WGU - Scripting and Programming Foundations Questions And
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
1. Program: Consists of instructions executing one at a time.
2. Input: A program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard, touchscreen, network, etc.
3. Process: A programs performs computations on that data, such as adding two values
like x + y.
4. Output: A programs puts that data somewhere, such as to a file, screen, network, etc.
5. Computational thinking: Creating a sequence of instructions to solve a problem.
6. Algorithm: A sequence of instructions that solves a problem.
7. Statement: Carries out some action and executing one at a time.
8. String literal: Consists of text (characters) within double quotes, as in "Go #57!".
9. Cursor: Indicates where the next output item will be placed in the output.
10. Newline: 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.
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, 11. Comment: Text added to a program, read by humans to understand the code, but
ignored by the program when executed.
12. Whitespace: 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.
13. Pseudocode: Text that resembles a program in a real programming language but is
simplified to aid human understanding.
14. Assignment statement: 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.
15. =: In programming, = is an assignment of a left-side variable with a right-side value.
It does not represent equality like in mathematics.
16. Variable declaration: Declares a new variable, specifying the variable's name and
type.
17. Identifier: 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.
18. Reserved word or keyword: A word that is part of the language, like integer, Get, or
Put. A programmer cannot use a reserved word as an identifier.
19. Lower camel case: Abuts multiple words, capitalizing each word except the first,
such as numApples.
20. Underscore separated: Words are lowercase and separated by an underscore, such
as num_apples.
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CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
1. Program: Consists of instructions executing one at a time.
2. Input: A program gets data, perhaps from a file, keyboard, touchscreen, network, etc.
3. Process: A programs performs computations on that data, such as adding two values
like x + y.
4. Output: A programs puts that data somewhere, such as to a file, screen, network, etc.
5. Computational thinking: Creating a sequence of instructions to solve a problem.
6. Algorithm: A sequence of instructions that solves a problem.
7. Statement: Carries out some action and executing one at a time.
8. String literal: Consists of text (characters) within double quotes, as in "Go #57!".
9. Cursor: Indicates where the next output item will be placed in the output.
10. Newline: 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.
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, 11. Comment: Text added to a program, read by humans to understand the code, but
ignored by the program when executed.
12. Whitespace: 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.
13. Pseudocode: Text that resembles a program in a real programming language but is
simplified to aid human understanding.
14. Assignment statement: 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.
15. =: In programming, = is an assignment of a left-side variable with a right-side value.
It does not represent equality like in mathematics.
16. Variable declaration: Declares a new variable, specifying the variable's name and
type.
17. Identifier: 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.
18. Reserved word or keyword: A word that is part of the language, like integer, Get, or
Put. A programmer cannot use a reserved word as an identifier.
19. Lower camel case: Abuts multiple words, capitalizing each word except the first,
such as numApples.
20. Underscore separated: Words are lowercase and separated by an underscore, such
as num_apples.
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