Title: Test00
Course: Intro to Scripting Language: Python (APT TEMPLATE) > Section: Orientation Test00

Q: Failure to comply with the assignment instructions and specifications usually results in a failing grade for the assignment, often zero.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The assignments for this course must be completed on campus. You may use any reference material that you have available and you are encouraged to obtain assistance from your classmates.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: The assignments for this course are take-home assignments. You may use any reference material that you have available. However, you are instructed not to obtain assistance from anyone.

Q: Assignments are posted in Blackboard. There is a zip file associated with each assignment that you can download from Blackboard. The zip files have names like Proj01.zip, Proj02.zip ... Proj12.zip.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The first four assignments will not be visible until you have taken and have scored at least 95-percent on Test00.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: The first four assignments will not be visible until you have taken and have scored at least 80-percent on Test00.

Q: You may submit each assignment up to two times before the deadline shown in the syllabus. Your highest score among the two scores for each assignment will be used to compute your final grade.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Your name is not required in the output from your programs.
- True
- False
A: False
If right: Your name is required one or more times in the output for every program and the program specifications will indicate where your name must appear.

Q: For each assignment, you must submit one file named ProjXXRunner.py and another file named ProjXX.py encapsulated in a zip file.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: For each assignment, you must submit a single file named ProjXXRunner.py encapsulated in a zip file where XX is the assignment number such as 03, 05, etc..

Q: You must include your name in the name of the zip file that you submit to help your instructor avoid getting your zip file mixed up with another student's zip file when he retrieves them from Blackboard.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The files that you submit must contain code that is compatible with Python version 3.4.x or a later version
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Each assignment program will be graded either right or wrong. Partial credit will not be given for code that does not fully conform to the instructions and program specifications.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The specifications for each assignment show you the text that your program must produce. (Remember, you must insert your name where indicated.)

You must match the specified screen output in every way for each program. Extraneous characters on the screen, extra blank lines, missing blank lines, etc., are grounds for disqualification. In other words, your output must be an exact image of the specified output.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: You must encapsulate your file named ProjXX.py in a zip file and submit it using the Blackboard Assignment feature where XX is the assignment number such as 03, 05, etc.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: You must encapsulate your file named ProjXXRunner.py in a zip file and submit it using the Blackboard Assignment feature where XX is the assignment number such as 03, 05, etc.

Q: There is no penalty for failing to meet the submission deadline for an assignment.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: The penalty for failing to meet the submission deadline for an assignment is simply that you won't get credit for the assignment.

Q: The orientation test named Test00 is an open-book, open-computer, online Blackboard test that is based on the material provided in the online orientation material. You may take the test as many times as you need from any computer that allows you to log into your Blackboard course. You will need to achieve a score of at least 80 on Test00 as early in the semester as possible to gain access to the assignments.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: You must complete three competency tests -- one for each of the competencies -- by selecting Test01, Test02, and Test03 in the left-side menu in Blackboard.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: You must complete four competency tests -- one for each of the four competencies -- by selecting Test01, Test02, Test03, and Test04 in the left-side menu in Blackboard.

Q: Each test will disappear from Blackboard when the scheduled submission deadline expires.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: You should complete your first attempt on each test well before the deadline so that you will have time to study some more, if needed, before making your second attempt.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: You are only allowed to take each test once and you must take it on or before the deadline.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: You may take each test up to two times before it expires. Your highest score among the two scores for each test will be used to compute your final grade.

Q: You should pay particular attention to the questions, answers, and explanations in the review modules because many (but not all) of the test questions are taken from the questions in those modules. You should make certain that you understand the correct answers to those questions and can reflect that knowledge under test conditions.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: You need not worry about the review modules. You can wait and study them after the semester is over.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: You should make certain that you can answer all of the questions in all of the review modules for a competency before making your first attempt on a test for that competency.

Q: Distance Learning (DIL) students in or near Austin, TX, are required to take their tests in an ACC Academic Testing Center.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Distance Learning (DIL) students who are not located in or near Austin, TX. need to make arrangements with Mr. Clark Peterson <cpeterso@austincc.edu> for remote proctoring of their tests.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The online program named Blackboard will be used for communicating with students, such as reporting grades, posting announcements, sending Email messages to individual students, and broadcasting Email messages to all students enrolled in the course.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: You will submit your assignments and take your tests via Email.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: The Blackboard Assignment and Test features are the mechanisms that you will use to submit your assignments and to take your tests. You MAY NOT submit your assignments via Email.

Q: Whenever you send a new Email message to Prof. Baldwin, you MUST use the Blackboard "Send Email" feature to construct and send the message, and your Subject line MUST contain a brief description of the topic.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: You must achieve a score of at least 80 points on Test00 before you will be allowed to view your first four assignments. Failure to achieve a score of at least 80 points on Test00 will not delay the submission deadlines for the assignments and will not be a valid excuse for failing to meet those deadlines.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: You must purchase an expensive textbook when you take this course.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: Students are not required to purchase a textbook for this course. The learning resources for this course are provided by Baldwin's Ebook titled ITSE 1359 Introduction to Scripting Languages: Python and other free online material referenced by that Ebook.

Q: You must complete and submit the following items for this course for a total of 17 items:

- One take-home orientation test on Blackboard.
- Twelve take-home programming assignments.
- Four proctored competency tests on Blackboard.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Specific submission deadline dates for assignments and tests are provided in the online syllabus.
- True
- False
A: False
If wrong: The general course schedule is provided in the online syllabus. Specific submission deadline dates for assignments and tests are provided in Blackboard for the course and session (16, 12, 9, or 8-week) in which you are enrolled.

Q: This course covers the following competencies:

- Language Fundamentals (for the Python programming language)
- Testing (Python programs)
- Text Processing (using Python)
- Networking and Databases (using Python)
- True
- False
A: True