WGU D278 SCRIPTING AND
PROGRAMMING EXAM PREPARATION
TEST BANK WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● division
Answer: A car drove 200 miles using 10 gallons of fuel. Which
operation should be used to compute the miles per gallon, which is 20?
●● Float
Answer: A variable should hold a person's height in meters. Which data
type should the variable be?
●● String array
Answer: A variable should hold the names of all past U.S. presidents.
Which data type should the variable be?
●● Constant integer secondsPerMinute
Answer: 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?
●● Constant integer minAge
,Answer: 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?
●● 6.5
Answer: Given integer x = 3 and integer y = 5.
What is the value of the expression ( x / 2.0) + y?
●● 10.2
Answer: Given float x = 10.2 and float y = 1.0.What is the value of the
expression x / y?
●● Equality
Answer: What kind of operator is the == in the expression i == 20?
●● to group expressions
Answer: What is the purpose of parentheses () in a programming
expression?
●● x / 2 + 0.5 /2 + .25
Answer: Given float x = 3.0. Which expression evaluates to 2.0?
●● ( x >= 18) and ( x <= 24)
, Answer: Which expression evaluates to true only when the user is within
3 years of 21 years, given a variable x containing a user's age?
●● Float
Answer: Which data type is used for items that are measured in length
●● Integer
Answer: Which data type should be used to keep track of how many
planes are in a hangar?
●● Hours and minutes
Answer: A function should convert hours and minutes to seconds, such
as converting 1 hour and 10 minutes to 4,200 seconds. What should be
the input to the function?
●● x
Answer: A function returns a number x cubed. For example, if x is 3, the
function returns 3 * 3 * 3, or 27. What should be the input to the
function?
●● Diff
Answer: A function calculates the weight difference (Diff) given two
sample weights (S1 and S2). What should be the output from the
function?
PROGRAMMING EXAM PREPARATION
TEST BANK WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
●● division
Answer: A car drove 200 miles using 10 gallons of fuel. Which
operation should be used to compute the miles per gallon, which is 20?
●● Float
Answer: A variable should hold a person's height in meters. Which data
type should the variable be?
●● String array
Answer: A variable should hold the names of all past U.S. presidents.
Which data type should the variable be?
●● Constant integer secondsPerMinute
Answer: 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?
●● Constant integer minAge
,Answer: 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?
●● 6.5
Answer: Given integer x = 3 and integer y = 5.
What is the value of the expression ( x / 2.0) + y?
●● 10.2
Answer: Given float x = 10.2 and float y = 1.0.What is the value of the
expression x / y?
●● Equality
Answer: What kind of operator is the == in the expression i == 20?
●● to group expressions
Answer: What is the purpose of parentheses () in a programming
expression?
●● x / 2 + 0.5 /2 + .25
Answer: Given float x = 3.0. Which expression evaluates to 2.0?
●● ( x >= 18) and ( x <= 24)
, Answer: Which expression evaluates to true only when the user is within
3 years of 21 years, given a variable x containing a user's age?
●● Float
Answer: Which data type is used for items that are measured in length
●● Integer
Answer: Which data type should be used to keep track of how many
planes are in a hangar?
●● Hours and minutes
Answer: A function should convert hours and minutes to seconds, such
as converting 1 hour and 10 minutes to 4,200 seconds. What should be
the input to the function?
●● x
Answer: A function returns a number x cubed. For example, if x is 3, the
function returns 3 * 3 * 3, or 27. What should be the input to the
function?
●● Diff
Answer: A function calculates the weight difference (Diff) given two
sample weights (S1 and S2). What should be the output from the
function?
