WGU - Scripting and Programming Foundations
questions and answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
Program
- correct answer Consists of instructions executing one at a time.
Input
- correct answer A program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard, touchscreen, network, etc.
Process
- correct answer A programs performs computations on that data, such as adding two values like x + y.
Output
- correct answer A programs puts that data somewhere, such as to a file, screen, network, etc.
Computational thinking
- correct answer Creating a sequence of instructions to solve a problem.
Algorithm
- correct answer A sequence of instructions that solves a problem.
Statement
- correct answer Carries out some action and executing one at a time.
String literal
- correct answer Consists of text (characters) within double quotes, as in "Go #57!".
Cursor
- correct answer Indicates where the next output item will be placed in the output.
, Newline
- correct answer A special two-character sequence \n whose appearance in an output string literal
causes the cursor to move to the next output line. The newline exists invisibly in the output.
Comment
- correct answer Text added to a program, read by humans to understand the code, but ignored by the
program when executed.
Whitespace
- correct answer Refers to blank spaces (space and tab characters) between items within a statement,
and to newlines. Whitespace helps improve readability for humans, but for execution purposes is mostly
ignored.
Pseudocode
- correct answer Text that resembles a program in a real programming language but is simplified to aid
human understanding.
Assignment statement
- correct answer Assigns a variable with a value, such as x = 5. An assignment statement's left side must
be a variable. The right side is an expression.Examples: x = 5, y = a, or z = w + 2.
=
- correct answer In programming, = is an assignment of a left-side variable with a right-side value. It does
not represent equality like in mathematics.
Variable declaration
- correct answer Declares a new variable, specifying the variable's name and type.
Identifier
- correct answer A name created by a programmer for an item like a variable or function. An identifier
must: be a sequence of letters (a-z, A-Z), underscores (_), and digits (0-9), AND start with a letter or
underscore.
questions and answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
Program
- correct answer Consists of instructions executing one at a time.
Input
- correct answer A program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard, touchscreen, network, etc.
Process
- correct answer A programs performs computations on that data, such as adding two values like x + y.
Output
- correct answer A programs puts that data somewhere, such as to a file, screen, network, etc.
Computational thinking
- correct answer Creating a sequence of instructions to solve a problem.
Algorithm
- correct answer A sequence of instructions that solves a problem.
Statement
- correct answer Carries out some action and executing one at a time.
String literal
- correct answer Consists of text (characters) within double quotes, as in "Go #57!".
Cursor
- correct answer Indicates where the next output item will be placed in the output.
, Newline
- correct answer A special two-character sequence \n whose appearance in an output string literal
causes the cursor to move to the next output line. The newline exists invisibly in the output.
Comment
- correct answer Text added to a program, read by humans to understand the code, but ignored by the
program when executed.
Whitespace
- correct answer Refers to blank spaces (space and tab characters) between items within a statement,
and to newlines. Whitespace helps improve readability for humans, but for execution purposes is mostly
ignored.
Pseudocode
- correct answer Text that resembles a program in a real programming language but is simplified to aid
human understanding.
Assignment statement
- correct answer Assigns a variable with a value, such as x = 5. An assignment statement's left side must
be a variable. The right side is an expression.Examples: x = 5, y = a, or z = w + 2.
=
- correct answer In programming, = is an assignment of a left-side variable with a right-side value. It does
not represent equality like in mathematics.
Variable declaration
- correct answer Declares a new variable, specifying the variable's name and type.
Identifier
- correct answer A name created by a programmer for an item like a variable or function. An identifier
must: be a sequence of letters (a-z, A-Z), underscores (_), and digits (0-9), AND start with a letter or
underscore.
