C. == / !=
D. <= / >=
Title What are boolean operators?
emp = int(input("Enter Celsius temperature: "))

if temp > 0 and temp < 100 :
print("Liquid")
if temp <= 0 or temp >= 100 :
print("Not liquid")
Assuming the user enters a value of 120, what will be the output:
A. Nothing is printed
B. Liquid
C. Not Liquid Answer
D. LiquidNotLiquid
Title Given a code snippet and an input value, what output is produced?
68. Which of the following variables is used to store a condition that can be either True or False?
A. Logical
B. Boolean Answer
C. Algebraic
D. Conditional
Title What kind of variable is used to store a true/false condition?
69. Given two variables x and y, how do you test whether exactly one of them is zero?
A. if x == 0 or y == 0
B. if x = 0 or y = 0
C. if x == 0 and y != 0 or y == 0 and x != 0 Answer
D. if x == 0 and y != 0 and y == 0 and x != 0
Title Given a code snippet, determine the correct boolean expression to test for a given condition?
70. Given two variables x and y, how do you test whether at least one of them is zero?
A. if x == 0 or y == 0 Answer
B. if x = 0 or y = 0
C. if x == 0 and y != 0 or y == 0 and x != 0
D. if x == 0 and y != 0 and y == 0 and x != 0
Title Given a code snippet, determine the correct boolean expression to test for a given condition?
71. Rewrite the following algebraic expression to an equivelant Python expression:
32 <= temp <= 100
A. if temp <= 32 and temp <= 100

B. if temp <= 32 or temp <= 100
C. if temp >= 32 and temp <= 100 Answer
D. if temp >= 32 or temp <= 100
Title Rewrite an algebraic expression into the equivelant Python expression?

72. What value causes the following logical expression to 'short-circuit'?

if temp >= 32 and temp <= 100
A. temp = 0 Answer
B. temp = 32
C. temp = 100
D. temp = 75
Title What value causes a given expression to short-circuit?

73. What value causes the following logical expression to 'short-circuit'?

if quantity > 0 and price/quantity <
10
A. quantity = 0 Answer
B. price/quantity < 10
C. quantity = 5
D. price/quantity > 10
Title What value causes a given expression to short-circuit?

74. Using De Morgan's law, what is the equivelant to this statement?

if not (state == "PA" or state == "OH")
A. if state != "PA" and state != "OH" Answer

B. if state != "PA" or state != "OH"
C. if state == "PA" and state == "OH"
D. if state == "PA" or state == "OH"
Title Using De Morgan's law, identify an equivalent expression?

75. Using De Morgan's law, what is the equivalent to this statement?

if not (state == "PA" and state == "OH")
A. if state != "PA" and state != "OH"

B. if state != "PA" or state != "OH" Answer
C. if state == "PA" and state == "OH"
D. if state == "PA" or state == "OH"
Title Using De Morgan's law, identify an equivelant expression?

attendance = True
failed = False
Which of the followingif statements include a condition that evaluates to True?

A. if attendance == "true" :
B. if attendance : Answer
C. if failed :
D. if attendance == failed :
Title What if statements include a condition that evaluates to true?

if age < 13 :
if age >= 13 and age <= 19 :
print("Teen", end="")
if age > 19 and age < 30 :
print("Young adult", end="")
if age >= 30 and age <= 50 :
print("Adult", end="")
if age > 50 :
print("Young at heart", end="")
Assuming that the user enters 55 as the age, what is the output?
A. Teen
B. Young at heart Answer
C. Child
D. Adult
78. Which of the following expressions represents a legal way of checking whether a value assigned to the num
variable falls within the range 0 to 150 (inclusive)?
A. if num >= 150 and num <= 0
B. if num >= 0 and num <= 150 Answer
C. if num >= 0 or num <= 150
D. if num >= 150 or num <= 0
Title Which expression checks whether a value falls between 0 and 150 inclusive?
79. Which of the following expressions represents a legal way of checking whether a value assigned to the num
variable is either less than 100 or more than 200 (exclusive)?
A. if num < 100 and num > 200
B. if num < 100 and num > 200 Answer
C. if num < 100 or num > 200
D. if num <= 100 or num >= 200
Title Which expression checks whether a value falls between 0 and 150 inclusive?
80. Given the following code snippet:

if grade >= 90 :
letterGrade = "A"
elif grade >= 80 and grade < 90 :
letterGrade = "B"
letterGrade = "C"
letterGrade = "D"
else :
letterGrade = "E"
print(letterGrade)
what is value of grade when the user enters 75?

