WGU D278 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT 70
UPDATED SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ 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.
◉ 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.
, How should the item that holds the number of seconds in a minute
be declared?
Answer: Constant integer secondsPerMinute
◉ A program determines if a user's age is high enough to run for U.S.
president. The minimum age requirement is 35.
How should the item that holds the minimum age be declared?
Answer: Constant integer minAge
◉ Given integer x = 3 and integer y = 5.
What is the value of the expression (x / 2.0) + y?
Answer: 6
◉ Given float x = 10.2 and float y = 1.0.
What is the value of the expression x / y?
Answer: 10
◉ What kind of operator is the == in the expression i == 20?
Answer: Equality
UPDATED SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ 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.
◉ 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.
, How should the item that holds the number of seconds in a minute
be declared?
Answer: Constant integer secondsPerMinute
◉ A program determines if a user's age is high enough to run for U.S.
president. The minimum age requirement is 35.
How should the item that holds the minimum age be declared?
Answer: Constant integer minAge
◉ Given integer x = 3 and integer y = 5.
What is the value of the expression (x / 2.0) + y?
Answer: 6
◉ Given float x = 10.2 and float y = 1.0.
What is the value of the expression x / y?
Answer: 10
◉ What kind of operator is the == in the expression i == 20?
Answer: Equality
