UNIT – 1

Fundamentals of Web, XHTML - 1

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1. Give a brief introduction to the origin of internet. 05
2. Explain how the web works. July 2014/ July 10
2011/Dec 2011/ Dec
2010
3. Explain the XHTML tags used for lists in XHTML documents. July 2011/ Dec 2010 05
4. Explain HTTP request and response phase. Dec 2013/Jan 2014/ 08
July 2014/ July
2011/Dec 2010
5. Write a note on origin & evolution of HTML and XHTML. Dec 2011 05
6. Give a brief overview about the origin of www. 05
7. Discuss with a neat diagram the task of DNS name server. Dec 2013/ Dec 2010 07
8. What is MIME? Explain its type specifications. Jan 2014/ Dec 2010 04
9. Explain the security issues in internet. 10
10. Write a brief note on web programmer’s toolbox. July 2011 10
11. Write a brief overview on the history of 06
i) TCP / IP ii) AJAX iii) BITNET

XHTML-2, CSS

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12. Write a note on the XHTML document structure. 05
13. List the syntactic difference between HTML and XHTML Dec 2013/ Dec 06
2011/ Dec 2010
14. Explain the following HTML tags along with their attributes. Dec 2013 10
i) <P> ii) <PRE> iii) <SUB> iv) <BR>
15. Create an XHTML document that defines a table that has two levels of Dec 2013 10
column labels: an overall label, Meals, and 3 secondary labels, Breakfast,
Lunch and Dinner. There must be 2 levels of row labels: an overall label,
Foods and 4 secondary labels, Bread, Main course, Vegetable and
Dessert. The cells of the table must contain a number of grams for each
of the food categories.
16. Write an XHTML document to create a form with the following widgets. Dec 2010 10
i) Three text boxes to collect the user name and address.
ii) Four check boxes, one for each of the following
a) Four 100-watt light bulbs for Rs. 20
b) Eight 200-watt light bulbs for Rs. 30
c) Four 100-watt long life light bulbs for Rs. 25
d) Eight 200-watt long life light bulbs for Rs. 35
iii) Three radio buttons as follows
a) Visa b) Master Card c) Discover
iv) A submit and a reset button
17. Create an XHTML document that has at least half a page of text and that Dec 2011 10
 has a small box of text embedded on the left margin, with the main text
flowing around the small box. The embedded text must appear in a
smaller font and also must be set in Italic.
18. Create an XHTML document that includes atleast two images and July 2014 10
enough text to precede the images, flow around them (one on left and
one on right) and continue after the last image. (Note: use CSS tags)
19. Create, test and validate an XHTML document that has two frames in Dec 2010 10
one column. The top frame, which must be 20 percent of the column,
must have at least four links to other documents; the bottom frame will
display those documents. The links must be names of cars; the
documents must be at least five line descriptions of the car.
20. Explain with examples, all the controls used to create a <input> tag. July 2011 10
21. Explain the syntax of the following tags: Jan 2014/ Dec 10
i) <blockquote> ii) <meta> iii) <img> iv) <sub> v) <pre> vi) <a> 2011/ Dec 2010
22. Explain <span>, <select>, <frame>, <textarea> and <div> tags. Dec 2013/Jan 2014 05
23. Write a note on conflict resolution in CSS. July 2011/Dec 05
2010
24. Write an XHTML document to describe an ordered list of your five 10
favorite movies. Each element of the list must have a nested list of at
least two actors in your favorite movies.
25. Explain the different levels of style sheets available in CSS with Dec 2013/Jan 07
examples. 2014/ Dec 2010
26. With examples explain the different selector forms in CSS Dec 2013/ July 10
2011/ Dec 2010
27. With examples explain the different font properties used in CSS. 10
28. What is the purpose of an external style sheet? Compare it with other two July 2011 10
levels of style sheet. Write the format of external level style sheet.
29. Explain the following CSS tags, with an example for each: Dec 2010 10
i) Pseudo classes ii) Text decoration iii) Alignment of text

UNIT – 2

The basics of JavaScript

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30. Describe briefly the 3 major differences between Java & JavaScript. Dec 2013/ 06
July 2011
31. Explain the different primitive types in JavaScript. Jan 2014
32. What are coercions? Give examples. 05
33. Explain with examples the 3 window methods used to create dialog boxes. July2011/Dec 10
Explain the screen output and keyboard input methods. 2010
34. With examples explain 5 array methods used in JavaScript. July 2014/ 06
July 2011
35. Write a JavaScript script to accept 3 numbers using the prompt method. Dec 2010 10
Find and display the largest of the 3 numbers using alert method. Use
predefined function Math.max.
36. Write a JavaScript script that contains a function named phone_num, which July 2014/ 10
 tests the phone number of the format ddd-dddd-ddddddd < 091-8256- Dec 2010
1234567 > and display whether the given number is valid or not using alert.
37. Write a JavaScript script for accepting the username and display it on the 08
browser window.
38. Write a program using XHTML and JavaScript to move an image to the 10
given x and y coordinates.
39. Write a JavaScript to validate the name, the name should be entered using a Jan 2014 14
prompt. The first and last name should not have more than 10 characters
and middle name must contain only the initial. Display the validated name.
The format is the first_name, second_name and third_name.
40. Write the following functions in JavaScript with HTML call functions: Dec 2013 10
i) Input: An integer number N from keyboard input.
Output: Display the first N Fibinacci numbers.
ii) Input: An integer number N from keyboard input.
Output: Display the factorial of N; alert in case the number is negative or
alpha.

