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Data Communications 2 Test 4

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Question 21. Client/Server computing has taken a new direction recently with the popularisation if the Internet, what is that new direction?

a) File servers are now no longer needed. Web servers make file access easier.
b) Database servers are now no longer needed, CGI programming and HTML forms have replaced them.
c) Transaction processing servers are no longer needed, CGI programming and HTML forms have replaced them..
d) The Internet and open global networks allow for the client/server paradigm to be applied in a wide area network context and encourage more open systems designs.

Right or wrong? . You took tries. You may need to revise this topic, section 1 of topic 4

Question 22. In the context of client/server systems, a 3-tier design means:

a) The system involves three pieces of software, a client, an application server and a database server.
b) The system involves three pieces of software, a client, a database server and a file server.
c) The system involves three pieces of software, a client, a Web server and a database or transaction server.
d) All of the above.

Right or wrong? . You took tries.

Question 23. HTML, HTTP, CGI, Java, WWW what a mess, three of the following definitions are correct, one definition is incorrect, which one is INCORECT?

a) WWW is the World Widearea Web.
b) HTTP in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
c) HTML is the Hypertext Markup Language.
d) CGI is Common Gateway Interface.

Right or wrong? . You took tries.

The next two questions relate to the following HTML fragment and the resulting form called sample form.

<h2>Sample Form</h2>
...
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.ct.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/testform.pl">
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=script value="dialscript">
...
A. Technique <SELECT Name="techniques">
<Option value=A001>Administration
<Option value=A000>Advertising
<Option value=A102>Alliance formation
<Option value=A002>Audiovisual production
<Option value=A003>Basic research
<Option value=A004>Behavioural research
<Option value=A005>Bequest building
...
</SELECT><BR>
<input type=submit value="Start the Search"><BR>
<input type=reset value="Reset the Search Data">
</FORM>
...

Sample Form

...

... A. Technique


... 

Question 24. What does <Option value=A000>Advertising  mean?

a) When the option is chosen the variable named techniques will have the value Advertising.
b) When the option is chosen and the button labelled Start the Search is clicked, the variable named techniques will have the value Advertising.
c) When the option is chosen, the text Advertising is visible, but when the button labeled Start the Search is clicked, the variable named techniques will have the value A000, at the server.
d) All of the above.

Right or wrong? . You took tries.

Question 25. What is the purpose of the URL http://www.ct.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/testform.pl in this HTML?

a) It is a CGI.
b) It is a pointer to an executable file on the Web server, one that will be executed when the Submit button is clicked.
c) All of the above are true.
d) None of the above are true.

Right or wrong? . You took tries.

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