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The document contains a multiple choice final exam for a web design course. It consists of 41 questions testing knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, databases, and web development concepts like the client-server model. Some key topics covered include semantic markup, accessibility, styling with CSS, server-side scripting with PHP, cookies and sessions, and the model-view-controller architecture.

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Final Exam Final

The document contains a multiple choice final exam for a web design course. It consists of 41 questions testing knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, databases, and web development concepts like the client-server model. Some key topics covered include semantic markup, accessibility, styling with CSS, server-side scripting with PHP, cookies and sessions, and the model-view-controller architecture.

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CSIS-401: Web Design Final Exam Name: _______________________

Multiple Choices: Put you answer in the space provided on the right column.

1. Following HTML and CSS standards helps make your web pages Answer ____
a. display faster
b. less accessible
c. forward compatible
d. only a and c are true, b is not true
e. a, b, and c are all true

2. Which is an example of purely presentational HTML markup Answer ____


a. <p> paragraph content </p>
b. <b> bold text </b>
c. <div id=“pagetitle”>My Website</div>
d. <img class= “playerphoto” src= “Jordan.jpg” title=”Michael Jordan” />

3. Which example is the most semantic Answer ____


e. <p> paragraph content </p>
f. <b> bold text </b>
g. <div id=“pagetitle”>My Website</div>
h. <img class= “playerphoto” src= “Jordan.jpg” title=”Michael Jordan” />

4. CSS Answer ____


a. is a markup language
b. stands for Core Style Sheet
c. defines the presentational layer of a web page
d. none of the above are true

5. What is NOT part of the client tier? Answer ____


a. HTML code
b. cookies
c. session variables
d. JavaScript
e. DOM

6. JavaScript Answer ____


a. is a language used to define the structural layer of a web page
b. is used in the database tier
c. is typically used to communicate with the web server
d. is used to manipulate the browser

7. If you want to insert content/data from an external source into a web page, Answer ____
which language will NOT help?
a. CSS
b. SQL
c. JavaScript
d. PHP

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8. Which of the following is most likely to happen if your page uses Answer ____
HTML instead of XHTML?
a. The page will NOT load in most web browsers
b. The page may not be compatible with come XML-based systems.
c. Both a and b are correct

9. Which of the following is a full-featured programming language? Answer ____


a. CSS
b. PHP
c. HTML
d. SQL
e. All of the above are full-featured programming languages

10. In this CSS code, what is being set? body { color: #990000; } Answer ____
a. Text Color of only paragraphs
b. Background Color of the entire web page
c. Text Color of the entire web page
d. Background Color of the body element

11. Which of the following must be true in order to use PHP code in a web page? Answer ____
a. The web server must have PHP processor
b. The code must be inside the <head> tag
c. The code must be inside a <script> tag
d. All of the above

12. What PHP variable is used to access URL variables? Answer ____
a. $_FORM
b. $_FILES
c. $_GET
d. $_POST

13. What PHP function is used to start a user session? Answer ____
a. session_start()
b. session_init()
c. session()
d. $_SESSION

14. What has higher priority? Answer ____


a. Styles define in a linked style sheet
b. Embedded styles
c. Inline styles

15. Which of the following is NOT a built-in associative array used by PHP? Answer ____
a. $_URL
b. $_FILES
c. $_GET
d. $_POST

15.5. What do ninja’s and princesses have in common? Think about it…really thing about it….

_________________________________________________________________________________________
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16. Consider the following regular expression and select the most correct answer: Answer ____

^[a-zA-Z][a-z0-9]+$

a. The pattern must start with a capital letter


b. The pattern must contain exactly two characters
c. The pattern must contain at least one letter
d. The pattern must contain at least one numeric digit

17. Consider the following regular expression and select the most correct answer: Answer ____

^[a-z0-9]+@[a-z0-9]+.com$

a. The pattern must end with .com


b. The pattern can only contain one dot
c. The pattern can NOT have any capital letters
d. All of the above are true

18. You can make a web page more accessible by Answer ____
a. putting it on the a web server
b. using standard HTML and CSS
c. providing alternative style sheet for printers and screen readers
d. using a big font
e. a, b, and c are all correct; d is not really true
f. a, b, c, and d are all correct

19. Select the most correct statement Answer ____


a. Radio buttons are used when multiple options can be selected
b. Check boxes are used when multiple options can be selected
c. Radio buttons can be used to submit a form.
d. Check boxes can be used to submit a user text entry

20. Using a single linked style sheet for an entire web site is Answer ____
a. bad because the style sheet can be big and take a long time to download
b. bad because the style sheet gets downloaded repeatedly every time a page is requested
c. good because you can control the site’s appearance in one central place
d. good because it hides all your styles and people can’t steal your website code

21. What is the current standard for the structural layer of web pages? Answer ____
a. XHTML 1.0
b. CSS 2.0
c. PHP 4
d. all of the above

22. Which of the following does NOT reside on the server side? Answer ____
a. Apache software
b. Session variables
c. PHP files
d. Web browser software

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22. When is a cookie saved on a user’s web browser? Answer ____
a. Only when a user submits a form.
b. Whenever a user requests a web page.
c. If a web page is loaded that includes JavaScript code that sets the cookie
d. If PHP is used to send back an http response header that sets the cookie
e. a, b, c, and d are all true.
f. Only c and d are true.

