Ruby Association Certified Ruby Examination Gold Sample Questions

Q1. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

__(1)__
x.each_line { |line| puts line }

[Execution Result]
apple
banana

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

require "stringbuffer"
x = StringBuffer.new("apple\banana\n")

require "stringio"
x = StringIO.new("apple\banana\n")

require "strio"
x = StrIO.new("apple\banana\n")

require "mockio"
x = MockIO.new("apple\banana\n")

A1: (B)

The StringIO object (from the standard library) provides an IO-like object that operates on strings rather than file/network/stdio streams. This object can be useful for testing code that relies on I/O operations.

Q2. Given the following code:

module I
end

module P
end

class C
  include I
  prepend P
end

p C.ancestors

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

A: [P, C, I, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]

B: [C, P, I, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]

C: [C, I, Object, Kernel, BasicObject, P]

D: [P, I, C, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]

A2: (A)

A class that does not explicitly specify its parent class automatically inherits from Object, which mixes in the Kernel module and inherits from BasicObject.
Modules mixed into a class via include appear between that class and its parent class in the ancestry chain.
Modules mixed into a class via prepend appear before that class in the ancestry chain.

Using prepend is only necessary when you either want to override some definition in the class you are extending with a module mixin. Otherwise, include works fine, even for overriding functionality of modules that have already been included.

Q3. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

x = __(1)__
p x + 1

[Execution Result]
(4/3)

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: 1 / 3r

B: 1 / 3R

C: 1 / %r(3)

D: 1 / 3

A3: (A)

Suffixing a literal number with r tells Ruby to construct a Rational object. The same result can be achieved in a few other ways as well (e.g. 1 / 3.to_r or Rational(1, 3))

Q4. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

p ("aaaaaa".."zzzzzz").lazy.select { |e| e.end_with?("f") }.__(1)__

[Execution Result]
["aaaaaf", "aaaabf", "aaaacf"]

Which of the following options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose all that apply.)

A: first(3)

B: take(3)

C: take(3).force

D: first(3).force

A4: (A), (C)

The take() method is defined by Enumerator::Lazy, and so execution is deferred until enumeration is forced in some way. (The return value of this method will be an Enumerator::Lazy object)

An Enumerator::Lazy object inherits from Enumerator and also includes the Enumerable module.

Calling an Enumerable method that isn't overridden by Enumerator::Lazy will force enumeration. This is why calling first(3) does not require (or allow) calling the .force method afterwards: Its return value is an Array, not an Enumerable::Lazy object, and the operation is executed immediately.

Note that the force() method on Enumerator::Lazy is just an alias for Enumerable#to_a.

Q5: Given the following code:

arr = []

f = Fiber.new {
  arr << "A"
  Fiber.yield "B"
  Fiber.yield "C"
}

arr << "X"
arr << f.resume
arr << "Y"

p arr

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

A: ["A", "B", "C", "X", "Y"]

B: ["X", "A", "B", "Y"]

C: ["X", "A", "B", "C", "Y"]

D: ["X", "A", nil, "Y"]

A5: (B)

A Fiber is used to implement coroutine-like functionality which allows for partially completing a computation before returning control back the the caller, and then resuming later to compute the next result.

The block provided when initializing a Fiber is not executed immediately, but instead gets run whenever Fiber#resume is called. Execution will continue until Fiber.yield is called or until the end of the block is reached, and then the result will be returned.

If the fiber yields, then the next call to Fiber#resume would continue execution immediately after that instruction in the block.

Q6. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

class A
  def foo
    __1__
  end

  private

  def bar
    "baz"
  end
end

p A.new.foo

[Execution Result]
"baz"

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: bar

B: self.bar

C: A.new.bar

D: None of the above.

A6: (A)

Private methods can only be invoked in functional style from within a class definition.

Calling self.some_method() attempts to invoke a method via an object's external API, therefore it will raise an exception if some_method() is a private method.

Q7. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

class Greeter
  class << self
    def hello
      puts "Hello there!"
    end
  end
end

__(1)__

[Execution Result]
Hello there!

Which of the following options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose two.)

