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-Objective Questions
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-
- 1. How do you retrieve the recent 5 commands
-
- a. ``%hist``
- #. ``%hist -5``
- #. ``%hist 5``
- #. ``%hist 5-10``
-
- Answer: ``%hist 5``
-
- 2. If there were 20 commands typed and ``%hist`` is used. How many commands
- will be displayed.
-
- a. 10
- #. 20
- #. 21
- #. 19
-
- Answer: 21
-
-.. #[Amit: I really don't get the question below]
-
- 3. is ``%hist`` considered as a command
-
- a. True
- #. False
-
- Answer: True
-
- 4. how do you retreive the commands from 20 to 50 (inclusive of 20 and 50)
-
- a. ``%hist 20 50``
- #. ``%hist 19 50``
- #. ``%hist 19 51``
- #. ``%hist 21 50``
-
- Answer: ``%hist 20 50``
-
- 5. What does the ``%hist 2 5 7`` command do
-
- a. lists the second, fifth and seventh commands
- #. lists the commands from 2 to 5 and the seventh command
- #. raises an error
- #. lists the commands 2 to 7
-
- Answer: raises an error
-
- 6. How many commands are displayed when lot of commands were typed and
- ``%hist`` is used.
-.. #[Amit: Ok something wrong with the question.
-.. Recommend : What is the default maximum number of commands %hist can show ]
-
- a. 20
- #. 10
- #. 50
- #. 40
-
- Answer: 40
-
- 7. How do you save the lines 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 11
-
- a. ``%save filepath 2-5 7 9-11``
- #. ``%save filepath 2-11``
- #. ``%save filepath``
- #. ``%save 2-5 7 9 10 11``
-
- Answer: ``%save filepath 2-5 7 9-11``
-
- 8. You are working in /home/user. Where is the file saved when you do
- ``%save hello.py 1-3``
-
- a. /home/user/hello.py
- #. /hello.py
- #. /home/hello.py
- #. /home/user/ipython/hello.py
-
- Answer: /home/user/hello.py
-
- 9. Which lines are saved by the command ``%save filepath 2-5 7 1`` and in
- which order
-
- a. 2 3 4 5 7 1
- #. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- #. 2 5 7 1
- #. 1 2 5 7
-
- Answer: a
-
-10. What happens when ``%save filepath line_numbers`` is used and a file
- already exists in that path.
-
- a. It is overwritten
- #. The commands are added to the file
- #. It raises an error
- #. A prompt to confirm overwriting is displayed
-
- Answer: A prompt to confirm overwriting is displayed
-
- 11. Read through the documentation of ``%hist`` and find its alternative name
-
- Answer: ``%history``
-
- 12. Are ``%run /home/user/saved.py`` and ``%run /home/user/saved`` the same
-
- a. Yes
- #. No
-
- Answer: Yes
-
- 13. The file hello.py contains only one command ``x = x + 1``. What happens
- when you do ``%run hello.py``
-
- Answer: Raises a nameerror
-
- 14. The file hello.py contains only one command ``x = x + 1``. If value of x
- is 5 and what does ``%run -i hello.py`` do.
-
- a. raises an error
- #. increments value of x by 1
- #. Does nothing
-
- Answer: increments the value of x by 1
-
-
-Long Answer questions :
------------------------
-
-1. Question 1
-2. Question 2
-
-.. #[Amit: I think long answer questions for this script are
-.. not possible. Please add if someone comes up with any]