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WGU D278 PROGRAMMING AND SCRIPTING PA AND
OA EXAM BANK 2026/2027 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS ||VERIFIED EXAM||
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!
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? - Answer-
constant integer secondsPerMinute
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? - Answer-constant integer minAge
Given integer x = 3 and integer y = 5. What is the value of
the expression (x / 2.0) + y? - Answer-6.5
Given float x = 10.2 and float y = 1.0. What is the value of
the expression x / y? - Answer-10.2
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What kind of operator is the == in the expression i == 20?
- Answer-equality
What is the purpose of parentheses () in a programming
expression? - Answer-to group expressions
Given float x = 3.0. Which expression evaluates to 2.0? -
Answer-x / 2 + 0.5 /2 + .25
Which expression represents all the values of x, when x is
the age ranging from 18 to 24 years old? - Answer-(x >=
18) and (x <= 24)
Which data type is used for items that are measured in
length? - Answer-float
Which data type should be used to keep track of how
many planes are in a hangar? - Answer-integer
What does a programmer do first to use an existing
programming library? - Answer-include the library
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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
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-divison
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
Which language is dynamically typed? - Answer-Python
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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
A language uses tags around text to indicate how that text
should be formatted. Which characteristic describes a
language having such tags? - Answer-markup
What is a characteristic of a compiled language? -
Answer-converts to machine language before running
What is a characteristic of an interpreted language? -
Answer-runs easily in different kinds of machines
WGU D278 PROGRAMMING AND SCRIPTING PA AND
OA EXAM BANK 2026/2027 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS ||VERIFIED EXAM||
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST EXAM!!!
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? - Answer-
constant integer secondsPerMinute
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? - Answer-constant integer minAge
Given integer x = 3 and integer y = 5. What is the value of
the expression (x / 2.0) + y? - Answer-6.5
Given float x = 10.2 and float y = 1.0. What is the value of
the expression x / y? - Answer-10.2
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What kind of operator is the == in the expression i == 20?
- Answer-equality
What is the purpose of parentheses () in a programming
expression? - Answer-to group expressions
Given float x = 3.0. Which expression evaluates to 2.0? -
Answer-x / 2 + 0.5 /2 + .25
Which expression represents all the values of x, when x is
the age ranging from 18 to 24 years old? - Answer-(x >=
18) and (x <= 24)
Which data type is used for items that are measured in
length? - Answer-float
Which data type should be used to keep track of how
many planes are in a hangar? - Answer-integer
What does a programmer do first to use an existing
programming library? - Answer-include the library
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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
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-divison
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
Which language is dynamically typed? - Answer-Python
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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
A language uses tags around text to indicate how that text
should be formatted. Which characteristic describes a
language having such tags? - Answer-markup
What is a characteristic of a compiled language? -
Answer-converts to machine language before running
What is a characteristic of an interpreted language? -
Answer-runs easily in different kinds of machines