23. Cookies and session variables can be used to. Answer ____
a. Prevent browser actions from happening more than once
b. Logout users after a period time
c. Keep track of user activity
d. All of the above

24. Which of the following is not a scripting language used by web servers to Answer ____
connect to databases and dynamically generate web pages.
a. PHP
b. XML
c. ASP
d. ColdFusion

25. Consider the following PHP code: $var = “3” . “5”; Answer ____
$var will most likely be:
a. Integer 8
b. Integer 15
c. String “35”
d. Integer (ascii value of character 3 times ascii value of character 5)

26. Which HTML tag is the most semantic Answer ____


a. <i>
b. <b>
c. <p>

27. Which CSS attribute is used to center text? Answer ____


a. font-align
b. text-align
c. align
d. center

28. Which CSS attribute is used to change the font size? Answer ____
a. font-size
b. text-size
c. size
d. font-family

29. Which CSS attribute is used to make text italic? Answer ____
a. text-decoration
b. text-style
c. italic
d. font-style

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30. In a 3-tier web architecture, which tier is responsible for rendering a web page? Answer ____
a. server
b. client
c. database

31. By default, the <p> tag is Answer ____


a. inline
b. block
c. float left
d. centered

32. Which of the following is a mark-up language? Answer ____


a. CSS
b. PHP
c. HTML
d. SQL
e. all of the above are markup languages

33. Which of the following is a query language? Answer ____


a. CSS
b. PHP
c. JavaScript
d. HTML
e. SQL
f. XML

34. Why was ColdFusion so important? Answer ____


a. It was the first server-side scripting language to support database connectivity
b. It was the first web server software
c. It was the first open source web development language
d. It was the first client-side scripting language that could manipulate the browser

35. Why is PHP so widely used Answer ____


a. It is supported commercially by Microsoft and Oracle
b. It is free, open source, and constantly expanded and updated
c. It is built into the Firefox web browser
d. It is endorsed by Princess Cinderella

36. In a standards-compliant web page, what is the outer-most structural tag? Answer ____
a. <head>
b. <body>
c. <html>
d. <script>

37. What language is commonly used to manipulate the behavioral layer of a web page? Answer ____
a. JavaScript
b. SQL
c. XML
d. CSS

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For questions 38-41, consider the following code:

$fname = $_POST[“firstname”];
run_query("SELECT lastname WHERE First='$fname");

38. What is $_POST? Answer ____


a. An associative array
b. A PHP variable
c. A data structure containing all the form variables
d. All of the above

39. Which of the following is a PHP variable? Answer ____


a. run_query
b. firstname
c. fname
d. First

40. Which of the following is a PHP function name? Answer ____


a. run_query
b. firstname
c. fname
d. First
e. SELECT

41. What is "SELECT lastname WHERE First='$fname"? Answer ____


a. a string passed into a function
b. a string representing an SQL query
c. a regular expression
d. a and b are both true, c is not
e. a, b, and c are all true

42. A web browser will automatically send the cookies set by a server back Answer ____
to the server for all http requests to the server. Why?

a. Otherwise, the server could never see if it set a cookie on the browser
b. Otherwise, the server would have to send a separate request when it needed to check a cookie value
c. The browser initiates all contact with the server, the server can not send a request to the browser
d. All of the above are true

43. Which of the following is not a PHP function used to interface with MySQL? Answer ____
a. mysql_post
b. mysql_select_db
c. mysql_connect
d. mysql_query
e. mysql_dance_with_princess

43.5. What is Dr. Breimer’s favorite Disney Princess and why? It’s OK, you can say, I won’t be offended.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

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For questions 44-49, consider the following PHP code:

<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bgcolor=“black">


<?php
$results = run_query("SELECT * FROM princesses");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($results)) {
echo '<tr>';
for ($x = 0; $x < 7; $x++)
echo '<td bgcolor="white">', $row[$x], '</td>';
echo '</tr>';
}
?>
</table>

44. Will this PHP code generate a standards-compliant web page?


a. No, because it doesn’t print proper HTML and DOCTYPE headers
b. No, because you can NOT mix HTML and PHP code together
c. Yes, because it generates HTML code
d. Yes, because the output is nested in a table.

