Mod 9 Day 1

Question 1

A string used to identify a pattern within data

Answer 1

Regular expression

Question 2

True or false, to match a meta-character the escape character is not needed to remove special meaning

Answer 2

False

Question 3

True or false a quantifier can only be used on a single token of a Time

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Instructions a computer is to perform and is written using interpreted programming languages

Answer 4

Source code

Question 5

Source code that reads and converted into machine code and then executed by the Interpreter

Answer 5

Interpreted language

Question 6

How a script executes

Answer 6

Flow of execution

Question 7

Stores info that can be easily reference and manipulated in a script and provide a way of labeling a type of data with a descriptive name so scripts are easily understood by reader

Answer 7

Variable

Question 8

Structured natural language (English) to leave a clear picture of The Logical process necessary to solve a problem

Answer 8

Pseudocode

Question 9

Terminate the current Loop and immediately continue with the next statement after the newly terminated Loop body. Code within the current loop after the break statement is skipped and ignored

Answer 9

Break statement

Question 10

terminate the current Loop iteration and immediately execute the next iteration of the loop without completing the current interation

Answer 10

Continue statement

Question 11

Instance of a class and they do not exist until the programmer creates or initiates them

Answer 11

Object

Question 12

Method of changing a value from one data type to another to ensure a function correctly processes a variable

Answer 12

Typecasting

Question 13

When an unexpected event happens that require special processing

Answer 13

Exception

Question 14

Directing input and output to files and devices other than default input / output devices

Answer 14

Redirection

Question 15

What are Powershell file extensions

Answer 15

.ps1 .psm1

Question 16

What are UNIX / Bashs file extensions

Answer 16

.sh

Question 17

What are pythons file extensions

Answer 17

.py

Question 18

\

Answer 18

Escape character

Question 19

[ ]

Answer 19

Character class

Question 20

{ }

Answer 20

Quantifier

Answer 21

Start of a string anchor

Question 22

$

Answer 22

End of a string anchor

Question 23

\b

Answer 23

Word boundary anchor

Question 24

.

Answer 24

Single Character

Question 25

( )

Answer 25

Back references, used for words like a palindrome

Question 26

|

Answer 26

Or, used in a group to create a selection of strings