Tutorial 2: Working with Operators and Expressions
TRUE/FALSE
1.You can add a dynamic effect to a Web site using ontime processing.
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2.You can not insert values into a Web form’s fields.
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3.An event is an action that occurs within a Web browser or Web document.
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4.In the code <body onload = "myFunction()" ...>, myFunction() is executed when the page loads.
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5.Across the different web browsers and their versions, there is support for the same set of events.
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6.The time object is used in JavaScript to work with dates.
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7.You use the thisDate() function to get the current date and time.
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8.The getDate() method returns the specific month for a particular date.
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9.To get a two digit year, you use the getYear() method.
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10.JavaScript only allows the minutes and seconds to be retrieved from a date.
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11.JavaScript does not support daylight savings time.
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12.When writing your own function, you begin by using the word "method".
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13.Binary operators work on only one operand.
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14.You use the ++ operator to increment a variable in JavaScript.
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15.To avoid misunderstanding the actions of a decrement operator, read the action of the operator from right to left.
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16.If you insert a space between the two symbols of the assignment operator, JavaScript will report a syntax error.
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17.JavaScript measures time in terms of days.
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18.To use the round method, you type "math.round()".
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19.The Math.random() method returns a value between 0 and 1.
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20.The value.toFixed(n) method can be used to control the number of digits displayed by the browser.
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MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE
1.One way of inserting an event handler is to add it as an attribute of the element in the Web document. ______
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2.The onclick event handler handles when the mouse button has been pressed. ______
ANS:F, onmousedown
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3.Another way to run a JavaScript command in response to an event is to treat it as a hypertext form. ______
ANS:F, link
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4.To create a date object, you use new Time(). ______
ANS:F, new Date()
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5.The time methods can be used to retrieve information from a date object. ______
ANS:F, date
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6.The method to get the current hour from a date object is DateObject.getTimeHour(). ______
ANS:F
DateObject.getHours()
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7.The getTime() method retrieves the time value as expressed in milliseconds. ______
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8.The operators shown in the figure above are binary operators. ______
ANS:F, unary
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9.The -- operator in the figure above is used to decrement variables. ______
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10.To make a function available to other pages, you should place the function in an external file. ______
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11.The figure above shows an example of a JavaScript object. ______
ANS:F, function
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12.The portion of JavaScript code pointed at in the figure above calculates the number of seconds in a day. ______
ANS:F, milliseconds
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13.The & is a(n) comparison operator. ______
ANS:F, logical
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14.To cancel a time-delayed command called timeOne, you would use timeOne.clearTimeout(). ______
ANS:F, clearTimeout(timeOne)
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15.In the following JavaScript code:
setTimeout("addThree()",50);
setTimeout("showDate()",50);
the functions execute almost simultaneously. ______
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.In document.Contact.Name.value, the name of the form must be ____.
a. / Contact / c. / documentb. / Name / d. / value
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2.A(n) ____ is a statement that tells browsers what code to run in response to the specified event.
a. / event script / c. / unary operatorb. / event handler / d. / element attribute
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3.The ____ event handler runs when the browser has completed unloading the document.
a. / onload / c. / onerrorb. / onremove / d. / onunload
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4.The ____ event handler tests whether or not a user has pressed and released a button on the keyboard.
a. / onquit / c. / onkeydownb. / onclick / d. / onkeypress
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5.If a user clicks an item on a page, which event(s) may occur?
a. / ondblclick / c. / a onlyb. / onclick / d. / either a or b
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6.The ____ event handler runs when a user has entered a text input field.
a. / onload / c. / onfocusb. / onchange / d. / onblur
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7.To add code that runs when content of an input field has been modified, you use the ____ event handler.
a. / onload / c. / onfocusb. / onchange / d. / onblur
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8.To have the function verify() execute when a person leaves the Name input field, you must use the ____ event handler.
a. / onload / c. / onfocusb. / onchange / d. / onblur
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9.To give buttons an action on a form, you can use the ____ event.
a. / onblur / c. / onkeypressb. / onclick / d. / onchange
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10.Which of the following is not a Window event?
a. / onresize / c. / onscrollb. / onselect / d. / onmove
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11.Which of the following is not a mouse event?
a. / onmousedown / c. / onmouseclickb. / onmouseup / d. / onmouseout
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12.Which of the following is not a keyboard event?
a. / onkeyout / c. / onkeypressb. / onkeydown / d. / none of the above
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13.Older web browsers used ____ links to run JavaScript commands.
a. / paragraph / c. / hypertextb. / image / d. / source
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14.A function includes its ____, which are values used by the function.
a. / terms / c. / idsb. / parameters / d. / names
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15.____ is the general syntax for using anchor tags to run JavaScript.
a. / <a alt = "javascript:script">content</a> / c. / <a href = "javascript:script">content</a>b. / <a href = "script">content</a> / d. / <a src = "javascript:script">content</a>
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16.To create a date object using the current date and store it in myDate, you enter ____.
