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PROG12583

Programming Foundations - Python

Final Review
Topics

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• Summary of Topics
• Exam Policies and Rules
• Multiple Choice Questions

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• Short Answer Questions
• Coding Questions
• Quiz 5

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Summary of Topics

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• Data Validations, loop terminations and nested programming structures:
 Validating the user input
 Loop control, sentinel values, priming read
 break and continue statements
 Nested loops. Nesting different programming structures.

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• Python Sequences and collections.
 Lists. Accessing list elements. List methods and list slicing.
 Tuples, dictionaries and sets
 Defining different types of collections and accessing their data.
 Common methods and functions used with different collections.
 Using loops with collections

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Summary of Topics (continue)

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• User-defined functions
 Defining and calling void functions and value returning functions
 Local and global variables and their scope
 Program modularization and using functions as modules. Importing modules and
using them in different programs.

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 Differences between void functions and value-returning functions.
 Passing and returning mutable and immutable objects between functions.

• Searching and sorting algorithms


 Linear search and binary search. Identifying the type of search and the logic used
in each search.
 Bubble sort and insertion sort. How each algorithm works. Identifying them in a
given code of pseudocode.
 Using searching and sorting algorithms with sequences.
 List's sort() method. Using sorted() function for sorting data with collections.

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Summary of Topics (continue)

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• Python files
 How files are created and used for reading and writing data in Python.
 The syntaxes for opening and closing files for reading and writing.
 Reading and writing numeric data types in Python
 Writing and reading data as part of a record in a file. Common field separators.

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• Errors and exceptions
 Types of errors in programming
 What are exceptions, when do they occur and how are they handled?
 Different types of built-in exceptions in Python
 Handling multiple exceptions
 Raising exceptions. Using exceptions for data validations.

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Summary of Topics (continue)

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• Object Oriented Programming
 What are procedural programming and object-oriented programming?
 What are classes? How are they created? What do they contain?
 What are attributes? How are they defined?
 What are methods? what do they represent? How are they created? What is self?

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 Class UML diagrams. What do they contain?
 What are __init__ and __str__ methods? What are they used for?
 What are class instances? Creating class instances.
 Encapsulation and attribute hiding.
 How to access hidden class attributes? What are accessors and mutators?
 Raising exceptions inside mutators and constructors.
 Class attributes and class methods..
 Object and class relationships.
 Writing programs using object-oriented design.

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Conventions

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• Coding Conventions
 Variable Names
 lowercase
 meaningful names

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 Camel case or underscore separated
 Constants
 Must be created when literals are part of the logic
 UPPER case
 Underscore separated
 Indentation
 Code must be properly indented
 In Python improper indentations cause errors
 In quizzes and midterm use the space bar to indent your code

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Study Hints:

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• Do the exercises at the end of each lesson on SLATE.
• Check each lesson for the book chapters/pages we covered.
• Read the chapter sections and look for words in bold or italics, these are
terms and concepts you'll need to know.

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• Use the book's index to look up things you aren't sure about.
• Read SLATE postings for each lesson.
 They often contain extra information or rephrase and emphasize the most
important information from the text.

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Exam Policies and Rules

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• Exam will be two hours long
• The exam will be using assessments - quizzes on SLATE
 No textbooks, notes, reference sheets or other material are allowed

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• DO NOT forget your student ID
• All cellphones must be turned off or silenced and kept away.
 You are not allowed to answer your phone or use any electronic devices including
calculators during the exam.

• You may not leave the room for any reason during exam.

• Remember, this exam is worth 30% of your final mark.

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Exam Policies and Rules

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• The exam will include the following types of questions:
• Multiple-Choice and True/False.
• Short-Answer questions, such as:
 define something

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 fill-in-the-blank
 write one or two code statements to do something
 locate, identify and fix coding errors
 show the output of a code segment

• Coding Questions
 Two or three questions that ask you to hand-write code to perform a task.

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Online Exam Policies and Rules

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• The exam will start at the beginning of our regular class
• You must start the exam within 20 minutes of the exam start time.
• There are no makeup exams

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• Plan ahead!
 Leave earlier than the usual days.

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Exam Format

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• Multiple choice (approx. 40 - 50% of marks)
 Very similar to questions you have seen in in-class quizzes

• Short answers (10% - 20% marks)


 Define a concept

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 Fill-in-the-blank
 Write one or two statements to perform a task
 Identify and fix coding errors
 Show the output of a code segment

• Programming questions (20% - 30% of marks)


 Write statements that perform a task
 Write an entire program that solves a problem

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Review

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• The textbook
 Introducing Python, by Bill Lubanovic
 Chapters: 3, 4, 5, 6
 Foundations of Python Programming:
 Sections: 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20

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• Slate
 Lessons 7.1 – 13.2

• In-class Exercises
• Assignments

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Exercises
See Exercises on Slate.

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Next Class

PROG10082 – Object Oriented Programming


• Next class is the Final Exam
• Review all topics since the beginning
• Make sure to start in time

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 Missing this exam means that you will miss 30% from your final mark

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