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Refer to the code discussed in the "Joy of Computing using Python" lecture on implementing the Snake
and Ladder game.
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Ankan and Dilrez are playing a classic game of Snake and Ladder –but this time, it’s implemented in
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Python! The game logic is based on the version you’ve seen in the lecture, where snakes pull you down
and ladders push you up. The game board ranges from position 1 to 100.
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The snake and ladder positions are stored in dictionaries. For instance:
snakes = {16: 6, 98: 78}
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ladders = {1: 38, 80: 100}
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Each player begins at position 0. In each turn, a player rolls a die (using random.randint(1, 6)) and
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moves forward. If they land on the bottom of a ladder, they climb up; if they land on a snake’s mouth,
they slide down. The game alternates between Ankan and Dilrez using a turn variable, and ends when
Week 1 ()
any player reaches exactly 100.
Week 2 ()
Two key functions, check_ladder(position) and check_snake(position), determine whether the player hits
a ladder or a snake after moving.
Week 3 ()
A function reached_end(position) is used to check if a player has reached position 100. A separate
week 4 ()
function is also written to open and display an image of the board using the PIL library.
Week 5 () 1) In the function play(), what is the significance of the variable turn? 1 point
Week 6 () It tracks the number of dice rolls
It ensures alternating turns between the two players
Week 7 () It ends the game after a fixed number of turns
It stores the winning score
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Snakes and 2) What happens in the code when a player rolls a number that moves them past position 1 point
Ladders - Not on 100?
the Board (unit?
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=144) The player’s position resets to 0
Snakes and The player stays in the same position (doesn’t move)
Ladders - Not on The player is forced to roll again
the Board - Part
01 (unit?
3) What is the purpose of the following lines in the play() function? 1 point
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=145)
Snakes and
Ladders - Not on
the Board - Part
02 (unit?
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=146)
Snakes and
To restart the game
Ladders - Not on
the Board - Part To display final scores and exit if the player chooses not to continue
03 (unit? To check if the player reached a snake
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=147)
To decide the winner
Snakes and 4) If Ankan is at position 47 and the snakes dictionary contains 47:26, what will happen 1 point
Ladders - Not on
immediately after his dice roll moves him to 47?
the Board - Part
04 (unit?
He will stay at 47
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=148) He will move to 100
He will go to 26
Snakes and
Ladders - Not on The game will end
the Board - Part
05 (unit? 5) What does the function show_board() attempt to do? 1 point
unit=143&lesson
=149) Display current scores
Snakes and
Roll the dice for both players
Ladders - Not on Open and display the game board image
the Board - Part
Initialize the snake and ladder dictionaries
06 (unit?
unit=143&lesson
=150)
6) Which of these functions is called after a player moves and before their position is printed? 1 point
Spiral Traversing show_board()
- Let's Animate play()
(unit?
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check_ladder() and check_snake()
=151) reached_end() only
Spiral Traversing
7) How many times is the line random.randint(1, 6) evaluated in one full round of both players' 1 point
- Let's Animate -
Part 01 (unit? turns?
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unit=143&lesson Once
=152)
Twice
Spiral Traversing
Four times
- Let's Animate -
Part 02 (unit? Depends on the player positions
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8) Which part of the code ensures that the game stops immediately when a player reaches 1 point
=153)
exactly 100?
Spiral Traversing
- Let's Animate - if pp1 > end:
Part 03 (unit? if pp1 == 100:
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if reached_end(pp1):
=154)
if check_ladder(pp1):
Spiral Traversing
- Let's Animate -
9) Consider the following ladders dictionary (in the format bottom: top): ladders = {1: 38, 4: 14, 1 point
Part 04 (unit?
9: 31, 21: 42, 28: 84, 36: 44, 51: 67, 71: 91, 80: 100}
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=155)
If a player is on 27, rolls a 1, and lands on 28, what will happen next?
Spiral Traversing
- Let's Animate - The player will stay on 28 because it's not a ladder base
Part 05 (unit?
The player climbs the ladder to 84
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=156) The player must roll again because 28 is a special position
The code throws an error because 28 is not handled explicitly
Spiral Traversing
- Let's Animate -
Part 06 (unit? 10) 1 point
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=157)
Spiral Traversing
- Let's Animate -
Part 07 (unit?
unit=143&lesson
=158) Why is the condition turn % 2 == 0 used in this part of the code?
GPS - Track the To check if the game has reached the second round
route (unit?
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To make sure player 2 only plays after player 1 wins
=159) To alternate turns between the two players using the value of turn
GPS - Track the To skip the dice roll for even-numbered turns
route - Part 01
(unit?
Dilrez, the ever-curious adventurer, had a habit of collecting strange and shiny things during her
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journeys.
=160)
GPS - Track the One day, the village elder gifted her two magical containers — one called a Backpack and the other a
route - Part 02 Pouch.