A: Greeter.new.hello

B: Greeter.hello

C: Greeter.new.class.hello

D: Greeter.class.new.hello

A7: (B) and (C)

The class << ... syntax is used to open up the singleton class of an object, allowing methods to be defined on that specific object.

Because classes are objects in Ruby, it is possible to add methods directly to classes in this way, for example:

class << Greeter
  def hello
    # ...
  end
end

But the more common way is to use class << self from within a class body as shown in the question's code.

Q8: Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

__(1)__

p multiply_by(4) { 2 + 3 }

[Execution Result]
20

Which of the following options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose two.)

def multiply_by(n, &block)
  n * block.call
end

def multiply_by(n, &block)
  n * block
end

def multiply_by(n)
  n * yield
end

def multiply_by(n)
  n * yield.call
end

A8: (A) and (C)

Every method in Ruby may accept a block, whether it is explicitly specified in the method signature or not.

The yield keyword is used for calling a block implicitly. The &block syntax is used for converting the block into a Proc object, which can then be invoked via call(), or passed along to some other method, etc.

Q9: Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

__(1)__

p sum { |e| e << 1 << 5 << 7 }

[Execution Result]
13

Which of the following options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose two.)

def sum(&block)
  array = []
  
  block(array)
  
  array.reduce(:+)
end

def sum(&block)
  array = []
  
  block.call(array)
  
  array.reduce(:+)
end

def sum
  array = []
  
  yield(array)
  
  array.reduce(:+)
end

def sum
  array = []
  
  yield.call(array)
  
  array.reduce(:+)
end

A9: (B) and (C)

When invoking blocks with arguments via yield, functional style syntax is used.
When invoking blocks via a Proc object, arguments are passed to the call() method.

Q10. Given the following code:

class A
  @@x = 1
end

class B < A
  def self.x
    @@x
  end
end

class C < A
  def self.inc
    @@x += 1
  end
end

C.inc
p B.x

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

A: 1
B: 2
C: 3
D: An exception is raised

A10: (B)

Class variables are shared not just within a single class, but also downwards through the inheritance hierachy. So when A defines @@x, that variable is shared with its child classes B and C, and all three reference the same variable.

Class variables are one of the more complex features of Ruby, and so this study guide does not cover anything beyond their most basic behaviors.

Q11. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

words = ["apple", "banana", "cabbage"]
pop = Proc.new { words.pop }
3.times{ puts __(1)__ }

[Execution Result]
cabbage
banana
apple

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: pop.load

B: pop.send

C: pop.run

D: pop.call

E: pop.eval

A11: (D)

A Proc object encapsulates a block and allows it to be called later via Proc#call. Each Proc object forms a closure, which binds the block to the local variables that were in scope wherever the Proc is defined.

Q12. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

words = ["apple", "banana", "cabbage"]
pop = __(1)__{ words.pop }
3.times{ puts pop.call }

[Execution Result]
cabbage
banana
apple

Which of the following options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose two.)

A: Proc.new

B: Block.new

C: lambda

D: Lambda.new

A12: (A) and (C)

Although Proc.new and lambda each create a Proc object, they are not identical to one another in behavior.

A Proc generated via lambda is strict about its accepted arguments, whereas an ordinary Proc will ignore extra unused arguments.
A return call from within a lambda returns from the lambda itself, whereas a return call from an ordinary Proc object will return from the method that invoked the block.

Q13. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

add = __(1)__
puts add.call("hello")

[Execution Result]
HELLO

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: ->(e) { e.upcase }

B: \(e) -> { e.upcase }

C: -> { (e) e.upcase }

D: -> { |e| e.upcase }

A13: (A)

The ->(...) { } (lambda literal) syntax is a shorthand notation equivalent to lambda { |...| }.

Q14. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

old_data = [1,2,3]
old_data.freeze

new_data = old_data.__(1)__

new_data << 4

p new_data

[Execution Result]

[1,2,3,4]

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: dup

B: clone

C: copy

D: None of the above. There is no way to make this code work.

A14: (A)

The frozen status of an object is preserved by clone, whereas dup will create an unfrozen shallow copy of an object that can be modified.