A. "A"
B. "B"
C. "C" Answer
D. "D"
Title What is the output of a code snippet given a specific input value?
81. Which of the following operators is used to invert a conditional statement?

A. or
B. and
C. not Answer
D. equal
Title Which operator is used to invert a conditional statement?
82. Which of the following conditions is true only when the integer variable middle is between 0 and 10
inclusive?
A. if middle >= 0 and middle <= 10 Answer
B. if 0 <= middle <= 10
C. if 0 <= middle or middle <= 10
D. if middle > 0 and middle < 10

Title Which of the following conditions is true only when the integer variable middle is between 0
and 10?
83. Given that the following code snippet:
isFelon = False
answer = input("have you ever committed a felony? ")
if answer == "Yes" or answer == "yes" :
isFelon = True
age = int(input("what is your age? "))
which statement assigns the variable mayVote a value of True if a person may vote if they are 18 or older
and not a felon?
A. mayVote = age > 18 or not isFelon
B. mayVote = not ( age >= 18 and isFelon)
C. mayVote = age >= 18 and not isFelon Answer
D. mayVote = not ( age >= 18 or isFelon)
Title Which of the following statements assigns the Boolean variable correctly?
84. Given that the following code snippet:
MIN_SPEED = 45
MAX_SPEED = 65
speed = 55
if not (speed < MAX_SPEED) :
speed = speed - 10
if not (speed > MIN_SPEED) :
speed = speed + 10
print(speed)
what output is produced?

A. 45
B. 55 Answer
C. 65
D. 50
Title What is the output of a Boolean not code snippet?
85. Given that the following code snippet
score = 0
price = 100.0
if score > 0 and price < 200 and price / score > 10 :
print("buy!")
which of the following statements is true?

A. The output is buy!
B. The code snippet runs, but there is no output Answer
C. The code snippet has syntax errors
D. The code snippet causes a divide-by-zero exception
Title Which statement is true on the basis of this code snippet?
86. Which of the following options checks that city is neither Atlanta or Philadelphia?
A. if not city == "Atlanta" or not city == "Philadelphia"
B. if not (city == "Atlanta" or city == "Philadelphia") Answer
C. if not (city == "Atlanta" and city == "Philadelphia")
D. if not city == "Atlanta" or city == "Philadelphia"
Title Which of the following options checks that city is neither Atlanta or Philadelphia?
87. Assuming a user enters 30, 55, and 10 as the input, what is the output of the following code snippet?

if not (num1 > num2 and num1 > num3) :
print(num1)
elif not(num2 > num1 and num2 > num3) :
print(num2)
elif not (num3 > num1 and num3 > num2) :
print(num3)
A. 55
B. 10
C. 0
D. 30 Answer
88. Assuming a user enters 30, 55, and 10 as the input, what is the output of the following code snippet?

if num1 > num2 and num1 > num3 :
print(num1)
elif num2 > num1 and num2 > num3 :
print(num2)
elif num3 > num1 and num3 > num2 :
print(num3)
A. 55 Answer
B. 10
C. 0
D. 30
89. Which of the following conditions is True only when the variables a, b, and c contain three different
values?
A. if a != b and a != c and b != c : Answer
B. if a != b or a != c or b != c :
C. if not (a == b and b == c and a == c) :
D. if a != b != c :
Title Which of the following conditions is true only when the variables a, b, and c contain three
different values?
90. Consider the following code segment. It should display a message only if the cost is between 50 and 75
dollars. The message should also be displayed if the cost is exactly 50 dollars or exactly 75 dollars.
if _________________ :
print("The cost is in the desired range")
What condition should be placed in the blank to achieve the desired behavior?
A. cost > 50
B. cost < 75
C. cost >= 50 and cost <= 75 Answer
D. cost >= 50 or cost <= 75
Title Complete an if statement with an appropriate condition

Section 3.7 Boolean Variable and Operators
91. Water is liquid between 0 and 100 degrees Celsius. The following code segment should display a message
if the water is not liquid. For this question, we will assume that water is liquid if it is exactly 0 degrees or
exactly 100 degrees.
if _________________ :
print("The water is not liquid")
What condition should be placed in the blank to achieve the desired behavior?
A. temp < 0
B. temp > 100
C. temp < 0 and temp > 100
D. temp < 0 or temp > 100 Answer
Title Complete an if statement with an appropriate condition

