Python file handling

What is the last action that must be performed on a file?

• Close
• Save
• End
• Write

What is the data type of data read to and from a file?

• String

• Integer

• Real

• Boolean

Reading from a file often involves using...

• A loop

• A condition

• Comments

• A print() statement

Appending to a file means adding extra data into the file.

• True
• False

What does this code do?

• opens a text file, reads the contents and prints to the screen

• opens a text file and writes the variable 'record' to the file

• opens a text file and prints 'record' to the screen

• opens a text file and prints it out

What escape character is used to make a new line?

• \t

• \r

• \n

• \newline

What is the correct Python code to get the number of items in a list named 'scores'

• len(scores)

• length(scores)

• scores.len()

• 10

What will this line of code do?

myFile = open("test_scores.txt","w")

• Opens the text file 'test_scores' in reading mode

• Opens the text file 'test_scores' in writing mode - appends new data to the end of the file

• Opens the text file 'test_scores' in writing mode - overwrites contents

• Opens the text file 'test_scores' in wait mode

What will this line of code do?

myFile = open("test_scores.txt","r")

• Opens the text file 'test_scores' in reading mode

• Opens the text file 'test_scores' in writing mode - appends new data to the end of the file

• Opens the text file 'test_scores' in writing mode - overwrites contents

• Opens the text file 'test_scores' in wait mode

To access a text file in Python you must first give in a file handle. What is the 'file handle' in this code?

• record

• "FirstFile.txt"

• myFile

• "w"