Q15. Given the following code:

original = [[1,2],[3,4]]

copy = original.dup

original[0][0] = 42

p copy

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

A: [[1,2],[3,4]]
B: [[42,2],[3,4]]
C: [[42],[3,4]]
D: A runtime error occurs.

A15: (B)

Both Object#dup and Object#clone produce shallow copies. In the case of an Array, this means that the array itself is copied, but the objects within the array are not. So in this specific exaple original[0] and copy[0] both still reference the same object.

One convention that can be used for creating deep copies in Ruby is to serialize and then deserialize an object, using the Marsal core class, e.g. copy = Marsal.load(Marhal.dump(original)).

Q16. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

obj = Object.new

def obj.hello
  puts "Hi!"
end

copy = __(1)__

copy.hello

[Execution Result]
Hi!

Which option can be inserted __(1)__ ? (Choose one.)

A: Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(obj))

B: obj.dup

C: obj.clone

D: obj.copy

A16: (C)

Also note that:

Object#dup does not copy an object's singleton methods.
Marshal.dump is unable to serialize objects that have singleton methods defined on them.
There is no Object#copy method.

Q17. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

class ShoppingList
  def initialize
    @items = []
  end

  def add_item(item)
    @items << item
  end

  def __(1)__
    @items.map { |e| "- #{e} " }.join("\n")
  end
end

list = ShoppingList.new

list.add_item("Milk")
list.add_item("Bread")
list.add_item("Eggs")

puts list

[Execution Result]
- Milk
- Bread
- Eggs

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: to_s

B: to_str

C: inspect

D: puts

A17: (A)

Many Ruby methods (including Kernel#puts) call to_s in order to convert objects into a string representation. The default implementation of Object#to_s produces simple, generic output which looks like this:

#<ShoppingList:0x007fb651918610>

When the to_s method is overidden in other objects, it can be used to provide a better string representation of the object, as shown in this question.

Q18. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

class ShoppingList
  def initialize
    @items = []
  end

  def add_item(item)
    @items << item
  end

  def __(1)__
    "ShoppingList (##{object_id})\n  @items: #{@items.inspect}"
  end
end

list = ShoppingList.new

list.add_item("Milk")
list.add_item("Bread")
list.add_item("Eggs")

p list

[Execution Result]
ShoppingList (#70338683731980)
  @items: ["Milk", "Bread", "Eggs"]

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: to_s

B: to_str

C: inspect

D: p

A18: (C)

The Kernel#p method calls inspect on its arguments in order to produce strings that can be used for debugging purposes. The default functionality of Object#inspect lists provides basic useful information, but the output can be customized by overriding the method in specific classes or objects.

Q19. Which of the following statements is true? (Choose one.)

A: Kernel#puts calls to_str on its arguments to produce a string representation.

B: Kernel#p calls to_str on its arguments to produce a string representation.

C: A default implementation of to_str is provided by Ruby's Object class

D: The to_str method is meant to be implemented only by objects that can behave similarly to String instances.

A19: (D)

The to_str method is rarely implemented in practice, because it is only useful for situations in which you have an object that closely maps to Ruby's String concept, but is not a String itself. So while this method might be implemented by certain low-level data structures, it is not meant to be used for similar purposes to what to_s and inspect are used for.

Q20. Given the following code:

a, b, c = ["apple", "banana", "carrot", "daikon"]

p c

Which option corresponds to the execution result?

A: ["apple", "banana", "carrot", "daikon"]

B: "carrot"

C: ["carrot"]

D: ["carrot", "daikon"]

A20: (B)

When an array is used on the right hand side of a parallel assignment statement, it is expanded as much as needed to map rvalues to the lvalues listed on the left hand side. This means that the number of variables on the left hand side does not need to be equal to the the length of the array.

Q21. Given the following code:

a, b, *c = ["apple", "banana", "carrot", "daikon"]

p c

Which option corresponds to the execution result?

A: ["apple", "banana", "carrot", "daikon"]

B: "carrot"

C: ["carrot"]

D: ["carrot", "daikon"]

A21: (D)

The splat operator (*) can be used to place all remaining rvalues into an array and assign them to a single variable.

Q22: Which code produces the following execution result? (Choose one.)

