Soar with Swift: Language Quiz

Question 1

1/13

What is a guard statement used for in Swift?

Conditional branching with early exit

Looping

Answer

Assigning constants

Answer

Inheritance

Question 2

2/13

In Swift, what is a tuple?

A collection of values grouped together

Answer

An error handling mechanism

Answer

A loop for iteration

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A function that returns void

Question 3

3/13

What kind of language is Swift in terms of type safety?

Strongly typed

Answer

Loosely typed

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Weakly typed

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Dynamically typed

Question 4

4/13

Swift is primarily used for developing applications for which platforms?

macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS

Answer

Web and Cloud Services

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Linux and UNIX

Answer

Windows and Android

Question 5

5/13

When was Swift made open source?

2014

2017

2016

2015

Answer

JavaScript

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Using integer codes

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Using C-style strings

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As character arrays

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Frameworks

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Global variables

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Preprocessor directives

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Null pointers

Question 6

6/13

Swift interoperates seamlessly with which other language?

Objective-C

Python

Kotlin

Question 7

7/13

How does Swift handle strings?

As instances of a String class

Question 8

8/13

Which company developed the Swift programming language?

Apple

Google

IBM

Microsoft

Question 9

9/13

What does Swift use to define namespaces?

Modules

Libraries

Packages

Question 10

10/13

What year was Swift first introduced by Apple?

2016

2010

2018

2014

Question 11

11/13

In Swift, which symbol is used to start an optional?

?

:

!

&

Question 12

12/13

Which of the following is the Swift keyword for constant declaration?

constant

final

let

lett

Question 13

13/13

Which of the following is a unique feature of Swift?

Automatic Reference Counting