Python Vocabulary Test 2 Review

Animation is

• A set of steps for performing a task, like a recipe.

• The illusion of motion created when similar images are displayed quickly one after the other, as in a cartoon.

• Statements or instructions written by a programmer in a language that computers can understand.

• An ordered list of values or objects, usually of the same type, accessed by their index, or position in the list.

In programming, what does it mean to append?

• To combine two strings of text into a single string.

• A single item in a list or array.

• To add something to the end; for example, adding letters onto the end of a string or adding elements to the end of a list or array.

• To bring reusable code or data into a program from another program or module.

In programming, what is an argument?

• A value passed to a function; in the statement range(10), 10 is an argument.

• An ordered list of values or objects, usually of the same type, accessed by their index, or position in the list.

• A group of programming statements.

• Any valid set of values, variables, operators, and functions that produces a value or result.

In programming, what is an assignment?

• A statement or group of statements that tell a computer what a variable or function name means.

• A single item in a list or array.

• Setting the value of a variable, as in x = 5, which assigns the value 5 to the variable x.

• To give a variable or object its first, or initial, value.

What is a block?

• A special, reserved word that means something in a particular programming language.

• A container for an ordered group of values or objects.

• A single image in a moving sequence for animation, video, or computer graphics.

• A group of programming statements.

What is a Boolean expression?

• A group of programming statements.

• A value or expression that can be either true or false.

• A statement that allows the computer to test a value and perform different actions depending on the outcome of that test.

• A statement or group of statements that tell a computer what a variable or function name means.

In programming, what is a class?

• A statement or group of statements that tell a computer what a variable or function name means.

• Any valid set of values, variables, operators, and functions that produces a value or result.

• A collection of data or information stored by a computer on some kind of storage device, like a hard disk, DVD, or USB drive.

• A template defining the functions and values to be contained in any objects of that type.

In a program has collision detection, what does that mean?

• A statement that allows the computer to test a value and perform different actions depending on the outcome of that test.

• Repeatedly making small changes or improvements to a program and saving it as a new version, like Gamel, Game2, and so on.

• Checking to see if two virtual objects are touching, or colliding, on the screen, like the ball and paddle in Pong.

• A template defining the functions and values to be contained in any objects of that type.

What is a conditional expression?

• A statement that allows the computer to test a value and perform different actions depending on the outcome of that test.

• Any valid set of values, variables, operators, and functions that produces a value or result.

• An activity that a computer can detect, like a mouse click, value change, keypress, timer tick, and so on.

• To add something to the end; for example, adding letters onto the end of a string or adding elements to the end of a list or array.

In programming, what is a constant?

• A group of programming statements.

• A named value in a computer program that stays the same, like math.pi (3.1415...).

• A statement or group of statements that tell a computer what a variable or function name means.

• A single item in a list or array.