PREP 2023 CS Primer Review 1

What is this an example of?

• Python Interpreter

• Symbol Table

• Environment Diagram

• Code Editor

(a)   loops are used to iterate through a given object

What is special about tuples?

• Are immutable

• Can only store one data type

• Indicated by {}

• Can change their length

(a)   functions can change or alter any variables passed in or variables it has access to

What type of control statements will always run even if a previous control statement has already?

• if statements

• elif statements

• else statements

• return statements

What frame will always be created whenever we run a program?

• Program frame

• Frame 1

• Global frame

• Function frame

I have the following list that was created with the built-in range function:
lst = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Select which option I used for the range function.

• range(5)

• range(1, 6)

• range(1, 5)

• range(6)

What special built-in Python function has a return value of None that is used to display outputs in our terminal?

(a)  

What type of language is Python?

• Pass-by-value

• Pass-by-reference

• High-level

• Low-level

I have the following string:

time = "9:51PM"

and I want to use slicing to get only the minutes "51".

minutes = ?

What will my slicing operation be?

• time[3:5]

• time[-4:-2]

• time[-3:-1]

• time[2:3]