D278 WGU - SCRIPTING AND PROGRAMMING
FOUNDATIONS
What does a programmer do first to use an existing programming library? - Answer -
Include the library
What relationship is common among a programming library's functions? - Answer -
Functions all relate to the same purpose.
What is an advantage of using a programming library? - Answer -The code has already
been tested.
Which language is dynamically typed? - Answer -Python
Which language is not built on object-oriented design principles? - Answer -C
A language substantially supports a programmer creating items like person, teacher,
and students. Each item has internal data and some operations.
Which characteristic describes that language? - Answer -Object-oriented
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
Which characteristic specifically describes a markup language? - Answer -Tags
surround text to describe desired formatting.
Which characteristic specifically describes interpreted languages? - Answer -They can
be run one statement at a 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
FOUNDATIONS
What does a programmer do first to use an existing programming library? - Answer -
Include the library
What relationship is common among a programming library's functions? - Answer -
Functions all relate to the same purpose.
What is an advantage of using a programming library? - Answer -The code has already
been tested.
Which language is dynamically typed? - Answer -Python
Which language is not built on object-oriented design principles? - Answer -C
A language substantially supports a programmer creating items like person, teacher,
and students. Each item has internal data and some operations.
Which characteristic describes that language? - Answer -Object-oriented
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
Which characteristic specifically describes a markup language? - Answer -Tags
surround text to describe desired formatting.
Which characteristic specifically describes interpreted languages? - Answer -They can
be run one statement at a 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
