JavaScript Variables and Data Types Worksheet

Question 1

Find a reference that lists all the keywords in the JavaScript programming language.

JS Keywords

Question 2

True or false: keywords and variable names are NOT case sensitive.

False

Question 3

There are some rules for how you can name variables in JavaScript. What are they?

The first word in the name should be lower case, there should be no spaces, any additional word starts with a capitalization.

Question 4

What is 'camelCase'?

The first word is always in lowercase and every other word starts with a capital letter.

Question 5

What are ALL the different data types in JavaScript (note that there are some that we did not discuss in class)?

String Number Bigint Boolean Undefined Null Symbol Object

Question 6

What is a boolean data type?

A boolean data type is where the value can only be True or False.

Question 7

What happens if you forget to put quotes around a string when you initialize a variable to a string value? How does JavaScript try to interpret this?
For example: var lastName = Jones;

It will treat the data type as a number, it needs to have quotations around it to be treated as a string.

Question 8

What character is used to end a statement in JavaScript?

semi colon ;

Question 9

If you declare a variable, but do not initialize it, what value will the variable store?

undefined

Question 10

What output will the following program produce? In other words, explain what you would see in the console log if you ran a program like this:


const firstTestScore = 98;
const secondTestScore = "88";
const sum = firstTestScore + secondTestScore;
console.log(sum);
console.log(typeof sum);

The console log would show 9888 and show the data type as a string.

Question 11

What output will the following program produce? In other words, explain what you would see in the console log if you ran a program like this:


const total = 99;
console.log("total");
console.log(total);

The word total and 99 would be shown in the log.

Question 12

What is the difference between these two variables?


const score1 = 75;
const score2 = "75";

score1 is an number data type and score2 is a string data type.

Question 13

Explain why the this code will cause the program to crash:


const score = 0;
score = prompt("Enter a score");

It defines a constant variable as 0 but then asks for an input that defines score as whatever is entered in the input causing the score constant to not be defined consistently.

Coding Problems

Coding Problems - See the 'script' element below this h1 element. You will have to write some JavaScript code in it.

Here are some tips to help you with the coding problems:

To do this assignment, you'll need to know how to open the brower's developer tools (press F12) and look at the console log.
Pay extremely close attention to syntax! One little syntax error can mess up your entire program.
After you complete each problem, refresh the page in the browser and look in the console your log message and for errors.
If you have an error in the console, check the line number of the error then look for syntax errors on that line (and the line before and the line after that line).
If you get stuck on this assignment, please ask for help! Dealing with syntax errors can be extremely frustrating for beginners. It takes a lot of effort and support to get comfortable with the syntax of a language. Don't be afraid to ask for help, your success in this class will depend on your willingness to get help!