[Execution Result]
[["apple", "banana", "carrot"]]

def fx(*args)
  p(args)
end
fx(*["apple", "banana", "carrot"])

def fx(*args)
  p(args)
end
fx(["apple", "banana", "carrot"])

def fx(*args)
  p(args)
end
fx("apple", "banana", "carrot")

def fx(*args)
  p(*args)
end
fx(["apple", "banana", "carrot"])

A22: (B)

The splat operator (*) when used with a method parameter makes it so that all remaining arguments are wrapped up in an array and referred to by this one parameter. In answer (B) above, the fx(*args) method accepts zero or more arguments, and places them all within the args array. So when fx(["apple", "banana", "carrot"]) is called, the single argument (an array) is placed inside of another array, so args refers to [["apple","banana","carrot"]].

Q23. Given the following code:

def add(x,y)
  x + y
end

__(1)__

[Execution Result]
5

Which options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose two.)

A: p add(3,2)

B: p add(*[3,2])

C: p add([3,2])

D: p add(**[[3,2]])

A23: (A) and (B)

When the splat operator (*) is called on an array in a method call, the array is expanded and treated as an arguments list to be passed to the method.

Q24. Given the following code:

def fx(a:, b: "apple")
  p a
  p b
end

fx(b: "banana")

Which option corresponds to the execution result:

nil
apple

nil
banana

C: A syntax error occurs

D: An exception is raised

A24: (D)

When a required keyword argument is not specified, an ArgumentError is raised.

Q25. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

def add(x:, y:, **params)
  z = x + y

  params[:round] ? z.round : z
end

__(1)__

[Execution Result]
7

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose three.)

A: p add(x: 2.75, y: 5.25, round: true)

B: p add(x: 3.75, y: 3, round: true)

C: options = {:round => true}; p add(x: 3.75, y: 3, **options)

D: p add(x: 3, y: 4)

E: p add(x: 7)

A25: (B), (C) and (D)

When working with methods that use keyword parameters, the ** operator can be used to capture any keywords which were not explicitly specified into an optional Hash.

The ** operator can also be used when calling a method to convert a hash into a keyword arguments list.

Q26: Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

class Speaker
  @message = "Hello!"

  class << self
    @message = "Howdy!"

    def speak
      @message
    end
  end
end

__(1)__

[Execution Result]
Hello!

Which options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose two.)

A: puts Speaker.speak

B: puts Speaker.singleton_class.speak

C: puts Speaker.instance_variable_get(:@message)

D: puts Speaker.singleton_class.instance_variable_get(:@message)

A26: (A) and (C)

Because classes are objects in Ruby, it is possible to define class instance variables.

All objects in Ruby also have a singleton class associated with them, even class objects.

In this example, there is an instance variable named @messageon the Speaker class as well as on the singleton class of Speaker. These are two seperate variables.

The singleton method Speaker.speak is evaluated in the context of the Speaker class, and so @message refers to the instance variable defined within the Speaker class definition, and not the instance variable defined within the singleton class of Speaker.

Q27. Given the following code:

class Speaker
  @message = "Hello!"

  class << self
    @message = "Howdy!"
  end
end

class << Speaker
  p @message
end

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

A: "Hello!"

B: "Howdy!"

C: nil

D: A syntax error is raised

A27: (B)

In this example class << Speaker reopens the singleton class of Speaker, and within that context @message refers to an instance variable defined directly on that singleton class object.

Q28. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

def x
  puts "x"
end

def y
  puts "y"
  throw :done
end

def z
  puts "z"
end


__(1)__ do
  x
  y
  z
end

puts "done!"

[Execution Result]
x
y
done!

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: try

B: catch

C: catch :done

D: rescue

A28: (C)

Within a catch block, code executes normally until a throw statement is executed. Then if the symbol passed via throw matches the catch symbol, Ruby terminates the block and continues running whatever follows it.

If a catch block does not match the throw, Ruby will continue in an inside-out fashion through any nested catch blocks until it finds one that matches the thrown symbol or reaches the top-level, where an uncaught through will cause an exception to be raised.