45. What does this PHP code do exactly?


a. It tries to fit a glass slipper on all the princesses at the table
b. It prints the first 7 rows of the princesses table
c. It prints the first 8 rows of the princesses table
d. It prints the first 7 columns of all the rows of the princesses table
e. It prints the first 8 columns of all the rows of the princesses table

46. In the code above, what does $results store?


a. It stores the output of the run_query function
b. It stores the SQL query
c. It stores one row of data
d. It stores one column of data
e. It stores a delicious cheese sandwich

47. What does the while loop do?


a. For each loop, it generates a table row
b. It loops until the mysql_fetch_array function returns null (fals)
c. It loops for each row that is fetched
d. It does all of the things: a, b, and c

48. What does the for loop do?


a. For each loop, it generates table data (a column)
b. It sets the background color of the table
c. It loops for each row that is fetched
d. It does all of the things: a, b, and c

49. What might prevent the code above from printing all the data in the princesses table?
a. The while loop may not fetch all the rows
b. If there are 9 or more fields, the for loop will only print the first 8 fields
c. The SQL query does not select all the fields
d. The actual data is never printed; only the table structure is printed

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True or False: Circle the correct answer (True of False) in the right column

50. HTML has tags and functions to connect to database servers. True or False (circle one)

51. JavaScript is typically used to access a web page’s DOM. True or False (circle one)

52. In PHP, $myvar and $myVar are the same variable True or False (circle one)

53. Relative URLs always start with http:// True or False (circle one)

54. In a 3-tier web architecture the web server and the True or False (circle one)
database server can be installed on the same computer.

55. SQL stands for Structured Query Language True or False (circle one)

56. Microsoft and Netscape were the two parties in the browser wars? True or False (circle one)

57. The Internic is the name of the organization that makes True or False (circle one)
recommendations about the standards for HTML and CSS

58. 640 X 480 is still the most popular screen resolution True or False (circle one)

59. PHP is used to define the structure of web pages True or False (circle one)

60. CSS is used to define the presentational layer of a web page True or False (circle one)

61. Apache is a scripting language similar to PHP True or False (circle one)

62. ASP is Microsoft’s commercial web server software True or False (circle one)

63. URL stands for Uniform Resource Language True or False (circle one)

64. The a in the <a> tag stands for anchor True or False (circle one)

65. The <script> is used to insert PHP code into a web page True or False (circle one)

66. The <head> tag includes the web page title True or False (circle one)

67. The <link> tag can be used to define a hypertext link True or False (circle one)

68. ASP and JSP are different server-side scripting languages True or False (circle one)

69. PHP stands for Princess-based Hypertext Preprocessor True or False (circle one)

70. MySQL is an open source database server True or False (circle one)

71. Oracle is a commercial alternative to MySQL True or False (circle one)

72. Storing data in a database (instead of files) help increase True or False (circle one)
data dependence and increase data redundancy

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Short Answer: Place very brief and specific answer in the spaces provided

73. What database server did we use in this course? _________________

74. What HTML tag/element is used to insert an image? _________________

75. What HTML tag/element is used to insert drop-down menu into a form? _________________

For questions 76-79, consider the following URL:

http://www.abc-com.cn/html/home/etc/upload.php?extension=gif

76. What is the top level domain? _________________

77. This URL points to what type of file? _________________

78. How many folders are in the file path? _________________

79. What is the name of the URL variable (the variable name, not its value)? _________________

For questions 80-82, consider the following CSS code:

em { color: red; }
strong { color: blue; }
h1 {color: green; }
strong em {color: yellow; }
h1 em strong {color: purple; }

80. What color will the text be? <em><strong>text<strong></em> _________________

81. What color will the text be? <strong><em>text</em></strong> _________________

82. What color will the text be? <h1><em>text</em></h1> _________________

For question 83-85, consider the following CSS code:

#myblockdiv {
margin: 15px 20px 30px 45px;
padding: 5px 10px 15px 20px;
width: 700px;
}

83. What is the top margin? _________________

84. What is the left padding? _________________

85. How much total width will myblockdiv actually take up? _________________

86. Describe what is wrong with this CSS code: <b> { color: black; }

_________________________________________________________________________________
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For questions 87-89, consider the following HTML form:

<form method="post" action="addcomment.php">


Subject:
<input name="subject" type="text" size="40" class="mytextbox"> <br />
Name:
<input name="username" class="mytextbox" type="text" size="40"> <br />
Comment: <br />
<textarea name="comment" cols="60" rows="8"></textarea> <br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

87. How many form variables are defined in the form above? _________

88. How many form elements are defined in the form above? _________

89. Assuming this form was loaded in a web browser, what exactly happens when the user clicks the submit
button, i.e., submits this form?

90. Write the PHP code to print the form variables in the form above.

91. Write the CSS code to add a pink background color to a class selector called “princess”

______________________________________________________________________________

92. Write the HTML code to make the word Siena an absolute hyperlink to www.siena.edu

______________________________________________________________________________

93. While it might be more difficult to design a website with a database back-end, it might be a lot easier to
maintain a database-driven website. Why? Explain at least two reasons why database-driven websites are
easier to maintain.

(1) ________________________________________________________________________________

(2) ________________________________________________________________________________

94. Describe three of the four main advantages of standardization in the web design world.

(1) ________________________________________________________________________________

(2) ________________________________________________________________________________

(3) ________________________________________________________________________________

95. What did Frosty the Snowman first say when he came to life? ____________________________________
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