#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

# # Chapter 1: Elements of a Program (Review Questions)

# The questions below assume that you have read the [first <img height="12" style="display: inline-block" src="../static/link/to_nb.png">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/01_elements/00_content.ipynb) and the [second <img height="12" style="display: inline-block" src="../static/link/to_nb.png">](https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/webartifex/intro-to-python/blob/develop/01_elements/03_content.ipynb) part of Chapter 1.
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# Be concise in your answers! Most questions can be answered in *one* sentence.

# ## Essay Questions 

# **Q1**: Elaborate on how **modulo division** might be a handy operation to know!

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# **Q2**: What is a **dynamically typed** language? How does it differ from a **statically typed** language? What does that mean for Python?

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# **Q3**: Why is it useful to start counting at $0$?

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# **Q4**: What is **operator overloading**?

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# **Q5**: What are the basic **naming conventions** for variables? What happens if a name collides with one of Python's [keywords <img height="12" style="display: inline-block" src="../static/link/to_py.png">](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords)?

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# **Q6**: Advocates of the [functional programming <img height="12" style="display: inline-block" src="../static/link/to_wiki.png">](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming) paradigm suggest not to use **mutable** data types in a program. What are the advantages of that approach? What might be a downside?

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# ## True / False Questions

# Motivate your answer with *one short* sentence!

# **Q7**: "**dunder**" refers to a group of Australian (i.e., "down under") geeks that work on core Python.

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# **Q8**: The **Zen of Python** talks about Indian genius programmers.

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# **Q9**: When NASA famously converted some measurements to the wrong unit and lost a Mars satellite in 1999 (cf., [source](https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1110mars-climate-observer-report/)), this is an example of a so-called **runtime error**.

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# **Q10**: [PEP 8 <img height="12" style="display: inline-block" src="../static/link/to_py.png">](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) suggests that developers use **8 spaces** per level of indentation.

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