Software licensing basics in Intro to Computing - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to print the type of software license.

Intro to Computing

license_type = "GPL"
print("The license is [1]")

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AGPL

B"license_type"

Clicense

Dlicense_type

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using quotes around the variable name, which prints the name instead of its value.

The variable license_type holds the license name. Using it without quotes prints its value.

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medium

Complete the code to check if the license is 'MIT'.

Intro to Computing

if license == [1]:
    print("License is MIT")

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A"MIT"

BMIT

C'GPL'

Dlicense

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around string literals causing errors or wrong comparisons.

String values must be enclosed in quotes when compared in code.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to print 'Free software' if license is 'GPL'.

Intro to Computing

if license == [1]:
    print("Free software")

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A'MIT'

BGPL

C"GPL"

Dlicense

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the variable name without quotes causing a NameError.

The license name 'GPL' must be a string literal in quotes for comparison.

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hard

Fill the blank to create a dictionary of licenses and their types.

Intro to Computing

licenses = [1]

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A"MIT"

B{"GPL": "Open Source", "Windows": "Proprietary"}

C"Proprietary"

D"Open Source"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using curly braces or missing quotes around strings.

Option B provides the complete dictionary enclosed in braces with key-value pairs for licenses.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to filter licenses that are Open Source.

Intro to Computing

open_source = {k: v for k, v in licenses.items() if v [1] [2]
print(open_source.get([3], "Not found"))

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A==

B"Open Source"

C"MIT"

D!=

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong comparison operators or wrong keys in get().

The filter checks if the license type equals 'Open Source'. Then it prints the value for key 'MIT'.