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Check Yourself: Declare What JavaScript Didn't

Five scenario questions on declaration files, ambient modules and augmentation. If you miss more than one, reread the lessons in this section.

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1. You import a relative path to a plain JavaScript file in strict mode and see error TS7016. What is the best fix?
Rename the file to .ts without changing it. Add a ts-ignore comment above the import. Write declare module with the relative path and no body. Write a .d.ts file with the same name next to the JavaScript and describe its exports.
2. A hand-written .d.ts says a function returns a string, and the JavaScript actually returns a number. What does tsc report?
An error, because the two files disagree. A warning that is shown only in the editor. Nothing. The compiler trusts the declaration and does not compare it with the JavaScript. An error only when the JavaScript file is compiled.
3. Why does a .d.ts file with a declare module block do nothing when the folder is not listed in include?
Because the file name must be globals.d.ts. The file is not part of the program, so the compiler never reads it. Because declare module is not allowed in .d.ts files. Because ambient declarations need a run-time import.
4. You write declare global in a file, and the compiler refuses it. What is missing?
A semicolon after the closing brace. A type assertion on the global value. The word namespace in front of global. An import or an export, even export {}, to make the file a module.
5. You augment an interface from another package and add a required property, debug. What is likely to happen?
The compiler removes the property from the package. Files that build that interface without debug stop compiling, including files you did not edit. The package is updated at run time with the new property. Nothing, because augmentations are never checked.

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Five scenario questions on declaration files, ambient modules and augmentation. If you miss more than one, reread the lessons in this section.

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10/03/2026
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