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The elder explained:
=161)
GPS - Track the “Dilrez, these are no ordinary containers.
route - Part 03
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(unit?
unit=143&lesson The Backpack holds items in a fixed order, and once packed, nothing can be changed.
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GPS - Track the The Pouch, on the other hand, only keeps unique items and doesn’t care about order.”
route - Part 04
(unit? Dilrez was intrigued.
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=163) Backpack = Tuple
Week 7
Feedback Form: Dilrez packed it like this:
The Joy of
Computing using backpack = ("map", "compass", "torch")
Python (unit?
unit=143&lesson He checked backpack[0] → 'map'.
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Quiz: Week 7 : But when he tried:
Assignment 7
(assessment? backpack[0] = "magic map"
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He got an error!
Week 7 :
Programming
Assignment 1 Tuples are ordered, immutable, and allow duplicates.
(/noc25_cs103/p Syntax: () (round brackets)
rogassignment?
name=584) Pouch = Set
Week 7 :
Programming Dilrez filled his pouch:
Assignment 2
(/noc25_cs103/p pouch = {"coin", "potion", "coin"}
rogassignment?
name=585) He expected 3 items, but got:
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Programming {'coin', 'potion'}
Assignment 3
(/noc25_cs103/p He added and removed items freely:
rogassignment?
name=602) pouch.add("gem")
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pouch.remove("coin")
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Sets are unordered, mutable, and store unique items.
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Syntax: {} (curly braces)
Download 11) What will be the output of the following code? 1 point
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Problem
Solving
"map"
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"compass"
IndexError
12) What will happen when Dilrez runs this code? 1 point
Prints ("magic map", "compass", "torch")
Gives a TypeError
Prints original backpack
Gives a SyntaxError
13) What will be the output? 1 point
Select all that apply:
The output will contain only unique elements
The output may appear in any order
It will raise a syntax error due to duplicate elements
The output will be a list with 2 elements
14) What will be the final contents of the pouch? 1 point
{'potion', 'gem'}
{'gem'}
['gem']
Error due to remove()
15) What is the type of x in the following code? 1 point
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< class 'tuple' >
< class 'list' >
< class 'str' >
< class 'set' >
16) Which of the following statements is true? 1 point
Tuples can’t store duplicate items
Sets maintain the order of elements
Sets automatically remove duplicate items
Tuples can be changed after creation
17) What will this code output? 1 point
33
22
32
23
18) Dilrez tries to update a tuple. Find and fix the error: 1 point
What's the issue?
Tuple index out of range
Syntax error in tuple
Tuples are immutable
Need to use append()
19) What will be the output of the following code? 1 point
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4 2 ('map', 'torch')
4 2 ('torch', 'map')
2 2 ('map', 'torch')
4 4 ('map', 'torch', 'torch', 'map')
20) Dilrez does the following: 1 point
Which of the following is true based on this setup?
All three containers contain the same items and in the same order
Only the pouch automatically removes duplicates
backpack[1] and supply_list[1] give the same result
Sets can be indexed just like lists and tuples
Himmat was given a task: Find the factorial of a number.
He read that:
The factorial of a number n is written as n!
It means:
n! = n × (n-1) × (n-2) × ... × 1
So, for example:
4! = 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 24
But instead of doing it manually, Himmat decided to write a recursive
function — a function that calls itself.
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21) Why does the code return 1 when n == 0? 1 point
Because 0 × anything is 0
To stop the recursion at some point
By mistake; it should return 0
It helps to calculate square of the number
22) What will be the return value of factorial(1)? 1 point
0
1
It will call itself infinitely
2
23) Identify the error in the following code: 1 point
It will return 6
No base case defined, will result in infinite recursion
n is not decremented
Syntax error
24) What does the line n! = n × (n-1) × (n-2) × ... × 1 represent in the comprehension? 1 point
An infinite series
A summation of natural numbers
A recursive definition of factorial
A non-recursive mathematical shortcut
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25) 1 point
How many recursive calls are made when he executes factorial(4)?
3
4
5
Infinite
26) Himmat accidentally writes: 1 point
What will happen if he calls factorial(0)?
Returns 1
Returns 0
Throws a recursion error
Returns -1
27) What would be a correct way to make Himmat’s function handle negative numbers 1 point
safely?
Add return -1 for all inputs
Add a base case if n < 0: return "Invalid input"
Remove recursion altogether
Multiply by -1 inside the function
28) If Himmat’s function is modified as: 1 point
What happens when factorial(3) is called?
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Returns 6
Returns 0
Infinite recursion
Error due to syntax
29) Himmat runs this code to reverse a string: 1 point
What will be the output?
"a"
""
Error (index out of range)
"aa"
30) Himmat wants to reverse the word "race" using recursion. He writes a function that checks 1 point
whether the string is non-empty as the base case.
What will be the output of reverse_string("race")?
"race"
"ecar"
"rcae"
Error due to slicing empty string
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