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Web Development

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Data transferred via the body of the POST request - used for unsafe actions






2. This stops processing the page if they cannot retrieve the resource.






3. A ____ is a Document Type Definition - also know as DOCTYPE. In a document served as text/html the DOCTYPE informs the browswer how to interpret the content of the page.






4. (Extensible Markup Language) A set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form - used to send data from one application to another.






5. Why is "alt" used?






6. In CSS the five possible values for "position" are:static - _____ - absolute - fixed - inherit






7. Define dithering

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8. A CSS document is saved with the _____ extension?






9. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com






10. A cross-platform and language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML and XHTML and XML documents.






11. How do you write a comment in an HTML document?






12. While using CSS what type of css file can modify multiple things at once to an entire site?






13. When do you use an absolute link?






14. The XHTML standard defines three Document Type Definitions: Strict and Transitional and _______






15. When do you use the "a: visited"?






16. The _____ for table A and B always contains all records of the "left" table (A) even if the join-condition does not find any matching record in the "right" table (B)






17. Define "web safe colors".






18. To extract data from a web service if it returns JSON use ________ to return an object then iterate through it to get what you want






19. What is the purpose of the <title> tag?






20. A way of matching strings of text given a defined set of parameters.






21. Which tag has the largest size?






22. Pushes an element far left - allows other elements to wrap around it.






23. A CSS document is saved with the _____ extension?






24. Which heading tag has the smallest size?






25. When should you use a <span> tag?






26. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?






27. When do you use the "a: hover"?






28. How do you remove a border from an image (using css)?






29. Write the code to link to a folder named "school" within the website "basicversity".






30. This provides a warning if the resource being asked for is not present...still tries to display data.






31. When do you use an absolute link?






32. In CSS the possible values for the display attribute that are supported by all browsers are none - block - inline - _____ - run-in






33. How do you write a comment in an CSS document?






34. When using CSS what ends a style rule?






35. Define a .gif image.






36. What is the purpose of the "div" tag?






37. What is a box model?






38. Use of regular expressions in PHP development






39. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com






40. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?






41. When is best to use the <ol> tag?






42. To destroy the session Unregister a _____________ from the current session






43. Where should you place a navigation bar?






44. When is FTP used?






45. What is the hierarchy for CSS code?






46. Data gets transferred via the URL - used for safe actions






47. What is included within the <head> tag?






48. What does float allow you to do?






49. What are the correct naming standards for web pages?






50. Web apps can interact with server without changing anything on the page - uses the XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data asynchronously with the web server.