Deck 10: Programs and Languages

Question 1

One fact that most programmers come to understand early in their careers is that the developer/marketer relationship is always a two-way street.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Programmers are typically expected to understand Web sites from a marketing standpoint-why the sites are being developed, the intended audience, and ways to drive traffic to a site and keep it there.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Off -the-shelf programs and Web-based applications are used by professionals for different aspects of site creation, including everything from graphic design to site construction.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Design programs allow graphic designers to create, edit, and save graphics that provide the visual features on Web sites.

Question 5

Although some designers may choose to use less well-known programs for creating their graphics, Web design is really dominated by two key programs.

Question 6

Practically any image today in print or on the Web has passed through Fireworks at some point prior to publication.

Question 7

Photoshop is an easy application to master.

Question 8

Flash is a vector-based program.

Question 9

Animated GIFs are often smooth and usually have a smaller file size.

Question 10

Dreamweaver is widely considered to be one of the most powerful WYSIWYG editors available.

Question 11

WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get.

Question 12

FrontPage has seen increased in popularity, particularly among enterprise corporations with a large and diffuse workforce.

Question 13

Blogger and WordPress provide bloggers with simple interfaces for creating and publishing blogs.

Question 14

Developers can download MySQL for a low fee if the database will be used for general public use on a Web site.

Question 15

Java applets have lost developer support as more have turned to Flash as an easier, lighter, and more effective tool.

Question 16

Many JavaScripts exist online, and developers can often find code that other developers have written and simply add them to their own Web pages.

Question 17

PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page tools, but has come to stand for PHP: Personal HyperText Processor.

Question 18

Much of Ajax's popularity comes from its ability to interact and communicate with practically any database on the market.

Question 19

ActionScript is used specifically to increase the functionality of Flash applications.

Question 20

The code of ActionScript is similar to JavaScript.

Question 21

CSS is the building block of a Web site.

Question 22

Most programmers work to become experts in all Web technologies.

Question 23

The LAMP solution is free and open source, which keeps cost to the client low.

Question 24

Most sites that run Microsoft's solution are for companies that have a large investment in Microsoft products and have the resources to support these technologies.

Question 25

Developed by Adobe Systems, ____ is the predominant computer-based design program.

A) Flash
B) Microsoft Paint
C) Fireworks
D) Photoshop

Question 26

A(n) ____ is an animation made up of a series of individual graphics, which plays like a flip-book.

A) animated JPG
B) vectored JPG
C) animated GIF
D) vectored GIF

Question 27

____ is a programming language commonly used when entire sites are created in Flash.

A) Flash Scripting Language
B) Action Scripting
C) Adobe Scripting Language
D) Adobe Integrated Runtime

Question 28

Photoshop works primarily with ____ images.

A) bitmap
B) vector
C) ray trace
D) indexed

Question 29

____ images are images made up of pixels.

A) Vector
B) Ray trace
C) Bitmap
D) Indexed

Question 30

____ graphics are created from lines and shapes, which are generated by mathematical formulas.

A) Bitmap
B) Ray traced
C) Indexed
D) Vector

Question 31

With ____, designers can create animations that are very smooth and have a very low file size.

A) vector graphics
B) ray traced graphics
C) bitmap graphics
D) indexed graphics

Question 32

Flash works with a(n) ____ interface.

A) image-based
B) script-based
C) timeline-based
D) object-based

Question 33

____ are small bits of code that can be inserted into a blog to add specific functionality, such as a calendar or mapping device.

A) Gadgets
B) Widgets
C) Servlets
D) Applets

Question 34

Like a filing cabinet, ____ are used to store data in an organized fashion.

A) spreadsheets
B) HTML documents
C) digital carts
D) databases

Question 35

According to Microsoft, ____ is the most popular database in the world.

A) Access
B) MySQL
C) SQL
D) Excel

Question 36

____ contains codes that allow a designer to determine a number of things including where an image appears, which colors will be in the background, and how the page will lay out.

A) SGML
B) HTML
C) XML
D) HTTP

Question 37

____ help make changing elements of Web sites faster and easier.

A) Connecting Style Sheets
B) Cascading Style Documents
C) Cascading Style Sheets
D) Cascading Style Variables

Question 38

Java is a programming ____ that allows programmers to develop complex standalone interactive applications for cross-platform usage.

A) specification
B) language
C) application
D) interface

Question 39

Developers need a ____ in order to program in Java.

A) Beans development environment
B) JavaBeans runtime environment
C) Java runtime environment
D) Sun runtime environment

Question 40

At one time, Java's popularity on the Web was based on the development of ____.

A) applets
B) Beans
C) servlets
D) Biscuits

Question 41

____ are small programs, such as stock tickers or interactive weather maps, which can be included in Web sites.

A) Nodules
B) Beans
C) Rails
D) Applets

Question 42

JavaScript is used as part of ____.

A) DDL
B) DHTML
C) SGML
D) Java

Question 43

____ is a combination of HTML and other technologies and languages.

A) Interactive HTML
B) Active HTML
C) Dynamic HTML
D) Static HTML

Question 44

Designers can use ____ to create interactive forms, enhanced rollovers, image slideshows, animations, and calculation applications.

A) Java
B) Perl
C) C++
D) JavaScript

Question 45

A scripting language specifically created for Web use, ____ allows static Web sites to function more dynamically.

A) PHP
B) Apache
C) MySQL
D) Perl

Question 46

____ allows users to pull information from a server without having to click multiple buttons to navigate from one page to another with the reload flicker in between each click.

A) Athena
B) Atlas
C) Ajax
D) Apollo

Question 47

____ is used to separate the style of the site from the content.

A) XSS
B) XSL
C) CSV
D) CSS

Question 48

A common tool set that programmers work in is ____.

A) CAMPING
B) LAMP
C) LAPgP
D) LARS

Question 49

____ refers to programs whose source code is made available for use or modification and no licensing restrictions exist to limit use.

A) Closed source
B) Free source
C) Open source
D) Market source