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Quiz about XML The Way Of The Future
Quiz about XML The Way Of The Future

XML, The Way Of The Future Trivia Quiz


XML is becoming the industry standard for distributed applications data transfer. How much do you think you know about it?

A multiple-choice quiz by nakhob. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
nakhob
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
113,850
Updated
Jan 22 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
1075
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Question 1 of 10
1. What does XML stand for? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is an XML string embedded in an HTML document called? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. XML is a hierarchical data structure.


Question 4 of 10
4. Which of the following can be used to produce HTML from an XML document? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of the following is not a correct XPath expression? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which of the following is an XML based specification for distributed applications that is used for communications over HTTP? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The ______ qualifies element names uniquely on the Web in order to avoid conflicts between elements with the same name.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 8 of 10
8. Which of the following is not an XML parser? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. True or False? XML is a subset of SGML.


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of the following is a valid XSLT iteration command? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What does XML stand for?

Answer: eXtensible Markup Language

XML is very useful for sending and receiving data across the Internet. It is a standard for data structure that is platform independent.
2. What is an XML string embedded in an HTML document called?

Answer: Data island

Data Islands are a good way of making small amount of data available to the client browser. They can be bound to other HTML elements such as TABLE.
3. XML is a hierarchical data structure.

Answer: True

All XML nodes are nested into other parent nodes. Each XML string must have a single base node.
4. Which of the following can be used to produce HTML from an XML document?

Answer: XSLT

More generally, XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) is used to convert a source tree into a result tree, which is often HTML.
5. Which of the following is not a correct XPath expression?

Answer: .//type="something"

When querying for attribute values, the attribute name must be prefixed with the symbol @.
6. Which of the following is an XML based specification for distributed applications that is used for communications over HTTP?

Answer: SOAP

SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol. SOAP is useful for Web Services.
7. The ______ qualifies element names uniquely on the Web in order to avoid conflicts between elements with the same name.

Answer: Namespace

Namespaces can also be used to differenciate elements with the same name inside an XML document. For example, rs:Field and z:Field have the same node name in two different namespaces (rs and z).
8. Which of the following is not an XML parser?

Answer: XMLHttp

XmlHttp Provides client-side protocol support for communication with HTTP servers.
9. True or False? XML is a subset of SGML.

Answer: True

SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) gave birth to XML in 1998.
10. Which of the following is a valid XSLT iteration command?

Answer: for-each

Source: Author nakhob

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