92. Suppose that b is False and x is 0. Which of the following expressions evaluates to True?
A. b or x == 1
B. b and x == 0
C. not b and x == 0
D. not b or x == 1 Answer
Title Which of the following expressions evaluates to True?
93. Suppose that b is False and x is 0. Which of the following expressions evaluates to True?
A. not b and x == 1
B. b or x == -1
C. not b or b Answer
D. x == 1 or x == -1
Title Which of the following expressions evaluates to True?
94. Which of the following checks to see if there is a comma anywhere in the string variable name?
A. if "," in name : Answer
B. if name.contains(",") :
C. if "," not in name :
D. if name.startswith(",") :
Title Which statement tests if a string contains a substring?
Section 3.8 Analyzing Strings
95. Which of the following checks to see if the string variable sentence starts with the string "Dear"?
A. if "Dear" in sentence :
B. if sentence.find("Dear") :
C. if "Dear" not in sentence :
D. if sentence.startswith("Dear") : Answer
Title Which statement tests if a string contains a substring at the beginning?
96. What value is printed by the following code snippet?
name = "John R. Johnson"

firstName = "John"
location = name.find(firstName)
print(location)
A. -1
B. 0 Answer
C. 8
D. 1
Title What value is returned when using the find substring command?
97. What value is printed by the following code snippet?
name = "John R. Johnson"

firstName = "Joe"
location = name.find(firstName)
print(location)
A. -1 Answer
B. 0
C. 8
D. 1
Title What value is returned when using the find substring command?
98. What String method can be used to determine if the string contained in the variable text only consists of
letters?
A. text.isalnum()
B. text.isalpha() Answer
C. text.isdigit()
D. text.islower()
Title What String method checks for all characters in a variable?
99. What String method can be used to determine if all characters within a string are lowercase?
A. text.isalnum()
B. text.isalpha()
C. text.isdigit()
D. text.islower() Answer
Title What String method checks for all lowercase characters?
100. What String method can be used to determine if the string contained in the variable text only consists of
numbers?
A. text.isalnum()
B. text.isalpha()
C. text.isdigit() Answer
D. text.islower()
Title What String method checks for all numbers in a variable?
101. What will be printed by the following code snippet?
name = "Ravi Avalon"

counter = name.count("av")
print(counter)
A. 0
B. 1 Answer
C. 2
D. -1
Title What value is returned when using the String method count?
102. What will be printed by the following code snippet?
name = "Dino the Dinosaur"

counter = name.count("Di")
print(counter)
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2 Answer
D. -1
Title What value is returned when using the String method count?
103. Which of the following statements returns the number of blank spaces contained in the string sentence?
A. sentence.count(" ") Answer
B. " " in sentence
C. sentence.find(" ")
D. count(sentence)
Title What method is used to identify the number of spaces in a string variable?
104. Review the code snippet below:
sentence = "Today is the first day..."

firstCh = sentence[0]
Which of the following statements correctly determines if the first letter of the string contained in
sentence is an uppercase letter and not a space?
A. if firstCh.isupper() or not firstCh.isspace() : Answer
B. if not (firstCh.isupper() or firstCh.isspace() :)
C. if firstCh.isupper() and not firstCh.isspace() :
D. if firstCh.isupper() or not firstCh.isspace() :
Title What method is used to identify the number of spaces in a string variable?
name1 = "Betty joe"

name2 = "Betty Jean"
name3 = "Betty Jane"
if name1 < name2 :
if name1 < name3 :
print(name1, "is first")
else :
else :
if name2 < name3 :
else :
what output is produced?

