Exam 7: files and Exceptions

What do you call the process of retrieving data from a file?

A(n) _______________ file contains data that has been encoded as text, using a scheme such as ASCII.

Which method could be used to convert a numeric value to a string?

Which mode specifier will erase the contents of a file if it already exists and create it if it does not exist?

It is possible to create a while loop that determines when the end of a file has been reache

Which mode specifier will open a file but will not let you change the file or write to it?

Which of these is associated with a specific file and provides a way for the program to work with that file?

If the last line in a file is not terminated with a \n, the readline method will return the line without a \n.

Programmers usually refer to the process of _______________ data in a file as "writing data to" the file.

If a file with the specified name already exists when the file is opened, and the file is opened in 'w' mode, then an alert will appear on the screen.

How many types of files are there?

When a file has been opened using the 'r' mode specifier, which method will return the file's contents as a string?

A(n) _______________ file contains data that has not been converted to text.

An exception handler is a piece of code that is written using the try/except statement.

When a program needs to save data for later use, it writes the data in a(n) _______________.