WebD2: Unit 5 Question Bank

This page includes several sample questions that could be used for assessment of students' understanding of the material covered in Unit 5. Questions are organized by module. Questions are coded in fully accessible, standards-compliant HTML and could easily be plugged into an HTML form that students could take online. However, this page itself is not a functional quiz. Use the Options below to display the questions how you need them before printing or copying.

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Module 1

Question 1

What determines whether a script is client-side or server-side is—

whether the code is positioned within the <script> tags or the <body> tags.
whether the code is executed from the external CSS page or internally.
whether the code is executed within the user’s web browser or on a web server.
whether the script is part of a website you're creating for a client.

Correct answer: c. whether the code is executed within the user’s web browser or on a web server.

Question 2

For client-side scripting, JavaScript is generally used rather than VBScript because—

older Microsoft browsers don’t support VBScript.
VBScript was developed for Microsoft and competing browsers (Firefox for example) do not support it.
VBScript was developed for Google Chrome so competing browsers (Internet Explorer for example) do not support it.
All of the above

Correct answer: b. VBScript was developed for Microsoft and competing browsers (Firefox for example) do not support it.

Question 3

Scripted content should be a bonus for users who can access it, but if users can't access it, they should still be able to access the core content of the web page.

True
False

Correct answer: a. True

Question 4

Server-side scripts—

are executed before the page is sent.
reside on the server, not on the user’s web page.
cannot be read by the user.
All of the above

Correct answer: d. All of the above

Question 5

Web pages that store information about you and retrieve it once you log in use a combination of—

a database and a sever-side script
a sever-side script and a client-side script
a client-side script and a database
None of the above

Correct answer: a. a database and a sever-side script

Question 6

Content management systems require web authors to have a great deal of coding knowledge.

True
False

Correct answer: b. False

Module 2

Question 1

Most programming or scripting languages have a lot in common. The greatest difference is in the subtlety of their—

variable
attribute
syntax
tag

Correct answer: c. syntax

Question 2

JavaScript functions are called in response to—

events
syntax
attributes
variables

Correct answer: a. events

Question 3

Programming languages are tolerant of mistakes. In other words, most mistakes in punctuation or capitalization will not cause a problem.

True
False

Correct answer: a. True

Question 4

A variable in a programming or scripting language is a symbolic name that represents—

a value
a field
an integer
a hexadecimal code

Correct answer: a. a value

Question 5

Which of the following is a common bug in programming?

missing punctuation
unclosed character string
misspelled variable name
All of the above

Correct answer: d. All of the above

Question 6

When using the alert() function to debug JavaScript code, remember—

you can never over-use this technique.
the more alert boxes your visitors encounter the better.
use them sparingly and remove them when you are done.
All of the above

Correct answer: c. use them sparingly and remove them when you are done.

Question 7

An advantage to using a browser tool to debug is that it will—

show an icon when a JavaScript error is encountered.
provide a line number which may help you to isolate the problem.
show a dialog that will give you more information about the bug.
All of the above

Correct answer: d. All of the above

Question 8

Assigning an id attribute to an HTML element enables you to—

link to specific targets within a web page.
stylize an element differently than other elements of the same type using CSS.
write JavaScript code to access the element by its id.
All of the above

Correct answer: d. All of the above

Question 9

JavaScript is an OOP language. The acronym OOP stands for the following:

Onmouse-offmouse programming
Object-oriented programming
On-off programming
On-oriented programming

Correct answer: b. Object-oriented programming

Question 10

The Document Object Model (DOM) is—

a way of allowing programming and scripting languages to access and manipulate the content of web pages.
a way of allowing assistive technologies such as screen readers to maintain an accurate understanding of the structure of web pages.
Neither a nor b
Both a and b

Correct answer: d. Both a and b

Question 11

Once you have created a JavaScript function, you need to call it to make it work. If you wish to have the script run automatically when visitors first visit your page, you should call it using which event?

onmouseover
onfocus
onload
onhover

Correct answer: c. onload

Question 12

If you're searching for built-in objects, or if you're wondering how you would know what properties or methods are available for a particular object, you can get answers to these questions by consulting a Javascript or DOM reference guide.

True
False

Correct answer: a. True

Question 13

A typical lifecycle for a software product consists of the following phases, in chronological order:

development, testing, design, release
design, development, testing, release
testing, release, design, development
release, testing, design, development

Correct answer: b. design, development, testing, release

Question 14

A common feature of programming languages that allows your script to perform a logic process is—

if/then/other loops
when/then/else loops
if/then/else loops
when/then/other loops

Correct answer: c. if/then/else loops

Question 15

If you use JavaScript to create a digital clock that is displayed on a web page, you can change the appearance of that clock using—

HTML
CSS
AJAX
None of the above

Correct answer: b. CSS

Question 16

If you want to make an HTML element visible only if the user specifically requests it (that is, triggered by a user-generated event), how could do that using JavaScript?

Change the CSS property display from "none" to "block"
Change the CSS property display from "block" to "none"
Both a and b
Neither a and b

Correct answer: a. Change the CSS property display from "none" to "block"