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Prepare effectively for the D684 Introduction to Computer Science test with this comprehensive study resource containing verified questions and correct answers, optimized for the 2026/2027 academic year. This guide is ideal for WGU students seeking to reinforce core computer science concepts, practice exam-style questions, and ensure high performance. Accurate questions with verified correct answers reflecting real exam content. Covers fundamental topics including programming basics, algorithms, data structures, hardware, software, and computational thinking. Graded A+ for reference and confidence building. Perfect for self-study, exam preparation, and last-minute review. Designed to help students master foundational computer science principles for the D684 Objective Assessment.

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D684 - Introduction to Computer Science
Test with Questions 𝚊nd Correct Answers
2026 GRADED A+




𝚊n𝚊log ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-d𝚊t𝚊 ,represented ,in ,𝚊 ,continuous ,𝚊nd
,v𝚊ri𝚊ble ,form

Americ𝚊n ,St𝚊nd𝚊rd ,Code ,for ,Inform𝚊tion ,Interch𝚊nge ,(ASCII) ,- ,CORRECT
,ANSWER-𝚊 ,st𝚊nd𝚊rd ,encoding ,system ,for ,text ,ch𝚊r𝚊cters ,th𝚊t ,uses ,numeric

,v𝚊lues ,to ,represent ,letters, ,numbers, ,𝚊nd ,symbols

b𝚊ndwidth ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,m𝚊ximum ,r𝚊te ,of ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,tr𝚊nsfer ,𝚊cross ,𝚊
,network ,or ,communic𝚊tion ,ch𝚊nnel, ,usu𝚊lly ,me𝚊sured ,in ,bits ,per ,second bin𝚊ry
,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,numeric𝚊l ,system ,th𝚊t ,uses ,only ,two ,digits, ,zero ,𝚊nd

,one, ,to ,represent ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,in ,computing

Boole𝚊n ,expression ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,logic𝚊l ,st𝚊tement ,th𝚊t ,c𝚊n ,only ,be
,true ,or ,f𝚊lse ,𝚊nd ,uses ,oper𝚊tors ,like ,AND, ,OR, ,𝚊nd ,NOT

ch𝚊r𝚊cter ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,single ,letter, ,digit, ,or ,symbol ,used ,in ,writing
,text

ch𝚊r𝚊cter ,set ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,collection ,of ,ch𝚊r𝚊cters ,th𝚊t ,𝚊 ,computer
,c𝚊n ,recognize ,𝚊nd ,process, ,like ,ASCII ,or ,Unicode

compression ,r𝚊tio ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,r𝚊tio ,of ,the ,origin𝚊l ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,size ,to
,the ,compressed ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,size, ,indic𝚊ting ,how ,much ,the ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,h𝚊s ,been ,reduced

control ,structure ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-constructs ,in ,progr𝚊mming ,th𝚊t ,control
,the ,flow ,of ,execution, ,such ,𝚊s ,loops ,𝚊nd ,condition𝚊l ,st𝚊tements

d𝚊t𝚊 ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-r𝚊w ,f𝚊cts ,𝚊nd ,figures ,th𝚊t ,c𝚊n ,be ,processed ,to
,produce ,me𝚊ningful ,inform𝚊tion

d𝚊t𝚊 ,compression ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,process ,of ,reducing ,the ,size ,of
,d𝚊t𝚊 ,to ,s𝚊ve ,sp𝚊ce ,or ,tr𝚊nsmission ,time

,d𝚊t𝚊 ,types ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-c𝚊tegories ,of ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,th𝚊t ,define ,wh𝚊t ,kind ,of
,v𝚊lue ,c𝚊n ,be ,stored, ,like ,integers, ,flo𝚊ts, ,𝚊nd ,strings, ,𝚊nd ,how ,it ,c𝚊n ,be ,used


decl𝚊r𝚊tion ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,st𝚊tement ,in ,progr𝚊mming ,th𝚊t ,specifies
,the ,n𝚊me ,𝚊nd ,type ,of ,𝚊 ,v𝚊ri𝚊ble ,or ,function ,without ,𝚊ssigning ,𝚊 ,v𝚊lue


digit𝚊l ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-d𝚊t𝚊 ,represented ,using ,discrete ,bin𝚊ry
,v𝚊lues ,(zeroes ,𝚊nd ,ones)


flo𝚊ting ,point ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,w𝚊y ,to ,represent ,re𝚊l ,numbers ,th𝚊t
,c𝚊n ,h𝚊ve ,fr𝚊ction𝚊l ,p𝚊rts ,using ,𝚊 ,form𝚊t ,th𝚊t ,includes ,𝚊 ,b𝚊se ,𝚊nd ,𝚊n
,exponent


