Chapter 2:Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) (Python for Everybody Specialization) Answers 2025

Question 1

Which of the following is a comment in Python?
✅ # This is a test
❌ /* This is a test */
❌ * This is a test
❌ // This is a test

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Question 2

In the following code:

What is “x”?
✅ A variable
❌ A CPU
❌ A function
❌ A constant

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Question 3

Which of the following is a bad Python variable name?
✅ #spam
❌ _spam
❌ spam_23
❌ SPAM23

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Question 4

Which of the following is not a Python reserved word?
✅ iterate
❌ continue
❌ else
❌ break

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Question 5

What does this statement do?

✅ Retrieve the current value for x, add two to it, and put the sum back into x
❌ Create a function called “x”
❌ Fail due to syntax error
❌ Produce “false”

🧠 Explanation:
This is assignment with arithmetic — it updates the existing value of x.

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Question 6

Which part of a mathematical expression is evaluated first?
✅ Parentheses ( )
❌ Multiplication *
❌ Addition +
❌ Subtraction –

🧠 Explanation:
Python follows PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication/Division, Addition/Subtraction).

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Question 7

What is the value of:

✅ 2
❌ 10
❌ 0.42
❌ 4210

🧠 Explanation:
% is the modulus operator — it gives the remainder of division.
42 ÷ 10 = 4 remainder 2.

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Question 8

What will be the value of x after this executes?

✅ 5.0
❌ 2.0
❌ 4
❌ 8

🧠 Explanation:
Order of operations →
1 + (2*3) - (8/4) → 1 + 6 - 2 = 5.0
(Note: division always produces a float.)

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Question 9

What will be the value of x when executed:

✅ 98
❌ 99
❌ 100
❌ 6

🧠 Explanation:
int() truncates decimals — it doesn’t round.
So int(98.6) → 98

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Question 10

What does the Python input() function do?
✅ Pause the program and read data from the user
❌ Connect to the network
❌ Read memory
❌ Take a screenshot

🧠 Explanation:
input() waits for user input and returns it as a string.

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🧾 Summary Table

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