TRIAL EXAM: Python Basics

Getting Started

• Fork this repository under your own account
• Clone the forked repository to your computer
• Commit your progress frequently and with descriptive commit messages
• All your answers and solutions should go in this repository

What can I use?

• You can use any resource online, but please work individually
• Instead of copy-pasting your answers and solutions, write them in your own words.

Tasks

1-5. Complete the tasks seen in the 1-5.py files! (~90 mins)

Acceptance criteria

The application is accepted if:

• The solution works according to specification [1p each]
• The solution follows styleguide [1p]
• Has proper error handling where the specification says it [1p each]
• Has the correct loops, methods, filters [1p each]
• The code is clean, without unnecessary repetition, and with descriptive names [1p each]
• You commit frequently with descriptive commit messages [1p]

6. Question time! (~30 mins) [6p]

Explain the algorithm used in exercise 2. Use a flowchart, structogram or pseudo code. [2p]

Your answer:

count_a equals 0 Loop through the characters of a filename: if the character equals 'a': increment count_a with 1 when the loop ends return count_a

How can you get a random number in python? [2p]

Your answer:

You can get random number using the 'random' module. The most simple functions are 'randrange' and 'randint'.

What does M stand for in MVC? [2p]

Your answer:

M stands for 'model'. The 'model' manages the data structure, the logic, and the rules of the program.