Quiz 3

Format and Rules

• The quiz is in class, Thursday, Oct 30.
• A mix of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and long answer questions.
• You will not be programming in PyCharm, but you may be asked to write or edit code snippets by hand.
• You may bring 1 side of 1 sheet of letter paper with your own hand-written notes. No other resources are permitted.
• An Honor Code violation on the any quiz or exam result in a course grade of F.
• Failure to submit a quiz or exam results in a course grade of F.

Content

• Study key terms from slides and labs. Look for boldfaced, underlined terms in slides and emphasized terms in labs.
• Study Knowledge Checks from labs.
• Code Conventions and Documentation: Week 7 on Canvas + Labs.
  • Write a valid Python docstring for a provided function including the essential elements: description, parameters, return values, and exceptions. Syntax need not be perfect but needs to be very close.
  • Identify and correct violations of PEP8 coding conventions in provided Python code. Emphasis will be on naming conventions and whitespace within lines.
  • Given a Python function, be prepared to add type hints to function parameters and return values.
• Filling in the blanks on a visual diagram like this one showing the state of Git repos (a) after running a set of Git commands, or (b) based on git log output.
• Provide the appropriate git command or sequence of commands for common scenarios, including:
  • creating a new local repository
  • creating a new version
  • viewing the status of a branch
  • viewing the history of a branch
  • staging changes
  • creating a new branch
  • merging one branch into another
  • sending and retrieving changes from the remote repository
• Explain whether or not a merge conflict would occur given a scenario.
• Demonstrate how to resolve merge conflicts while preserving functionality.
• The following topics from earlier in the semester are also on the table:
  • Testing concepts (terms) and application (weeks 4-6), including:
    • Writing or analyzing unit tests for a given function
    • Writing assert statements
    • Testing if exceptions are raised using pytest functions