Deck 15: Introduction to Scripting

Question 1

Which logical operator returns a true if a true if either expression or condition is true?
[ AND | OR | NOR | NOT ]

Answer 1

OR

Question 2

Which part of a script is not executed by the computer, but is very important for any technician that might later have to modify the script?
[ comment | construct | character strings | loop ]

Answer 2

Comment

Question 3

Which type of number would a scripting language consider the value 3.5?
[ partial | fraction | integer | floating-point ]

Answer 3

Floating-point

Question 4

List one way a new technician could change his or her perspective when modifying a script for the first time and the modifications tried already have failed.

Question 5

What command is used to create a directory? [ cd | make | create | md ]

Question 6

Which relational operator would be used in a script to mean less than or equal to?
[ < | > | <= | >= ]

Question 7

Consider the following batch file commands:
set num1=7
set num2=8
set numResult=%num1%*%num2%
Echo "numResult"
What is the output? [ 15 | 7.8 | 56 | .875 ]

Question 8

What is an environment variable as it relates to Windows?

A)A Task Manager setting
B)A name and a value that relates to a program or Windows
C)A tile that links to a favorite file, folder, or application
D)An icon on the desktop that has an arrow as part of the icon and links to a specific application

Question 9

Which part of a script is a named memory location which stores data of a specific type?
[ declaration | keyword | variable | output ]

Question 10

What are two advantages of scripts? (Choose two.)

A)They increase efficiency.
B)They are easier to do than working from a command prompt.
C)They are not language-specific.
D)They ensure consistent configuration throughout an organization.
E)They are very structured and do not provide room for many mistakes.

Question 11

Which type of loop is used in the following commands from a PowerShell script?
PS> while($val -ne 7)
{
$val++
Write-Host $val
}
[ for | while | iterative | endless ]

Question 12

Which scripting language would most likely have the net use command as a part of it used in a corporate environment on Windows computers?
[ PowerShell | JavaScript | Python | VBScript ]

Question 13

What is the purpose of the following command issued as part of a Python or JavaScript? Python: Answer1 = 0
JavaScript: Answer1 = 0;

A)It puts the value of Answer1 into memory location 0
B)It initializes the variable named Answer1 to zero.
C)It sets the data type for Answer1 to the default data type.
D)It creates a character string called Answer1.

Question 14

The ____ is the starting point for all directories.
[ beginning | root directory | home directory | flash ]