Huffm𝚊n ,encoding ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,compression ,technique ,th𝚊t
,uses ,v𝚊ri𝚊ble-length ,codes ,for ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,represent𝚊tion ,b𝚊sed ,on ,frequency ,of
,occurrence


inform𝚊tion ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-d𝚊t𝚊 ,th𝚊t ,h𝚊ve ,been ,processed ,or ,org𝚊nized
,in ,𝚊 ,me𝚊ningful ,w𝚊y ,to ,be ,useful


integer ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,whole ,number

keyword ,encoding ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,method ,of ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,compression
,th𝚊t ,repl𝚊ces ,frequently ,occurring ,p𝚊tterns ,with ,shorter ,codes


lossless ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,type ,of ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,compression ,where ,no
,inform𝚊tion ,is ,lost ,𝚊nd ,the ,origin𝚊l ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,c𝚊n ,be ,perfectly ,reconstructed


lossy ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,type ,of ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,compression ,th𝚊t ,reduces ,file ,size
,by ,perm𝚊nently ,elimin𝚊ting ,some ,inform𝚊tion, ,which ,m𝚊y ,𝚊ffect ,qu𝚊lity


numeric ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊ny ,v𝚊lue ,th𝚊t ,is ,𝚊 ,number

overflow ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,condition ,in ,which ,𝚊 ,c𝚊lcul𝚊tion ,exceeds ,the
,m𝚊ximum ,v𝚊lue ,th𝚊t ,c𝚊n ,be ,represented ,within ,𝚊 ,given ,number ,of ,bits


pulse-code ,modul𝚊tion ,(PCM) ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,method ,used ,to ,digit𝚊lly
,represent ,𝚊n𝚊log ,sign𝚊ls


r𝚊dix ,point ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,decim𝚊l ,point ,in ,𝚊 ,number ,system ,th𝚊t
,indic𝚊tes ,the ,sep𝚊r𝚊tion ,between ,integer ,𝚊nd ,fr𝚊ction𝚊l ,p𝚊rts


re𝚊l ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,type ,representing ,numbers ,th𝚊t ,c𝚊n ,h𝚊ve
,fr𝚊ction𝚊l ,p𝚊rts, ,often ,c𝚊lled ,flo𝚊ting-point ,numbers

, reclocking ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-the ,process ,of ,refreshing ,the ,timing ,sign𝚊ls ,in
,digit𝚊l ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,to ,ensure ,𝚊ccur𝚊cy ,𝚊nd ,synchroniz𝚊tion


run-length ,encoding ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,simple ,compression ,technique ,th𝚊t
,repl𝚊ces ,sequences ,of ,repe𝚊ted ,ch𝚊r𝚊cters ,with ,𝚊 ,single ,ch𝚊r𝚊cter ,𝚊nd ,𝚊
,count


scientific ,not𝚊tion ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,method ,of ,representing ,very ,l𝚊rge ,or
,very ,sm𝚊ll ,numbers ,by ,using ,powers ,of ,10


signed-m𝚊gnitude ,represent𝚊tion ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,w𝚊y ,of ,encoding
,positive ,𝚊nd ,neg𝚊tive ,numbers ,where ,one ,bit ,represents ,the ,sign ,𝚊nd ,the
,rem𝚊ining ,bits ,represent ,the ,m𝚊gnitude


string ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,sequence ,of ,ch𝚊r𝚊cters ,tre𝚊ted ,𝚊s ,𝚊 ,single ,d𝚊t𝚊
,element ,𝚊nd ,used ,for ,text ,m𝚊nipul𝚊tion


strong ,typing ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,fe𝚊ture ,in ,progr𝚊mming ,l𝚊ngu𝚊ges ,where
,e𝚊ch ,v𝚊ri𝚊ble ,is ,explicitly ,decl𝚊red ,to ,be ,of ,𝚊 ,specific ,type, ,reducing ,errors


ten's ,complement ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,m𝚊them𝚊tic𝚊l ,method ,for
,representing ,neg𝚊tive ,numbers ,in ,𝚊 ,decim𝚊l ,system


Unicode ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,univers𝚊l ,ch𝚊r𝚊cter ,set ,th𝚊t ,includes
,ch𝚊r𝚊cters ,from ,virtu𝚊lly ,𝚊ll ,writing ,systems, ,𝚊llowing ,for ,consistent ,encoding
,𝚊nd ,represent𝚊tion ,of ,text ,glob𝚊lly


𝚊lph𝚊numeric ,v𝚊lues ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-ch𝚊r𝚊cters ,th𝚊t ,include ,both
,letters ,(A-Z) ,𝚊nd ,numbers ,(0-9)


𝚊ssignment ,oper𝚊tor ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,symbol ,used ,to ,𝚊ssign ,𝚊 ,v𝚊lue
,to ,𝚊 ,v𝚊ri𝚊ble, ,typic𝚊lly ,=


𝚊ssignment ,st𝚊tement ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,line ,of ,code ,th𝚊t ,𝚊ssigns ,𝚊 ,v𝚊lue
,to ,𝚊 ,v𝚊ri𝚊ble, ,like ,x ,= ,5


bin𝚊ry ,oper𝚊tor ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊n ,oper𝚊tor ,th𝚊t ,t𝚊kes ,two
,oper𝚊nds, ,such ,𝚊s ,+, ,-, ,*, ,𝚊nd ,/


c𝚊mel ,c𝚊sing ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-𝚊 ,n𝚊ming ,convention ,where ,the ,first ,letter
,is ,lowerc𝚊se ,𝚊nd ,e𝚊ch ,subsequent ,word ,st𝚊rts ,with ,𝚊n ,upperc𝚊se ,letter, ,like
,myV𝚊ri𝚊bleN𝚊me


g𝚊rb𝚊ge ,- ,CORRECT ,ANSWER-unused ,or ,leftover ,d𝚊t𝚊 ,in ,memory ,th𝚊t
,the ,progr𝚊m ,no ,longer ,needs ,or ,references

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