COSC 235, Fall 2008 David A. Sykes
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Quiz 1
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1. Computer science is the study of _____________________________________________.
2. A ________ is the “brains” of a computer that can only address data stored in memory.
3. An ____________________ is a step-by-step set of instructions for doing something.
4. A variable is a name associated with a value [circle one]. TRUE FALSE
5. The Traveling Salesman Problem is an example of an __________________ problem.
6. For a language, syntax is associated with _______________________ while semantics is
associated with _______________________.
7. Show the output of the program.
print "Programming is fun!"
print "Much of the time..."
8. Show the output of the program.
for k in range(3):
print "going,"
print "gone!"
9. Write a Python program to prompt a user for a number and then display the square of that
number..