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Assessment Scripting and Programming
Foundations Questions and 100% Correct
Answers– WGU
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.
, D278 (Latest Update ) Pre-
Assessment Scripting and Programming
Foundations Questions and 100% Correct
Answers– WGU
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.
Assessment Scripting and Programming
Foundations Questions and 100% Correct
Answers– WGU
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.
, D278 (Latest Update ) Pre-
Assessment Scripting and Programming
Foundations Questions and 100% Correct
Answers– WGU
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.
