2024 D278 WGU SCRIPTING AND PROGRAMMING
FOUNDATIONS ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
What does a programmer do first to use an existing programming library? - ANSWER Include the library
What relationship is common among a programming library's functions? - ANSWER Functions all relate
to the same purpose.
What is an advantage of using a programming library? - ANSWER The code has already been tested.
Which language is dynamically typed? - ANSWER Python
Which language is not built on object-oriented design principles? - ANSWER C
A language substantially supports a programmer creating items like person, teacher, and students. Each
item has internal data and some operations.
Which characteristic describes that language? - ANSWER Object-oriented
A programmer wants a compiler to report an error if an integer variable is assigned with a string.
Which kind of language should the programmer use? - ANSWER Statically typed
A language uses tags around text to indicate how that text should be formatted.
, Which characteristic describes a language having such tags? - ANSWER Markup
What is a characteristic of a compiled language? - ANSWER Converts to machine language before
running
What is a characteristic of an interpreted language? - ANSWER Runs easily on different kinds of machines
What is an advantage of interpreted programs? - ANSWER They can be modified at run time.
Which characteristic specifically describes a markup language? - ANSWER Tags surround text to describe
desired formatting.
Which characteristic specifically describes interpreted languages? - ANSWER They can be run one
statement at a time.
A car drove 200 miles using 10 gallons of fuel.
Which operation should be used to compute the miles per gallon, which is 20? - ANSWER Division
Which operator should be used to determine if a number is evenly divisible by 5? - ANSWER %
A variable should hold a person's height in meters.
Which data type should the variable be? - ANSWER Float
A variable should hold the names of all past U.S. presidents.
Which data type should the variable be? - ANSWER String array
A program uses the number of seconds in a minute in various calculations.
FOUNDATIONS ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
What does a programmer do first to use an existing programming library? - ANSWER Include the library
What relationship is common among a programming library's functions? - ANSWER Functions all relate
to the same purpose.
What is an advantage of using a programming library? - ANSWER The code has already been tested.
Which language is dynamically typed? - ANSWER Python
Which language is not built on object-oriented design principles? - ANSWER C
A language substantially supports a programmer creating items like person, teacher, and students. Each
item has internal data and some operations.
Which characteristic describes that language? - ANSWER Object-oriented
A programmer wants a compiler to report an error if an integer variable is assigned with a string.
Which kind of language should the programmer use? - ANSWER Statically typed
A language uses tags around text to indicate how that text should be formatted.
, Which characteristic describes a language having such tags? - ANSWER Markup
What is a characteristic of a compiled language? - ANSWER Converts to machine language before
running
What is a characteristic of an interpreted language? - ANSWER Runs easily on different kinds of machines
What is an advantage of interpreted programs? - ANSWER They can be modified at run time.
Which characteristic specifically describes a markup language? - ANSWER Tags surround text to describe
desired formatting.
Which characteristic specifically describes interpreted languages? - ANSWER They can be run one
statement at a time.
A car drove 200 miles using 10 gallons of fuel.
Which operation should be used to compute the miles per gallon, which is 20? - ANSWER Division
Which operator should be used to determine if a number is evenly divisible by 5? - ANSWER %
A variable should hold a person's height in meters.
Which data type should the variable be? - ANSWER Float
A variable should hold the names of all past U.S. presidents.
Which data type should the variable be? - ANSWER String array
A program uses the number of seconds in a minute in various calculations.
