Week 2 – Programming using RStudio – Shuffle Q/A 1

11. How are base packages different from recommended packages in the R package ecosystem?

  • Recommended packages are made by the community and base packages are not.
  • Base packages take longer to load than recommended packages.
  • Base packages are installed and loaded by default and recommended packages are not.
  • Recommended packages are more professionally designed than base packages.

12. Why would a data analyst want to use the CRAN network when working with RStudio?

  • To add new operators to R
  • To install R packages
  • To add pipes to R
  • To install drivers to RStudio

13. A data analyst wants to take a data frame named people and filter the data where age is 10, arranged by height, and grouped by gender. Which code snippet would perform those operations in the specified order?

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14. Which of the following are examples of variable names that can be used in R? Select all that apply.

  • autos_5
  • utility2
  • 3_sales
  • _red_1

     
     

15. You want to create a vector with the values 43, 56, 12 in that exact order. After specifying the variable, what R code chunk lets you create the vector?

  • c(43, 56, 12)
  • v(12, 56, 43)
  • v(43, 56, 12)
  • c(12, 56, 43)

16. An analyst comes across dates listed as strings in a dataset. For example, December 10th, 2020. To convert the strings to a date/time data type, which function should the analyst use?

  • lubridate()
  • datetime()
  • now()
  • mdy()

17. A data analyst inputs the following code in RStudio: sales_1 <- (3500.00 * 12) Which of the following types of operators does the analyst use in the code? Select all that apply.

  • Relational
  • Logical
  • Arithmetic
  • Assignment

18. Which of the following files in R have names that follow widely accepted naming convention rules? Select all that apply.

  • patient_details_1.R
  • title*123.R
  • p1+infoonpatients.R
  • patient_data.R

Shuffle Q/A 2

19. Which of the following are included in R packages? Select all that apply.

  • Naming conventions for R variable names
  • Reusable R functions
  • Tests for checking your code
  • Sample datasets

20. What is the name of the popular package archive dedicated to supporting R users authentic, validated code?

  • The CRAN archive
  • The RStudio website
  • The tidyverse
  • Python

Devendra Kumar

Project Management Apprentice at Google

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