WGU D278 SCRIPTING AND
PROGRAMMING UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Input
Answer: A program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard,
touchscreen, network, etc.
●● Process
Answer: A programs performs computations on that data, such as adding
two values like x + y.
●● Output
Answer: A programs puts that data somewhere, such as to a file, screen,
network, etc.
●● Computational thinking
Answer: Creating a sequence of instructions to solve a problem.
●● Algorithm
Answer: A sequence of instructions that solves a problem.
,●● Statement
Answer: Carries out some action and executing one at a time.
●● String literal
Answer: Consists of text (characters) within double quotes, as in "Go
#57!".
●● Cursor
Answer: Indicates where the next output item will be placed in the
output.
●● Newline
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
Answer: Text added to a program, read by humans to understand the
code, but ignored by the program when executed.
●● Whitespace
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
Answer: Text that resembles a program in a real programming language
but is simplified to aid human understanding.
●● Assignment statement
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.
●● =
Answer: In programming, = is an assignment of a left-side variable with
a right-side value. It does not represent equality like in mathematics.
●● Variable declaration
Answer: Declares a new variable, specifying the variable's name and
type.
●● Identifier
Answer: A name created by a programmer for an item like a variable or
function. An identifier must: be a sequence of letters (a-z, A-Z),
underscores (_), and digits (0-9), AND start with a letter or underscore.
●● Reserved word or keyword
PROGRAMMING UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Input
Answer: A program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard,
touchscreen, network, etc.
●● Process
Answer: A programs performs computations on that data, such as adding
two values like x + y.
●● Output
Answer: A programs puts that data somewhere, such as to a file, screen,
network, etc.
●● Computational thinking
Answer: Creating a sequence of instructions to solve a problem.
●● Algorithm
Answer: A sequence of instructions that solves a problem.
,●● Statement
Answer: Carries out some action and executing one at a time.
●● String literal
Answer: Consists of text (characters) within double quotes, as in "Go
#57!".
●● Cursor
Answer: Indicates where the next output item will be placed in the
output.
●● Newline
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
Answer: Text added to a program, read by humans to understand the
code, but ignored by the program when executed.
●● Whitespace
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
Answer: Text that resembles a program in a real programming language
but is simplified to aid human understanding.
●● Assignment statement
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.
●● =
Answer: In programming, = is an assignment of a left-side variable with
a right-side value. It does not represent equality like in mathematics.
●● Variable declaration
Answer: Declares a new variable, specifying the variable's name and
type.
●● Identifier
Answer: A name created by a programmer for an item like a variable or
function. An identifier must: be a sequence of letters (a-z, A-Z),
underscores (_), and digits (0-9), AND start with a letter or underscore.
●● Reserved word or keyword
