SAQ 3.2

Python uses the ____ function to ask the user for a single string.

• string

• get

• input

• prompt

Which of the following would be used to show a prompt before pausing for the user to enter a string?

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  input('Enter your input: ')

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  string('Enter your input: ')

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  get('Enter your input: ')

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  prompt('Enter your input: ')

When we input a string into a running Python program, we must enclose our input in single quotes.

• True

• False

The Python input() function returns user input as a(n) _________ .

• character

• integer

• string
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  whichever data type is specified

The input() function requires a prompt string parameter.

• True

• False

Which of the following would be best for getting the user's temperature, if our program was going to calculate an average temperature?

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  temp = input('Enter your current temperature:')

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  temp = float(input('Enter your current temperature:')

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  temp = int(input('Enter your current temperature:')

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  temp = str(input('Enter your current temperature:')

Which of the following would be best for getting the user's first name?

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  firstName = input('Enter your first name:')

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  firstName = float('Enter your first name:')

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  firstName = int('Enter your first name:')

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  firstName = str('Enter your first name:')

This code is supposed to calculate the average age of several individuals near the user. What is wrong with it?

sum = 0

for i in range(1,6):

  age = input('Enter age of person ' + str(i) + ':')

  sum = sum + age

averageAge = sum / 5

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  The accumulator pattern in improperly used

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  sum is a string, but age is a string

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  age is a string, but sum is an integer

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  Nothing is wrong!

This code is supposed to get five numbers from the user, and print out the largest number entered. What is wrong with it?

biggest = 0

for i in range(5):

  num = int(input('Enter a number:'))

  if num > biggest:

    biggest = num

print('The largest number was', biggest)

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  The accumulator pattern is improperly used

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  num is unnecessarily converted to a float

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  You cannot nest and if inside a for

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  Nothing is wrong!

Which of the following would be used to show a prompt before pausing for the user to enter a string?

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  string('Enter your input: ')

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  get('Enter your input: ')

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  input('Enter your input: ')

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  prompt('Enter your input: ')