Computer Applications

Theoretical Questions

Question 1 Name some popular audio and video formats.

Answer Some popular audio formats are mp3, wav, midi, m4a and ogg/oga.

Some popular video formats are asf, avi, mpeg, QuickTime and RealVideo.

Question 2 Name the tags that can be used to insert audio and video files in a webpage.

Answer Following tags can be used to insert audio files in a webpage:

1. Anchor tag <A>

2. Embed tag <EMBED>
3. Audio tag <AUDIO>

Following tags can be used to insert video files in a webpage:

1. Anchor tag <A>

2. Embed tag <EMBED>
3. Video tag <VIDEO>

Question 3 What character is displayed on the password forms when the user inputs characters ?

1. a random character.
2. a '+' character.
3. an asterisk
4. a dot

Answer an asterisk

Question 4 What attribute is used for radio buttons ?

1. radiobutton
2. radiob
3. radio
4. optionbutton

Answer radio

Reason — Radio buttons are created in the following manner:

<form>
...
<input type = "radio" name = "Gender" value = "male"> Male <br>
<input type = "radio" name = "Gender" value = "female"> Female
<br>
...
</form>
The TYPE attribute is set to "radio".

Question 5 What attributes are valid for textarea input ?

1. just name
2. name, columns and rows
3. name and rows
4. columns and rows

Answer name and rows

Reason — NAME, COLS and ROWS are the valid attributes which specify the name of the
control, the number of columns and the number of rows of text area box, respectively.

Question 6 What attributes can be used with the SELECT form ?

1. name and multiple

2. name, multiple, rows and cols
3. name, multiple and size
4. multiple and size

Answer name, multiple and size

Reason — NAME, SIZE and MULTIPLE attributes can be used with the SELECT form which
specify the name of the control, present a scrolling list box and allow the user to select multiple
items from the menu, respectively.

Question 7 Is the size attribute valid for the submit button ?

1. Yes
2. No

Answer No Reason — No, the SIZE attribute is not valid for the SUBMIT button.

Question 8 The two most important attributes of a form are :

1. Id and action
2. Class and method
 3. Action and method
4. method and id

Answer Action and method Reason — The two most important attributes of a form are
ACTION and METHOD.

ACTION attribute specifies any URL script which will receive uploaded data and METHOD
specifies the method which will be used to upload data.

Question 9 Creates blank text field, but shows the text as asterisks.

1. Type="text"
2. Type="hidden"
3. Type="password"
4. Type="null"

Answer Type="password"

Question 10 Method attribute will always post data into the browser.

1. True
2. False

Answer False Reason — The method attribute will not always "post" data into the browser. The
method attribute can be set to "GET" or "POST" to determine how the data is sent to the server.

Question 11 Checkbox buttons let users select one or more of a particular set of choices.

1. True
2. False

Answer True Reason — Checkboxes are used when more than one option is required to be
selected.

Question 12 <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" /> creates a reset button.

1. True
2. False

Answer False Reason — <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" /> creates a

SUBMIT button. RESET button is created by the following code:

<input type="reset" name="reset" id="reset" />

Question 13 What are forms ?

Answer HTML forms are means to collect information/data from the site visitor. It is done with
the help of controls that collect the information and send it over.

Question 14 What do you understand by controls in forms ?

Answer Users interact with forms through named objects called controls. A control's "control
name" is given by its name attribute. Each control has both an initial value and a current value,
both of which are character strings. Some control types used in HTML are buttons, checkboxes,
radio buttons, menus, password, text input etc.

Question 15 Name different control types supported by HTML forms.

