Exam 1: Ruby Basics

Ruby is a simple yet powerful scripting language that ____.

Ruby on Rails supports which of the following development environments?

Programmers around the world use Ruby to develop scripts that perform tasks that include ____.

Ruby was created as a joint project between Microsoft and Apple.

A class is a definition or template used to define the properties and methods that represents objects.

Ruby requires that all variables be formally declared prior to its use.

A variable is a reference or a pointer to a location in memory where a piece of data is stored.

Ruby was created from the ground up with ease of use in mind on it was only a few years later that it was adapted as an object-oriented programming language.

Windows Ruby script developers can use the ____ code/text editor.

In addition to running on different operating systems. Ruby also supports execution within various virtual machine environments, including ____.

Which of the following URLs does not provide you with access to Ruby installation files?

fxri stands for____.

Ruby is the name of the scripting language and not just a clever acronym.

Many programmers use Ruby to develop scripts that tie together other applications, providing the programmatic glue needed to take disparate applications and get them to work together.

The IRB can be accessed on Microsoft Windows through the fxri.

Actions that can be taken against an object or which an object can be directed to perform are stored as part of the object are properties.

Unlike other scripting languages, Ruby only runs on operating systems. It does not support execution within virtual systems.

The things that describe or characterize an object, such as size or type are referred to as object methods.

As an interpreted scripting language, Ruby scripts are compiled into executable programs upon created, ensure that they execute quickly and with great efficiency.

Part of the reason Ruby was slow to gain popular acceptance outside of Japan was ____.