Q29. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

letters = catch(:done) do
  ("a".."z").each do |a|
    ("a".."z").each do |b|
      ("a".."z").each do |c|
        if a < b && b < c
          __(1)__
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

puts letters.join

[Execution Result]
abc

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: throw [a,b,c]

B: throw [a,b,c], :done

C: throw :done, [a,b,c]

D: raise :done, [a,b,c]

A29: (C)

When the two argument form of throw is used, the second argument is returned from the matching catch call.

Q30. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

begin
  raise __(1)__
rescue
  puts "OK"
end

[Execution Result]
OK

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose two.)

A: raise StandardError

B: raise Exception

C: raise ArgumentError

D: raise ScriptError

A30: (A) and (C)

The ancestry chain for each of the classes listed in this question is as follows:

ArgumentError < StandardError < Exception

ScriptError < Exception

If rescue is called without a specific error class, it will catch StandardError and its descendents by default. Most exceptions in core Ruby are descendents of StandardError, but there are some that are not usually meant to be rescued which exist in other class hierarchies which descend directly from the Exception base clase.

Q31. Given the following code:

AnError = Class.new(Exception)

begin
  raise AnError
rescue
  puts "Bare rescue"
rescue StandardError
  puts "StandardError rescue"
rescue AnError
  puts "AnError rescue"
rescue Exception
  puts "Exception rescue"
end

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

Bare rescue

StandardError rescue

AnError rescue

Exception rescue

AnError rescue
Exception rescue

A31: (C)

A bare rescue statement matches StandardError and its descendents. As such, it will not match any exceptions which inherit from the Exception base class directly.

Within a single begin/end block, only the the first matched rescue clause will be run, even if there are multiple clauses that match.

Q32. Given the following code:

AnError = Class.new(Exception)

begin
  raise AnError
rescue
  puts "Bare rescue"
rescue StandardError
  puts "StandardError rescue"
rescue Exception
  puts "Exception rescue"
rescue AnError
  puts "AnError rescue"  
end

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

Bare rescue

StandardError rescue

AnError rescue

Exception rescue

Exception rescue
AnError rescue

A32: (D)

Even though rescue Exception and rescue AnError both match the raised exception, in this example the rescue Exception clause appears first in the block, and so that branch is executed and all the remaining rescue clauses that follow it are ignored.

Q33. Given the following code:

begin
  "hello".world
rescue => ex
  p ex.class
end

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

A: StandardError

B: Exception

C: NameError

D: NoMethodError

E: ArgumentError

A33: (D)

The => separator can be used within a rescue clause to define a variable that refers to an Exception object that corresponds to the specific exception that was raised.

Q34. Given the following code:

CustomError = Class.new(StandardError)

def boom
  raise CustomError 
rescue
  raise
end

begin 
  boom
rescue => e
  p e.class
end

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

A: CustomError

B: StandardError

C: Exception

D: RuntimeError

E: SyntaxError

A34: (A)

When raise is called within a rescue branch without specifying an exception type, the raised exception type will match whatever exception was rescued.

When raise is called and there has not been any exceptions rescued in the current context, RuntimeError will be raised by default.

Q35. Given the following code:

def greeting
  "hello"
ensure
  puts "Ensured called!"

  "hi"
end

puts greeting

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

hello

hi

Ensure called!
hello

Ensure called!
hi

A35: (C)

The ensure branch of a method (or begin/end block) is always run, whether an exception was raised or not. However, there is no implicit return value from an ensure branch, and so instead the implicit return value is set to the result of expression that ran just before the ensure branch was executed.

Q36. Given the following code:

class Identity
  def self.this_object
    self
  end
  
  def this_object
    self
  end
end

a = Identity.this_object
b = Identity.this_object

c = Identity.new.this_object
d = Identity.new.this_object

p a == b
p c == d

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

true
true

true
false

false
true

false
false

A36: (B)

The self keyword always refers to the current object. Within a class method, self refers to an instance of a Class object that represents the current class. Within an instance method definition, self refers to a specific instance of the current class.

Q37. Given the following code:

class Identity
  def self.this_object
    self.class
  end
  
  def this_object
    self
  end
end

p Identity.this_object.class
p Identity.new.this_object.class

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

Identity
Identity

Class
Identity

Object
Identity

Class
Object

A37: (B)

In class methods, self refers to an instance of the Class object. In instance methods, self refers to whatever the currently instantiated object is.

