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DAYANANDA SAGAR ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT

(An Autonomous Institute under VTU, Belagavi)

Third Semester B.E Semester End Examination – December 2024

Course: Python Programming

Course Code: BAI303
Max Marks: 100 Duration: 03 Hours
Note:
Answer any FIVE full questions, choosing at least ONE question from each MODULE

Module - 1 Marks BL CO
a Explain Local and Global Scopes in Python programs. What are local 6 L1 / CO1
and global variables? How can you force a variable in a function to refer L2
Q.1 to the global variable?
b What is an arithmetic expression? What is the output of this statement
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“hello world” + 100 + “how are you” explain the reason if the statement
produces an error.
Explain the syntax of user-defined functions in python. Write a user L3 CO2
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defined function to find the sum of three numbers
OR
Explain how to end a Python program early using [Link](). Write a
a 6 L1 / CO1
program that uses this function and explain its behavior.
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Q.2 Explain looping control statements in Python with a syntax and example
b 7 L1 / CO1
to each
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Define exception handling. How exceptions are handled in python?
c Write a program to solve divide by zero exception 7 L3 CO2

Module – 2
Define list. Write a python program for the following:
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a. Accessing list elements L2
b. Adding new values to list.
Q.3 c. Deleting list element
For a = [‘hello’, ‘how’, [1,2,3], [[10,20,30]]] what is the output of
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following statement
(i) print( a[ : : ] )
(ii) print(a[-3][0])
(iii) print(a[2][ : -1])
(iv) print(a[0][ : : -1])
How do you iterate over the keys and values of a dictionary? Provide a
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Python program that demonstrates this iteration.

OR
How can you sort the elements of a dictionary by keys or values? Write a
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Python program that sorts a dictionary by its values.
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What is dictionary? Illustrate with an example python program the usage

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Q.4 of nested dictionary
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c Analyze the difference between append() and extend() functions with
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respect to lists in Python

Module – 3
Discuss different paths of file system.
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Explain how to read specific lines from a file? Illustrate with python
program.
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What are the key properties of a file? Explain in detail file reading/writing
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process with an example of python program
Explain the following Python string handling methods with examples:
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split(), endswith(), ljust(), center(), lstrip()
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Explain how to check for substrings within a string in Python. Write a
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Python program that checks if a word is present in a given string.
Q.6 Develop a Python program to traverse the current directory by listing
b subfolders and file 7 L3 CO2
Using string slicing operation write python program to reverse each word
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in a given string (eg: input: “hello how are you”, output: “olleh woh era
uoy”). Also write the string method to that can be used to perform the
same operation
Module – 4
What is logging? How this would be used to debug the python program?
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Develop a Python program find the total size of all the files in the given
Q.7 b directory. 7 L3 CO2
Develop a program to backing Up a given Folder (Folder in a current
c working directory) into a ZIP File by using relevant modules and suitable 7 L3 CO2
methods
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What are exceptions in Python? How do you raise an exception manually
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using the raise statement? Provide an example.
Explain how to enable and disable assertions in Python. What is the impact
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Q.8 of disabling assertions on your code?
Write a python program to create a folder PYTHON and under the
c hierarchy 3 files file1, file2 and [Link] the content in file1 as ”VTU” 7 L3 CO2
and in file2 as “UNIVERSITY” and file3 content should be by opening
and merge of file1 and file2. Check out the necessary condition before
write file3
Module – 5
What is array flattening in NumPy? How can you flatten a
a multidimensional array into a 1D array? Provide a code example 7 L1 CO1
Q.9 Write a Python program to load data from a CSV file into a Pandas
b DataFrame, display the first two rows and computes basic statistics (e.g., 6 L2 CO2
mean, median, sum) for numerical columns in a Pandas DataFrame.
What are advanced plotting techniques like histograms, box plots, and
c heatmaps? Provide examples of creating each type of plot using 7 L3 CO2
Matplotlib.
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OR
Discuss the significance of NumPy's [Link]() function. Provide an
a example of how it can be used for conditional selection in arrays. . 7 L1 CO1
Q.10 Explain how to group data in a Pandas DataFrame using the groupby()
b function. Provide an example that groups data by a specific column and 6 L2 CO2
computes aggregate statistics.

How can you customize plots in Matplotlib by adding titles, labels, and
c legends? Write a Python program that demonstrates these customizations. 7 L3 CO2
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