WGU D278 SCRIPTING AND
PROGRAMMING EXAM SCRIPT WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● Basic instruction types
Answer: input, process, output
●● input
Answer: A program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard,
touchscreen, network, etc.
●● process
Answer: A program performs computations on that data, such as adding
two values like x + y.
●● output
Answer: A program puts that data somewhere, such as to a file, screen,
network, etc.
●● variable
Answer: programs use these because its value varies e.g. x, y, z; some
name that can hold a value; named item
,●● Computational Thinking
Answer: creating a sequence of instructions to solve a problem
●● Algorithm
Answer: A sequence of instructions that solves a problem
●● Flowchart
Answer: graphical language for creating or viewing computer programs
●● coral language
Answer: A language intended for learning to program
●● program
Answer: list/sequence of statements
●● statement
Answer: carries out some action and executes one at a time; specific
action; set of instructions
●● node
Answer: each statement is located in one of these (e.g. coral language
has these in graphical ____)
, ●● interpreter
Answer: tool that runs a program's statements
●● run and execute
Answer: Words for carrying out a program's statements.
●● start
Answer: program execution begins at the ____ node
●● input statement
Answer: variable = Get next input; commonly a parallelogram in a coral
flowchart
●● output statement
Answer: put item to output
●● string literal
Answer: consists of text (characters) within double quotes, as in "Go
#57!".
●● character
Answer: includes any letter (a-z) or digit (0-9) or symbol (#,@,&,!, etc.)
PROGRAMMING EXAM SCRIPT WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● Basic instruction types
Answer: input, process, output
●● input
Answer: A program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard,
touchscreen, network, etc.
●● process
Answer: A program performs computations on that data, such as adding
two values like x + y.
●● output
Answer: A program puts that data somewhere, such as to a file, screen,
network, etc.
●● variable
Answer: programs use these because its value varies e.g. x, y, z; some
name that can hold a value; named item
,●● Computational Thinking
Answer: creating a sequence of instructions to solve a problem
●● Algorithm
Answer: A sequence of instructions that solves a problem
●● Flowchart
Answer: graphical language for creating or viewing computer programs
●● coral language
Answer: A language intended for learning to program
●● program
Answer: list/sequence of statements
●● statement
Answer: carries out some action and executes one at a time; specific
action; set of instructions
●● node
Answer: each statement is located in one of these (e.g. coral language
has these in graphical ____)
, ●● interpreter
Answer: tool that runs a program's statements
●● run and execute
Answer: Words for carrying out a program's statements.
●● start
Answer: program execution begins at the ____ node
●● input statement
Answer: variable = Get next input; commonly a parallelogram in a coral
flowchart
●● output statement
Answer: put item to output
●● string literal
Answer: consists of text (characters) within double quotes, as in "Go
#57!".
●● character
Answer: includes any letter (a-z) or digit (0-9) or symbol (#,@,&,!, etc.)
