Homework Quiz 1

What is the best definition of a variable?

• Stores information in a program

• Temporarily stores a value in a program, value can't change

• A named place in a program

• Temporarily stores a value in a named section of the program, value can change

A computer is linked to a sensor that is used to measure the height of a sunflower in the summer, what would be the best name for the variable that stores this information?

• H

• SH

• SunflowerHeight

• Heightofsunflowerinsummer

Score = 0

Number = input("what number?")

Score = Score + Number

print( (a)   )

What does between the brackets if I want to display the updated value of Score added to Number?

What is output from the following code?

football = "Twelve"

rugby = 5 + 2 + 2

12 = hockey

squash = rugby - 1

print("squash")

• squash

• rugby - 1

• Error

• 8

What am I called - when there is a mistake in the way you have written the code, it does not run.

• Error

• Syntax error

• Logic error

• Debug

Write code that will multiply 5 and 9, store in a variable called "Number" and then output the answer from the variable

______ = 5 _ 9

print(____)

separate each answer with a comma and no spaces

(a)  

I determine how the contents of the variable will behave and the type of value that is held - what am I?

• Constant

• Debugging

• Data type

• Assignment

Which data type would be most appropriate if I wanted to store the price of a product

• Character

• String

• Float

• Integer

Which data type would be most appropriate if I wanted to store the name of a person's pet?

• Character

• String

• Float

• Integer

(a)   is when you change the data type - for example from integer to string