UNIT – 3

JavaScript and XHTML documents, Dynamic documents with JavaScript

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41. Explain with examples the two ways in which an event handler can be July 2011/ 10
associated with an event generated by a specific XHTML element in the Dec 2010
DOM0 event model. Discuss the different approaches of XHTML element
access in JavaScript.
42. What is an event, event handler and registration? Dec 2013 06
43. Explain the three phases of event processing in the DOM2 event model. July 2014/ 10
July 2011/
Dec 2010
44. Develop an XHTML document that has check boxes for Apple (59 cents 10
each), Orange (49 cents each) and Banana (39 cents each) along with a
SUBMIT button. Each of the check boxes should have its own onclick event
handler. These handlers must add the cost of their fruit to a total cost. An
event handler for the SUBMIT button must produce an alert window of the
total cost, including 5 percent sales tax.
45. Explain the different ways of positioning the Elements in JavaScript. Jan 2014/ 08
July 2011
46. Write a program using XHTML and JavaScript to toggle an image to appear 10
and not appear in the document display.
47. Explain the different ways of positioning the Elements in JavaScript. July 2014/ 10
Dec 2010
48. Write a JavaScript script to compare two passwords. Dec 2010 08
49. Write a program using XHTML and JavaScript to move an image to the 10
given x and y coordinates.
50. Write a program using XHTML and JavaScript to toggle an image to appear 10
 and not appear in the document display.
51. Write a program using XHTML and JavaScript to show how the background 10
color, foreground color and font properties of the text can be changed
dynamically.
52. Write a program using XHTML and JavaScript to show the dynamic stacking Dec 2010 10
of images.
53. Write a program using XHTML and JavaScript to locate the position of the July 2014/ 10
mouse cursor. Dec 2010

UNIT – 4

Introduction to XML

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54. Write a note on DTD’s of XML. Jan 2014/ 05
July 2011/
Dec 2010
55. What is the purpose of character data section? Explain with an example. July 2011 05
56. Explain the two categories of user defined XML schema data types. July 2011 06
57. Mention the advantages of XML schema over DTD’s. Jan 2014/ 05
July 2011
58. Explain the following: Dec 2013/ 10
i) XML Namespaces ii) XML Schemas July 2014
iii) XML Datatypes iv) XSLT Stylesheet
59. Create a DTD for a catalogue of cars, where each car has child elements Dec 2010 10
Make, Model, Year, Color, Engine, No. of doors, Transmission type and
Accessories. The Engine element has the child elements No. of Cylinders and
Fuel system. The Accessories element has the attribute radio, air
conditioning, power windows, each of which is required and has the possible
values Yes or No. Create 3 instances of car element of popular car makes’.
60. How are elements and attributes declared in a DTD? Give a sample DTD for 10
defining an airplane.

UNIT – 4

PHP Programming

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61. What is a session? Explain how client state is maintained using session July 2014 10
and also explain about session tracking and session management using
an example.
62. Discuss arrays in PHP. July 2014 08
63. Explain the different scalar types available in PHP. Jan 2014 05
 64. Write a simple code to know the number of days between two given 10
dates using PHP?
65. Explain with examples, the process of opening, reading and writing text Jan 2014/ July 08
files in php. 2014
66. Explain the actions of implode and explode functions. 05
67. Explain any six string functions in PHP. Jan 2014 06
68. With a neat diagram, explain logical internal structure of an array in Jan 2014 05
PHP.
69. What is a cookie? How is it created using PHP script? July 2014 04
70. Write a PHP program to store page views count in SESSION, to Dec 2011 10
increment the count on each refresh, and to show the count on web page.

UNIT 5

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1. Explain the following SQL commands create, insert, update, delete with syntax
and example for each.
2. Explain how to connect to database using PHP.
3. Write the Mysql query for the shop database having name, id , price,
brand details:
i) Count the number of products based songs each brand has ?
ii) Order the products based on the brand .
iii) Search the songs based on price between 2000 to 6000.
4. Write an HTML document to create a form that collects favorite popular
songs, including the name of the song, the composer, and the performing
artist or group. This document must call one PHP script when the form is
submitted and another to request a current list of survey results.
5. Write an HTML document to create a form that collects favorite books,
including the name of the book, the author, and the price. This document
must call one PHP script when the form is submitted and another to
request a current list of survey results.
6. With a neat diagram explain the logical data model for a database.
7. With a neat diagram explain the three-tier architecture of a Web site supported
by databases.
8. Explain common database access architecture.