Q38. Given the following code:

module Mixin
  def this_object
    self
  end
end

class Identity
  include Mixin
end


p Identity.new.this_object.class

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

A: Mixin

B: Class

C: Object

D: Identity

A38: (D)

Even in complex ancestry chains including module mixins and class inheritance, self will always refer to receiving object within the current context.

In this particular example, that means that even though the this_object is defined by the Mixin module, it is included into and called on an instance of the Identity class, and therefore self refers to that specific object.

Q39: What is the direct superclass of the Class class? (choose one.)

A: Object

B: Module

C: BasicObject

D: Class

A39: (B)

Even though the Class class is a subclass of Module, class objects cannot be used as mixins (i.e. you cannot use a Class object with include, extend, or prepend)

The class inheritance relationship between Module and Class in Ruby is mostly an implementation detail, as the two constructs have some overlapping functionality and purposes--but neither is a pure behavioral subtype of the other.

Q40. Given the following code:

module Mixin
  def self.greet
    puts "Hello World!"
  end
end

class SomeClass
  include Mixin
end

Which of the following statements is true? (Choose one.)

A: Mixin.greet will print Hello World!, SomeClass.greet will raise an exception.

B: Mixin.greet will raise an exception, SomeClass.greet will print Hello World!.

C: Both Mixin.greet and SomeClass.greet will print Hello World!.

D: Both Mixin.greet and SomeClass.greet will raise an exception.

A40: (A)

In this example, the greet method was defined on the Mixin module itself, rather than defined as a method that can be mixed into other objects.

(To see how to define methods that can both be mixed into objects and called directly on a module, look up information about Ruby's module_function feature, or the extend self convention.)

Q41. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

module Mixin
  def greet
    puts "Hello World!"
  end
end

class SomeClass
  extend Mixin
end

__(1)__

[Execution Result]
Hello World!

Which of the following options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: Mixin.greet

B: SomeClass.new.greet

C: SomeClass.greet

D: Mixin.new.greet

A41: (C)

The extend method is used to mix a module into a single object. When used within a class definition, extend refers to the class itself, and therefore the methods from the mixed in module become available as class methods.

But extend can also be used with any object, i.e.

obj = Object.new
obj.extend(Mixin)
obj.greet

Q42. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

module Mixin
  def greet
    puts "Hello World!"
  end
end

class SomeClass
  include Mixin
end

__(1)__

[Execution Result]
Hello World!

Which of the following options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: Mixin.greet

B: SomeClass.new.greet

C: SomeClass.greet

D: Mixin.new.greet

A42: B

The include method mixes a module into a class so that its methods become available as instance methods..

Q43. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result.

class BaseClass
  private

  def greet
    puts "Hello World!"
  end
end

class ChildClass < BaseClass
  __(1)__
end


ChildClass.new.greet

[Execution Result]
Hello World!

Which of the following options CANNOT be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

public :greet

protected :greet

def greet
  super
end

alias_method :original_greet, :greet

def greet
  original_greet
end

A43: (B)

A protected method can only be called from within an instance of the same class, or one of its descendents.

Q44. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

class Upcaser
  def initialize(value)
    @value = value
  end

  def +(other)
    self.class.new(@value + other.value)
  end

  def to_s
    @value.upcase
  end

  attr_reader :value
  __(1)__
end

puts Upcaser.new("Hello") + Upcaser.new("World")

[Execution Result]
HELLOWORLD

Which of the following options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose two.)

A: private :value

B: public :value

C: protected :value

D: static :value

A44: (B) and (C)

Note that:

Private methods are not directly callable from another object, even if it is an instance of the same class.
There is no static keyword in Ruby.

Q45. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

class Alphabet
  include Enumerable

  def initialize
    @letters = ("A".."Z").to_a
  end

  def __(1)__
    @letters.each do |e|
      yield e
    end
  end
end

set = Alphabet.new

p set.take(5)
p set.select { |e| e > "W" }

[Execution Result]
["A", "B", "C", "D", "E"]
["X", "Y", "Z"]

Which of the following options can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: all

B: each

C: to_a

D: to_ary

E: to_enum

A45: (B)

The Enumerable mixin expects that any object it is mixed into will implement an each method, which yields elements one y one to a block. The many list processing features of Enumerable are all implemented on top of each in some way or another.

