$1.$ What is a relative path relative to$?$

$2.$ What does an absolute path start with?

$3.$ What does Path$(\text{'}$C:$/$Users$\text{'})/\text{'}$Al$\text{'}$ evaluate to on Windows?

$4.$ What does $\text{'}$C:$/$Users$\text{'}/\text{'}$Al$\text{'}$ evaluate to on Windows?

$5.$ What do the os$.$getcwd$()$ and os$.$chdir$()$ functions do$?$

$6.$ What are the $.$ and $..$ folders?

$7.$ In C:$\backslash$bacon$\backslash$eggs$\backslash$spam$.$txt$,$ which part is the dir name, and which part is the base name?

$8.$ What are the three $$mode$$ arguments that can be passed to the open$()$ function?

$9.$ What happens if an existing file is opened in write mode?

$10.$ What is the difference between the read$()$ and readlines$()$ methods?

$11.$ What data structure does a shelf value resemble?