Answer The different control types supported by HTML forms are as follows:

1. Buttons
2. Checkboxes
3. Radio Buttons
4. Password
5. Text Input

Question 16 Write the tags to define the following :

(i) A text box

(ii) A text area

(iii) A radio button

(iv) A check box

(v) A Password box

(vi) A pop up box

(vii) Submit button

(viii) A Label

Answer

(i) A text box

<INPUT TYPE = "TEXT" NAME = "NAME" />

(ii) A text area

<TEXTAREA NAME = "COMMENTS" ROWS = "5" COLS = "50">

Default Text
</TEXTAREA>
(iii) A radio button

<INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" NAME = "STREAM" VALUE = "Science" /> Science

(iv) A check box

<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" NAME = "S1" VALUE = "ENGLISH" /> English

(v) A Password box

<INPUT TYPE = "PASSWORD" NAME = "PASSWD" />

(vi) A pop up box

<SELECT NAME = "COLOUR">

<OPTION VALUE = "Red"> Red </OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE = "Blue"> Blue</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE = "Green"> Green</OPTION>
</SELECT>
(vii) Submit button

<INPUT TYPE = "SUBMIT" NAME = "SUBMIT" VALUE = "SUBMIT" />

(viii) A Label

<LABEL FOR = "S1">Science</LABEL>

<INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" ID = "S1" NAME = "STREAM" VALUE = "Science">

Question 17 Write HTML code to produce following controls :

ANSWER:

<TABLE BORDER = "0">

<TR>
<TD> Grade : </TD>
<TD> <INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" NAME = "GRADE" VALUE = "A" /> A </TD>
<TD> <INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" NAME = "GRADE" VALUE = "B" /> B </TD>
<TD> <INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" NAME = "GRADE" VALUE = "C" /> C </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN = "TOP" ROWSPAN = "4"> Subjects :</TD>
<TD COLSPAN = "2">
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" NAME = "SUBJECTS" VALUE = "English" /> English
</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" NAME = "SUBJECTS" VALUE = "Maths" /> Maths
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN = "2">
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" NAME = "SUBJECTS" VALUE = "Computers" />
Computers
</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" NAME = "SUBJECTS" VALUE = "Accounts" /> Accounts
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN = "2">
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" NAME = "SUBJECTS" VALUE = "Economics" />
Economics
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN = "2">
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" NAME = "SUBJECTS" VALUE = "Business Studies" />
Business Studies
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

Question 19

Write HTML code to produce these controls :

(i) a text box

(ii) a text area with 10 rows and 30 columns

(iii) A password text box

(iv) A pop up box to choose class from it.

Answer

(i) a text box

<INPUT TYPE = "TEXT" NAME = "FIRST NAME" />

(ii) a text area with 10 rows and 30 columns

<TEXTAREA ROWS = "10" COLS = "30" NAME = "COMMENTS">

Default Text
</TEXTAREA>
(iii) A password text box

<INPUT TYPE = "PASSWORD" NAME = "PWD" />

(iv) A pop up box to choose class from it.
<SELECT NAME = "CLASS">
<OPTION VALUE = "Class I" SELECTED> Class I </OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE = "Class II"> Class II</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE = "Class III"> Class III</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE = "Class IV"> Class IV</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE = "Class V"> Class V</OPTION>
</SELECT>

