day1quiz1.tex
changeset 334 2214b5dba4d4
parent 332 f2ca851199d4
parent 306 57291186d598
child 343 adb85e126341
--- a/day1quiz1.tex	Tue Dec 29 19:02:01 2009 +0530
+++ b/day1quiz1.tex	Tue Dec 29 19:25:11 2009 +0530
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-% Tutorial slides on Python.
+% Quiz slides day 1 quiz 1
 %
 % Author: FOSSEE <info at fossee  dot in>
 % Copyright (c) 2005-2009, FOSSEE Team
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 % Title page
-\title[Basic Python]{Python: Quiz}
+\title[Basic Python]{Python for science and engineering: Day 1, Quiz 1}
 
 \author[FOSSEE Team] {FOSSEE}
 
 \institute[IIT Bombay] {Department of Aerospace Engineering\\IIT Bombay}
-\date[] {14, December 2009\\Day 1, Quiz 1}
+\date[] {\today \\Day 1, Quiz 1}
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 
@@ -54,33 +54,72 @@
   \frametitle{Write your details...}
 On the top right hand corner please write down the following:
   \begin{itemize}
-    \item  Name:
-    \item Affliation:
-    \item Occupation:
+    \item Name:
+    \item University/College/Company:
+    \item Student/Teacher/Professional:
   \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
 
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{\incqno }
+Describe the plot produced by the following:
+
+\begin{lstlisting}
+In []: x = linspace(0, 2*pi)
+In []: plot(x, cos(x), 'go')
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{\incqno }
+How will you plot the previous graph with line width set to 3?  How will
+you set the $x$ and $y$ labels of the plot?
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{\incqno }
+How will you set the x and y axis limits so that the region of interest
+is in the rectangle $(0, -1.5)$ (left bottom coordinate) and $(2\pi,
+1.5)$ (right top coordinate)?
+\end{frame}
+
 \begin{frame}
 \frametitle{\incqno }
   A sample line from a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file:\\
   \vspace*{0.2in}
   \emph{Rossum, Guido, 42, 56, 34, 54}\\
   \vspace*{0.2in}
-  What method would you use to separate the line into fields?
+  What code would you use to separate the line into fields?
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}[fragile]
 \frametitle{\incqno }
   \begin{lstlisting}
-  In [1]: a = [1, 2, 5, 9]
-  In [2]: a[:-1]
+  In []: a = [1, 2, 5, 9]
+  In []: a[0:-1]
   \end{lstlisting}
   What is the output?
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}
 \frametitle{\incqno }
-  How do you combine the two lists \emph{a} and \emph{b}?
+  How do you combine two lists \emph{a} and \emph{b} to produce one list?
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{\incqno }
+  \begin{lstlisting}
+  In []: a = [1, 2, 5, 9]
+  \end{lstlisting}
+  How do you add the value 10 to the end of this list?
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+\frametitle{\incqno }
+  \begin{lstlisting}
+  In []: a = [1, 2, 5, 9]
+  \end{lstlisting}
+  How do you find the length of this list?
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}[fragile]
@@ -95,25 +134,25 @@
   What is the output?
 \end{frame}
 
-\begin{frame}[fragile]
-\frametitle{\incqno }
-  \begin{lstlisting}
-  for x in "abcd":
-      print x
+%% \begin{frame}[fragile]
+%% \frametitle{\incqno }
+%%   \begin{lstlisting}
+%%   for x in "abcd":
+%%       print x
 
-  a
-  b
-  c
-  d
-  \end{lstlisting}
-  How do you get the following output? 
-  \begin{lstlisting}
-    0 a
-    1 b
-    2 c
-    3 d
-  \end{lstlisting}
-\end{frame}
+%%   a
+%%   b
+%%   c
+%%   d
+%%   \end{lstlisting}
+%%   How do you get the following output? 
+%%   \begin{lstlisting}
+%%     0 a
+%%     1 b
+%%     2 c
+%%     3 d
+%%   \end{lstlisting}
+%% \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}
 \frametitle{\incqno }
@@ -121,8 +160,82 @@
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+In []: sc = {'A': 10, 'B': 20, 
+             'C': 70}
+\end{lstlisting}
+Given the above dictionary, what command will you give to plot a
+pie-chart?
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
 \frametitle{\incqno }
-How to read and print each line of a file?
+\begin{lstlisting}
+In []: marks = [10, 20, 30, 50, 55, 
+                75, 83] 
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+Given the above marks, how will you calculate the \alert{mean} and
+\alert{standard deviation}?
+\end{frame}
+
+%\begin{frame}[fragile]
+%\frametitle{\incqno }
+%\begin{lstlisting}
+%In []: marks = [10, 20, 30, 50, 55, 
+%                75, 83] 
+%\end{lstlisting}
+%How will you convert the list \texttt{marks} to an \alert{array}?
+%\end{frame}
+
+%% \begin{frame}[fragile]
+%% \frametitle{\incqno }
+%% \begin{lstlisting}
+%% In []: a = array([[1, 2],
+%%                   [3, 4]])
+%% In []: a[1,0] = 0
+%% \end{lstlisting}
+%% What is the resulting matrix?
+%% \end{frame}
+
+%% \begin{frame}[fragile]
+%% \frametitle{\incqno }
+%% \begin{lstlisting}
+%% In []: a = array([[1, 2],
+%%                   [3, 4]])
+%% \end{lstlisting}
+%% How do you get the transpose of this array?
+%% \end{frame}
+
+%% \begin{frame}[fragile]
+%% \frametitle{\incqno }
+%% \begin{lstlisting}
+%% In []: a = array([[1, 2],
+%%                   [3, 4]])
+%% In []: b = array([[1, 1],
+%%                   [2, 2]])
+%% In []: a*b
+%% \end{lstlisting}
+%% What does this produce?
+%% \end{frame}
+
+%% \begin{frame}
+%% \frametitle{\incqno }
+%% What command do you use to find the inverse of a matrix and its
+%% eigenvalues?
+%% \end{frame}
+
+%% \begin{frame}
+%% \frametitle{\incqno }
+%% Given a 4x4 matrix \texttt{A} and a 4-vector \texttt{b}, what command do
+%% you use to solve for the equation \\
+%% \texttt{Ax = b}?
+%% \end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{\incqno }
+Write the code to read a file \texttt{data.txt} and print each line of it?
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}[fragile]