Python Practical questions for HND Pearson

Duration : 3 hours

Note : Create separate python files for each question and add them to a one folder with
naming the folder with your index number and send it to tharaka.m@esoft.lk before 4.00pm.

1. Write a Python program to print the following string in a specific format (see
the output). 
Sample String : "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up
above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are" Output :
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are

2. Write a Python program to get the Python version you are using. 

3. Write a Python program to display the current date and time.

Sample Output :
Current date and time :
2014-07-05 14:34:14

4. Write a Python program which accepts the radius of a circle from the user
and compute the area. 
Sample Output :
r = 1.1
Area = 3.8013271108436504

5. Write a Python program which accepts the user's first and last name and
print them in reverse order with a space between them. 

6. Write a Python program which accepts a sequence of comma-separated

numbers from user and generate a list and a tuple with those numbers. 
Sample data : 3, 5, 7, 23
Output :
List : ['3', ' 5', ' 7', ' 23']
Tuple : ('3', ' 5', ' 7', ' 23')

7. Write a Python program to accept a filename from the user and print the
extension of that. 
Sample filename : abc.java
Output : java

8. Write a Python program to display the first and last colors from the following
list. 
color_list = ["Red","Green","White" ,"Black"]

9. Write a Python program to display the examination schedule. (extract the

date from exam_st_date). 
exam_st_date = (11, 12, 2014)
Sample Output : The examination will start from : 11 / 12 / 2014

10. Write a Python program that accepts an integer (n) and computes the
value of n+nn+nnn. 
Sample value of n is 5
Expected Result : 615

11. Write a Python program to print the documents (syntax, description etc.) of

Python built-in function(s).
Sample function : abs()
Expected Result :
abs(number) -> number
Return the absolute value of the argument.

12. Write a Python program to print the calendar of a given month and year.
Note : Use 'calendar' module.
13. Write a Python program to print the following here document. 
Sample string :
a string that you "don't" have to escape
This
is a ....... multi-line
heredoc string --------> example

14. Write a Python program to calculate number of days between two dates.

Sample dates : (2014, 7, 2), (2014, 7, 11)
Expected output : 9 days

15. Write a Python program to get the volume of a sphere with radius 6.

16. Write a Python program to get the difference between a given number and
17, if the number is greater than 17 return double the absolute difference. 

17. Write a Python program to test whether a number is within 100 of 1000 or

2000. 

18. Write a Python program to calculate the sum of three given numbers, if the
values are equal then return three times of their sum. 

19. Write a Python program to get a new string from a given string where "Is"
has been added to the front. If the given string already begins with "Is" then
return the string unchanged. 

20. Write a Python program to get a string which is n (non-negative integer)

copies of a given string. 

21. Write a Python program to find whether a given number (accept from the
user) is even or odd, print out an appropriate message to the user. 
22. Write a Python program to count the number 4 in a given list. 

23. Write a Python program to get the n (non-negative integer) copies of the

first 2 characters of a given string. Return the n copies of the whole string if
the length is less than 2. 

24. Write a Python program to test whether a passed letter is a vowel or not. 

25. Write a Python program to check whether a specified value is contained in

a group of values. 
Test Data :
3 -> [1, 5, 8, 3] : True
-1 -> [1, 5, 8, 3] : False

26. Write a Python program to create a histogram from a given list of integers. 

27. Write a Python program to concatenate all elements in a list into a string

and return it. 

28. Write a Python program to print all even numbers from a given numbers
list in the same order and stop the printing if any numbers that come after 237
in the sequence. 
Sample numbers list :
numbers = [
386, 462, 47, 418, 907, 344, 236, 375, 823, 566, 597, 978,
328, 615, 953, 345,
399, 162, 758, 219, 918, 237, 412, 566, 826, 248, 866,
950, 626, 949, 687, 217,
815, 67, 104, 58, 512, 24, 892, 894, 767, 553, 81, 379,
843, 831, 445, 742, 717,
958,743, 527
]
29. Write a Python program to print out a set containing all the colors from
color_list_1 which are not present in color_list_2. 
Test Data :
color_list_1 = set(["White", "Black", "Red"])
color_list_2 = set(["Red", "Green"])
Expected Output :
{'Black', 'White'}

30. Write a Python program that will accept the base and height of a triangle
and compute the area. 

31. Write a Python program to compute the greatest common divisor (GCD) of

two positive integers. 

32. Write a Python program to get the least common multiple (LCM) of two
positive integers. 

33. Write a Python program to sum of three given integers. However, if two

values are equal sum will be zero. 

34. Write a Python program to sum of two given integers. However, if the sum
is between 15 to 20 it will return 20. 

35. Write a Python program that will return true if the two given integer values
are equal or their sum or difference is 5. 

36. Write a Python program to add two objects if both objects are an integer
type. 

37. Write a Python program to display your details like name, age, address in
three different lines. 
38. Write a Python program to solve (x + y) * (x + y). 
Test Data : x = 4, y = 3
Expected Output : (4 + 3) ^ 2) = 49

39. Write a Python program to compute the future value of a specified

principal amount, rate of interest, and a number of years. 
Test Data : amt = 10000, int = 3.5, years = 7
Expected Output : 12722.79

40. Write a Python program to compute the distance between the points (x1,
y1) and (x2, y2). 

41. Write a Python program to check whether a file exists. 

42. Write a Python program to determine if a Python shell is executing in 32bit

or 64bit mode on OS. 

43. Write a Python program to get OS name, platform and release

information. 

44. Write a Python program to locate Python site-packages. 

45. Write a python program to call an external command in Python. 

46. Write a python program to get the path and name of the file that is
currently executing. 

47. Write a Python program to find out the number of CPUs using. 

48. Write a Python program to parse a string to Float or Integer. 

49. Write a Python program to list all files in a directory in Python. 

50. Write a Python program to print without newline or space.