Computer Applications
Application Oriented Questions

Question 1

Create a form as given below by using different Form tags and attributes.
Answer

<HTML>
<BODY>
<FORM>
<H1> My Guest Book </H1>
<P>
Please let me know what you think of my Web Pages. Thanks !
</P>
<TABLE BORDER = "0" RULES = "NONE" FRAME = "VOID">
<TR>
<TD> <PRE>What is your name ?</PRE> </TD>
<TD> <INPUT TYPE = "TEXT" NAME = "NAME" /> </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD> <PRE>What is your e-mail address :</PRE> </TD>
<TD> <INPUT TYPE = "TEXT" NAME = "EMAILID" /> </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
Check all that apply:
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" ID = "C1" NAME = "C1" VALUE = "I really like your Web
Site.">
<LABEL FOR = "C1">I really like your Web Site.</LABEL>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" ID = "C2" NAME = "C2" VALUE = "One of the best site
I've seen.">
<LABEL FOR = "C2">One of the best site I've seen.</LABEL>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" ID = "C3" NAME = "C3" VALUE = "I have no taste so your
site didn't do much for me.">
<LABEL FOR = "C3">I have no taste so your site didn't do much for me.</LABEL>
<BR>
<BR>
Choose the one thing you love best of my pages:
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" ID = "O1" NAME = "OPINION"
VALUE = "That gorgeous picture of you and your dogs.">
<LABEL FOR = "O1">That gorgeous picture of you and your dogs.</LABEL>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" ID = "O2" NAME = "OPINION"
VALUE = "The inspiring recap about your childhood.">
<LABEL FOR = "O2">The inspiring recap about your childhood.</LABEL>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" ID = "O3" NAME = "OPINION"
VALUE = "The detailed list of your hobbies.">
<LABEL FOR = "O3">The detailed list of your hobbies.</LABEL>
<BR>
<BR>
Imagine my site as a book, video or album.
<BR>
What do you think about my site?
<BR>
<SELECT NAME = "DETAILS" SIZE = "3">
<OPTION VALUE = "ADD MORE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR HOBBIES!" SELECTED>
ADD MORE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR HOBBIES!
</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE = "ADD PICTURES OF YOUR CHILDHOOD">
ADD PICTURES OF YOUR CHILDHOOD
</OPTION>
<OPTION VALUE = "ADD YOUR FAVOURITES">
 ADD YOUR FAVOURITES
</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<INPUT TYPE = "SUBMIT" NAME = "SUBMIT" VALUE = "Click here to submit" />
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Question 2 Create a webpage that receives pizza orders through a web form as shown below :

Answer

<HTML>
<BODY BGCOLOR = "YELLOW">
<FORM>
<H1> Pizza Factory </H1>
<HR>
<P>
<B> Pizza Order Form </B>
</P>

<TABLE WIDTH = "50%" BORDER = "0" FRAME = "VOID" RULES = "NONE">

<TR>
<TD>Name </TD>
<TD><INPUT TYPE = "TEXT" NAME = "NAME"></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Address </TD>
<TD><INPUT TYPE = "TEXT" NAME = "ADDRESS"> </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><B> Size </B><BR> </TD>
<TD><B> Toppings </B><BR> </TD>
</TR>
<!-- This inserts a blank row -->
<TR>
<TD>&nbsp; </TD>
<TD>&nbsp; </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN = "TOP">
<INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" ID = "R1" NAME = "SIZE" VALUE = "SMALL" />
<LABEL FOR = "R1"> Small </LABEL>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" ID = "R2" NAME = "SIZE" VALUE = "MEDIUM" />
<LABEL FOR = "R2"> Medium </LABEL>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "RADIO" ID = "R3" NAME = "SIZE" VALUE = "LARGE" />
<LABEL FOR = "R3"> Large </LABEL>
<BR>
</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" ID = "CB1" NAME = "C1" VALUE = "CHEESE" />
<LABEL FOR = "CB1"> Cheese </LABEL>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" ID = "CB2" NAME = "C2" VALUE = "OLIVES" />
<LABEL FOR = "CB2"> Olives </LABEL>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" ID = "CB3" NAME = "C3" VALUE = "PEPPERONI" />
<LABEL FOR = "CB3"> Pepperoni </LABEL>
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE = "CHECKBOX" ID = "CB4" NAME = "C4" VALUE = "BACON" />
<LABEL FOR = "CB4"> Bacon </LABEL>
<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE = "SUBMIT" NAME = "Process Order" VALUE = "Process Order" />
</TD>
<TD ALIGN = "CENTER">
<INPUT TYPE = "RESET" NAME = "Clear" VALUE = "Clear" />
</TR>
</TD>
</TABLE>
<TEXTAREA NAME = "ORDER" COLS = "70" ROWS = "5" >
</TEXTAREA>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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