ACSC 226

CHUKA UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

SEOND YEAR SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE AWARD

ACSC 226: WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

STREAMS: BSC. APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE TIME: 2 HOURS

DAY/DATE: MONDAY 15/4/2019 8.30 A.M. – 10.30 A.M.

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Answer Question ONE and any other TWO questions.
 Diagrams should be used whenever they are relevant to support an answer.
 Sketch maps and diagrams may be used whenever they help to illustrate your answer
 Do not write anything on the question paper
 This is a closed book exam, No reference materials are allowed in the examination room
 There will be No use of mobile phones or any other unauthorized materials
 Write your answers legibly and use your time wisely

SECTION A
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION ONE [30 MARKS]
a) Explain the use of the following HTML tags:
i. 
ii. <hr/>
iii. &reg;
iv. <strong></strong>
v. &frac14; [5 Marks]

b) Giving an example, explain each part of a typical CSS rule. [4 Marks]

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c) Write a JavaScript program to display the string “Hello World” when a web page loads
[3 Marks]
d) Explain the importance of the ID attribute in HTML [2 Marks]

e) Write the HTML code to produce the following fragment. [5 Marks]

f) There are five components of multimedia that are implemented in a typical website.
Identify and describe each of them [5 Marks]

g) Highlight any three advantages of GIF images over JPEG image [3 Marks]

h) Integer num1=4 and integer num2=6. Write a JavaScript program to sum the two integers
and display the result as another integer [3 Marks]

SECTION B
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION
QUESTION TWO [20 MARKS]
a) Design the following using HTML
Ricotta pancake ingredients:
 1 ½ ¾ cups ricotta
 ¾ cup milk
 4 eggs
 1 cup plain white flour
 1 teaspoon baking powder
 75g 50g butter
 pinch of salt [10 Marks]

b) Headings 1, 2 and 3 are to be bold, of font type Arial, white in color and have a black
background. All paragraphs are to be blue in color and of size 36 points. The background
color of the web page is to be pink. Implement this in a web page using:
i. External CSS styles. [3 Marks]
ii. Internal CSS styles. [3 Marks]

c) Explain the role of Definition List in web pages. Write HTML code to demonstrate a
Definition List. [4 Marks]

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QUESTION THREE [20 MARKS]

b) Write the HTML code to reproduce the following part of a webpage. [10 Marks]

c) Write a JavaScript program that prompts the user to enter their SurName. The SurName is
then displayed on a JavaScript Alert box [6 Marks]
QUESTION FOUR [20 MARKS]
a) The following comments are made depending on a grade a student attains in an exam.
Grade Comment
A EXCELLENT
B GOOD
C FAIR
D POOR
Write a JavaScript Switch... Case program that takes in Grade as an input then gives appropriate
comment. [10 Marks]

b) Write CSS code as well as explain the usage of the following CSS components:
i. Universal Selector. [4 Marks]
ii. Type Selector. [3 Marks]
iii. Class Selector. [3 Marks]

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QUESTION FIVE [20 MARKS]

a) You are designing a website for a certain institution. Discuss in detail how you could apply
Nielsen’s heuristics for a usable interface [10 Marks]

b) The following is a website layout. Implement this Layout Container by use of CSS and DIV.
[10 Marks]
LOGO
MENU MAIN CONTENTS ADVERTS

FOOTER

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