CSC3971 Quiz 3

Spring 2013
Herbert J. Bernstein ( )

CSC3971 Quiz 3
Spring 2013

 		 

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This is quiz 3 to be taken by Friday, 22 February 2013. It should take you between half an hour and 2 hours to answer the following questions. Please do it after you have done the rest of the assignment.

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Please answer the following questions on this form (or on a paper copy of this form).


  1. Compare and contrast the GET and POST methods for forms.

  2. List and briefly discuss each of the types of input tag elements.

  3. Describe and give an example of the use of the object tag element. Be sure to discuss its relationship of the applet tag element and the embed tag element.

  4. Describe and give an example of the use of namespaces in XML

  5. Describe and explain the three levels of CSS.

  6. List the CSS rules of precedence.

  7. CSS supports three metrics for angles: deg, grad and rad. Explain in detail what each of these metrics means. (Expect to have to do some research to answer this question)

  8. Explain what a selector is and give examples of ways of matching elements.

  9. Explain the concept of a pseudoclass in CSS and give an example.

  10. Explain the concept of a pseudoelement in CSS and give an example.

  11. Explain how to do the alignment of a column of numbers on their decimal points and give an example.

  12. Explain the relationships of margin, border and padding.

  13. Explain the role of the float property and give a specific example of its use.

  14. Explain the role of the z-index property and give a specific example of its use.

  15. Explain the relationships among java, javascript and VB.

  16. Briefly list 3 major uses for javascript.

  17. What are the data types in javascript. Give an example of each type. Be sure to explain what an object is.

  18. Give the rules for variables in javascript.

  19. Explain the conditional operator in javascript.

  20. Explain how the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) works with a simple concrete example.

  21. Give the URL at which to find your programming thread presentations. Do not submit this quiz until you do this work.

  22. Give the URL of the blog entries that give the results of your efforts with NearTree. Do not submit this quiz until you do this work.

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Revised 21 February 2013