A. Betty joe is first
B. Betty Jean is first
C. Betty Jane is first Answer
D. Betty joe is firstBetty Jean is firstBetty Jane is first
Title Review the code snippet below; what output is produced?
106. How do you test if a filename (given as a string) has an extension of ".png", ".jpg" or ".gif"?
A. if filename.endswith(".png" or ".jpg" or ".gif") :
B. if filename.endswith(".png") or filename.endswith(".jpg") or filename.endswith(".gif")
: Answer
C. if ".png" in filename or ".jpg" in filename or ".gif" in filename :
D. if filename.contains(".jpg", ".gif", ".png") :
Title How do you test if a filename (given as a string) has a valid extension?
107. What value is displayed by the following code segment?
s = "Computer Science"
x = s.find("TER")
print(x)
A. -1 Answer
B. 0
C. 5
D. 6
Title Search for a substring within a string
108. What value is displayed by the following code segment?
name = "John Smith"

print(name.startswith("john"))
A. -1
B. 0
C. False Answer
D. True
Title Determine what is output by the starts with method
109. Which of the following statements can be used to validate whether the user entered for a grade a value in
the range, 0 to 100, including both 0 and 100?
A. if grade > 0 and grade < 100 :
B. if grade >= 0 and grade <= 100 : Answer
C. if grade <= 0 and grade >= 100 :
D. if grade <=0 or grade >=100 :
Title Which statement validates the user input is between 0 and 100?
Section 3.9 Application: Input Validation
110. Which of the following statements can be used to validate user input when entering a marital status as a
single letter?
A.
if maritalStatus == "s" or maritalStatus == "m" :
B.
if maritalStatus == "S" or maritalStatus == "M" :
C.
if (maritalStatus == "s" or maritalStatus == "m" or
maritalStatus == "S" or maritalStatus == "M") :
Answer
D.
if maritalStatus == "s" or "S" or "m" or "M" :
Title Which statements can be used to validate the user entered a valid marital status?
maritalStatus = input("Enter your marital status (s for single, m for married): ")
maritalStatus = maritalStatus.upper()
Which of the following statements can be used to validate whether the user entered a valid marital status?
A.
if maritalStatus == "S" or maritalStatus == "M"
Answer
B.
if maritalStatus == "s" or maritalStatus == "m"
C.
if (maritalStatus == "s" or maritalStatus == "m" or
maritalStatus == "S" or maritalStatus == "M"
D.
if maritalStatus == "s" or "S" or "m" or "M"
Title Which statements can be used to validate the user entered a valid marital status?
month = int(input("Enter your two digit birth month: "))
Which of the following statements checks that the user entered a valid month?
A. if month >=1 or month <= 12 :
B. if month >=1 and month <= 12 Answer
C. if month >1 or month < 12 :
D. if month >1 and month < 12 :
Title Which statements can be used to validate the user entered a valid birth month?

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1. What statement is used to implement a decision?

2. What are the two parts of an if statement?

3. Which of the following statements is true about the if statement?

4. Which of the following is the correct syntax for an if statement?

Title What is the correct syntax for an if statement?

A. Nothing, the program runs as intended

y = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

7. The following code snippet contains an error. What is the error?

if cost > 100

A. Syntax error: missing colon after if statement Answer

y = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

Title What is the output of a compound statement?

if cost > 150 :

A. Nothing, the code contains a syntax error

Title What is the output of a conditional expression?

11. Consider the following code segment:

12. Consider the following code segment:

13. Consider the following code segment:

What value is printed by this code segment?

14. What is the error in this statement?

15. What is the opposite of this condition: count > 10?

A. Count is an even number

A. Count is an even number Answer

18. What type of operator is <= operator?

19. The operator >= stands for

number = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

A. There is no output due to a syntax error

number = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

number = int(input("Please enter a number: "))

Title Which statement DOES NOT correctly compute the discount?

26. In Python, which of the following orderings is used to compare strings?

29. Consider the following code segment:

Which of the following if statements has a condition that evaluates to True?

32. What is the definition of a nested statement?

num1 = int(input("Enter a number: "))

35. What is the output of the following code snippet?

38. Which of the following code segments is an example of a nested if statement?

39. Consider the following code segment:

What is displayed if a is 1 and b is 0?

C. X followed by Y on the next line

40. Consider the following code segment:

What is displayed if a is 0 and b is 0?

41. Consider the following code segment:

What is displayed if a is 1 and b is 2?

42. Consider the following code segment:

43. Consider the following code segment:

If a is 0, b is 1 and c is 0 then the output generated by this code segment is:

44. Consider the following code segment:

If a is 0, b is 1 and c is 1 then the output generated by this code segment is:

A. Python will display an error indicating that == should be replaced with =

grade = int(input("Enter student grade: "))

48. What is the wrong with the following code snippet?

grade = int(input("Enter student grade: "))

A. Everyone will get an "E"

C. Nothing is wrong, students will get the correct grade

grade = int(input("Enter student grade: "))

50. What is the output of the following code snippet?