2.2 Programming

The following is not true about variable names ?

• They should be descriptive

• They must be in capital letters

• They can’t start with numbers or contain spaces

• They point to memory locations

In an assignment operation, what appears on the right hand side ?

• Variable identifier / name

• The assignment operator (=)

• data to be assigned

Which of the following is not a valid data type?

• Real

• String

• Character

• Fraction

Quotation marks around data implies the data type is?

• an integer

• a string

• a Boolean

• a real

This variable type can only have True or False values

• Boolean

• Integer

• String

• Character

Casting refers to

• joining two strings together

• Converting one data type to another

The operator used to divide and returns a INTEGER answer is?

• DIV (//)

• MOD (%)

• Division (/)

• **

The main difference between a procedure & a functions is

• Functions return values, procedures don’t.

• Functions use parameter passing, procedures don’t.

Which loop requires a condition to be met before running?

• WHILE

• FOR

Which line of code lets us input a number?

• x = int(input("enter a number")

• x = input("enter a number")

• x = str(input("Enter a number"))

• x = int(input("enter a number"))