To understand Enumerable better, it can help to think about how each of its features might be implemented manually. For example, suppose that each has already been defined, then a select method could be defined as follows:

def select(&b)
  matched = []
  
  each { |e| matched << e if b.call(e) }
  
  matched
end

This general pattern is common in mixins: functionality is provided based on a very simple contract with the mixed in object, where you only need to implement a small piece of glue code in order to make use of its features.

Q46. Given the following code:

class TShirt
  SIZES = [:xs, :s, :m, :l, :xl, :xxl]

  include Comparable

  def initialize(size)
    @size = size
  end
  
  attr_reader :size

  def <=>(other)
    SIZES.index(size) <=> SIZES.index(other.size)
  end
end

medium = TShirt.new(:m)
large  = TShirt.new(:l)

p medium == large
p medium <  large
p medium <= large
p medium >  large
p medium >= large

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

true
false
true
false
true

false
true
true
false
false

false
false
false
true
true

false
false
false
false
false

E: An exception is raised.

A46: (B)

The Comparable module provides all of the comparison methods used in this example (<, <=, ==, >=, >).

Each of these methods rely on the presence of a <=> operator which returns a negative number, zero, or a positive number depending on the sort order of two values. Ruby's core Numeric classes all implement this functionality, and so the following example with integers should help clarify:

3 <=> 8 # -1
8 <=> 8 #  0
8 <=> 3 #  1

With this example in mind, you can think of Comparable's implementation of < as looking something like what you see below:

def <(other)
  (self <=> other) < 0
end

Like Enumerable, the Comparable mixin is a good example of how modules tend to rely on only a small amount of functionality being implemented by the classes they're mixed into in order to make all their features work.

Q47. Given the following code:

require "date"

date = Date.new(2000, 2, 24)

puts(date << 12)
puts(date >> 12)

Which option corresponds to the execution result? (Choose one.)

2000-02-12
2000-03-07

2000-03-07
2000-02-12

1999-02-24
2001-02-24

1988-02-24
2012-02-24

A47: (C)

The << operator generates a new Date object that is n months earlier than the current date.

The >> operator generates a new Date object that is n months later than the current date.

In cases where the exact day of month cannot be matched (i.e. a month with 31 days vs. 30 days, or leap year vs. non-leap year), the << and >> operators will return a date corresponding to the last valid date in that month.

puts(Date.new(2016,2,29) << 12) #=> 2015-12-28
puts(Date.new(2016,12,31) << 1) #=> 2016-11-30
puts(Date.new(2016,12,31) << 2) #=> 2016-10-31

Q48. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

require "date"

d = Date.new(2000, 2, 18)
puts d __(1)__ 3

[Execution Result]
2000-02-21

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: +

B: >>

C: <<

D: *

A48: (A)

The + operator is used to produce a new Date object that is n days later. There is also a - operator which produces dates that are n days earlier.

Q49. Assume that the following code reads the contents of the example.com homepage over HTTP:

__(1)__

puts open("http://example.com").read

What option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: require "uri"

B: require "net/http"

C: require "open3"

D: require "open-uri"

A49: (D)

The OpenURI standard library extends the functionality of Kernel#open to allow treating HTTP-based resources as if they were a file. It is a wrapper around the low-level Net::HTTP standard library.

Q50. Assume that the following code must have the stated execution result:

if __(1)__ == "Henry"
  puts "Hi Henry!!!"
else
  puts "Hello, stranger."
end

[Execution Result]
Hi Henry!!!

Which option can be inserted into __(1)__? (Choose one.)

A: ENV['EMPLOYEE_NAME']

B: $env['EMPLOYEE_NAME']

C: ENV[:EMPLOYEE_NAME]

D: $env[:EMPLOYEE_NAME]

A50: (A)

Environment variables are accessed via the ENV constant, which refers to a Hash-like object that represents both the variable names and their values as strings.

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