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Python, 4th Edition, Tony
Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
A set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task is called a ________? - correct answers ✅Program The physical devices, or components, of which a computer is made of are referred to as _____? - correct answers ✅Hardware List the five major components of a computer system. - correct answers ✅The CPU, main memory, secondary storage devices, input devices, and output devices. What part of the computer actually runs programs? - correct answers ✅Central Processing Unit (CPU) What part of the computer serves as a work area to store a program and its data while the program is running? - correct answers ✅Main memory or Random Access Memory (RAM) What part of the computer holds data for long periods of time, even where there is no power to the computer?
- correct answers ✅Secondary storage devices (Disk drive, SSD, USB Drive, flash drives, optical drives)
Python, 4th Edition, Tony
Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
What part of the computer formats and presents data for people or other devices? - correct answers ✅Output devices What fundamental set of programs control the internal operations of the computer's hardware? - correct answers ✅Operating Systems What do you call a program that performs a specialized task, such as a virus scanner, a file compression program, or a data backup program? - correct answers ✅Utility Programs Word processing programs, spreadsheet programs, email programs, web browsers, and game programs belong to what category of software? - correct answers ✅Application Software Today, CPU's are small chips known as _____? - correct answers ✅Microprocessors This is a volatile type of memory that is only for temporary storage while a program is running. - correct answers ✅RAM or Random Access Memory
Python, 4th Edition, Tony
Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
modularized program - correct answers ✅a program that has been written with each task in its own function; benefits include simpler code, code reuse, better testing, faster development, easier facilitation of teamwork. void function - correct answers ✅executes the statements it contains and then terminates value returning function - correct answers ✅executes the statements it contains, and then it returns a value back to the statement that called it; ex. input function, int, float function definition - correct answers ✅the code for a function; specifies what a function does function header - correct answers ✅the first line in a function that begins with the key word def; marks the beginning of the function definition block - correct answers ✅a set of statements that belong together as a group; performed any time the function is executed
Python, 4th Edition, Tony
Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
mainline logic - correct answers ✅the overall logic of the program;contained in the main function main function - correct answers ✅called when a program starts, then calls other functions in the program as needed top down design - correct answers ✅Programmers commonly use a technique known as ________ to break down an algorithm into functions hierarchy charts - correct answers ✅shows boxes that represent each function in a program local variable - correct answers ✅anytime you assign a value to a variable inside a function;belongs to the function in which it is created, and only statements inside that function can access the variable scope - correct answers ✅the part of a program in which the variable may be accessed. a variable is visible only to statements in the variable's scope. a local variable's scope is the function in which the variable is created.
Python, 4th Edition, Tony
Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
keyword argument - correct answers ✅An argument that includes the name of the parameter as a "keyword.";specifies which parameter variable the argument should be passed to true - correct answers ✅it is possible to mix positional arguments and keyword arguments in a function call, but the positional arguments must appear first followed by the keyword argumens global variable - correct answers ✅when a variable is created by an assignment statement that is written outside all the functions in a program file; accessible by any statement in the program file including the statements in any function true - correct answers ✅global variables make debugging difficult; functions that use global variables are usually dependent on those variables; global variables make a program hard to understand global constant - correct answers ✅a global name that references a value that cannot be changed
Python, 4th Edition, Tony
Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
value returning function - correct answers ✅a function that will return a value back to the part of the program that called it library function - correct answers ✅a pre-written function that is built into a programming language randrange function - correct answers ✅similar to range function; returns a randomly selected value from a sequence of values; ex number = random.randomrange(10) random function - correct answers ✅returns a random floating point number in the range of 0.0 up to (but not including) 1. ex number = random.random( ) uniform function - correct answers ✅returns a random floating point number but allows you to specify the range of values to select from; ex: number = random.uniform(1.0, 10,0) psuedorandom numbers - correct answers ✅the numbers that are generated by the function in the
Python, 4th Edition, Tony
Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
Output file - correct answers ✅A file that data is written to. Input file - correct answers ✅A file that data is read from. Opened - correct answers ✅Before a file can be used by a program it must be... Closed - correct answers ✅When a program is finished with a file it should be.... Text file - correct answers ✅The contents of this type of file can be viewed in a program like Notepad. Binary file - correct answers ✅This type of file has data that has not been concerted to text. Sequential access - correct answers ✅When working with this type of fike, you access its data from the beginning of the file to the end of the file. Direct access - correct answers ✅When working with this type of file, you can jump directly to any piece of
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Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
data in the file without reading the data that come before it. Buffer - correct answers ✅This is a small "holding section" in memory that many systems write data to before writing the data to a file. Read position - correct answers ✅This marks the location of the next item that will be read from a file. Append mode - correct answers ✅When a file is opened in this mode, data will be written at the end of the file's existing contents. Field - correct answers ✅This is a single piece of data within a record. Raised - correct answers ✅This occurs when an exception is generated. Exception handler - correct answers ✅This is a section of code that gracefully responds to exceptions.
Python, 4th Edition, Tony
Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
str - correct answers ✅Built-in function that converts a value to a string record - correct answers ✅complete set of data that describes one item traceback - correct answers ✅An error message that gives information regarding the line numbers that caused the exception exception - correct answers ✅An error that occurs while a program is running. try suite - correct answers ✅one or more statements that can potentially raise an exception exception object - correct answers ✅contains various data about an exception; created when an exception is thrown. Else suite - correct answers ✅block of statements executed after statements in try suite, only if no exceptions were raised
Python, 4th Edition, Tony
Gaddis, Python chapter 5-6 2026
finally suite - correct answers ✅block of statements after the finally clause. Always executed after the try suite has executed, and after any exception handlers have executed. Executes whether an exception occurs or not.