a. / myDate = new Date();b. / myDate = new Time();
c. / myDate = new Time(2011, 1, 24, 14, 35, 5);
d. / myDate = new Date(2011, 1, 24, 14, 35, 5);
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17.January is indicated by the number ____ in JavaScript.
a. / 0 / c. / 4b. / 1 / d. / 10
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18.Dates are numeric values measured in ____.
a. / milliseconds / c. / microsecondsb. / nanoseconds / d. / picoseconds
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19.The ____ method always returns the year in four digit format.
a. / getYear(); / c. / getDate();b. / getFullDate(); / d. / getFullYear();
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20.The starting date for time calculations is ____.
a. / January 1, 1970 / c. / January 1, 1900b. / January 1, 1990 / d. / January 1, 1960
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21.After the following code, what value does x contain?
x = new Date("October 31, 2011 11:22:05");
x = x.getMinutes();
a. / 31 / c. / 11b. / 22 / d. / 5
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22.When the someDate variable stores the date object for "June 15, 2011 14:35:28" (which is a Wednesday), the ____ method would return a value of 3.
a. / someDate.getDate(); / c. / someDate.getTime();b. / someDate.getMonth(); / d. / someDate.getDay();
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23.To change the someDate variable’s year to 2012, you enter ____.
a. / someDate.setYear(12); / c. / someDate.setFullYear(2012);b. / someDate.setFullYear(12); / d. / someDate.setYear(2012);
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24.Which of the following includes support for daylight savings time?
a. / computer’s operating system / c. / Date methodsb. / JavaScript / d. / all of the above
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25.Consider the following code:
function showBirthday(birthday) {
thisDay = birthday.getDate();
thisMonth = birthday.getMonth()+1;
thisYear = birthday.getFullYear();
return thisMonth + "/" + thisDay + "/" + thisYear;
}
What type of parameter must birthday be?
a. / time object / c. / check objectb. / date object / d. / none of the above
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26.The ____ method extracts the year value from the date variable.
a. / extractYear() / c. / Year()b. / getFullYear() / d. / thisYear()
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27.To make JavaScript code available to other web pages, the code should be placed in ____.
a. / the head of the document / c. / an external fileb. / an internal script tag / d. / a CSS file
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28.To tell the browser to include code from the myCode.js file, you should enter ____.
a. / <script type="text/javascript" link="myCode.js">b. / <script type="text/javascript" file="myCode.js">
c. / <script type="text/javascript" href="myCode.js">
d. / <script type="text/javascript" src="myCode.js">
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29.In a <script> tag linking an external JavaScript file, the MIME type should be specified as ____.
a. / file/javascript / c. / mime/javascriptb. / text/javascript / d. / src/javascript
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30.To perform a calculation, a statement must include a(n) ____.
a. / operator / c. / script fileb. / link / d. / none of the above
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31.A(n) ____ operator can be used to perform simple mathematical calculations.
a. / conditional / c. / ordinalb. / logical / d. / arithmetic
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32.The ____ operator increases a value by 1 (unary operator).
a. / + / c. / ++b. / * / d. / ~
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33.____ operators work on two elements in an expression.
a. / Binary / c. / Unaryb. / Tertiary / d. / Increment
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34.____ operators work on only one variable.
a. / Binary / c. / Solob. / Unary / d. / Increment
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35.The most common assignment operator is the ____.
a. / += / c. / =b. / -= / d. / ==
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36.The expression to return the remainder of x divided by y would be ____.
a. / x / y / c. / y / xb. / y % x / d. / x % y
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37.In JavaScript, the expression ____ creates the same result as the expression x = x + y;.
a. / y += x / c. / y = x ++ yb. / x = x++ / d. / x += y
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38.What does the following generic function called foo return?
function foo()
{
var y = 3;
var x = 4;
y = --x;
x = y++ % x;
return y;
}
a. / 4 / c. / 0b. / 3 / d. / 5
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39.Which of the following calculates the difference in terms of days?
a. / days = (newYear - currentDate)/(1000*60*60);b. / days = (newYear - currentDate)/(1000*60*24);
c. / days = (newYear - currentDate);
d. / days = (newYear - currentDate)/(1000*60*60*24);
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40.The ____ can be used for performing advanced calculations and mathematical operations.
a. / Date object / c. / Library objectb. / Math object / d. / All of the above
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41.To change x's value to the nearest integer, you would use the following code: ____
a. / Math.round(x); / c. / math.round(x);b. / Math.exp(x); / d. / math.ceil(x);
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42.When using a random number, the function you would least likely use to get an integer value would be ____.
a. / Math.round() / c. / Math.ceil()b. / Math.floor() / d. / none of the above
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43.The ____ constant has the approximate value of 3.1416.
a. / Math.X / c. / Math.PIb. / Math.E / d. / All of the above
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44.To display x with only 2 digits, you can apply the ____ method.
a. / numDigits / c. / fixDigitsb. / toFixed / d. / toCurrency
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45.If x has the value 5.1356, x.toFixed(3) returns what value?
a. / 5.13 / c. / $5.13b. / $5.135 / d. / 5.136
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46.The ____ method returns a text string with n significant digits to the left or right of the decimal point.
a. / toPrecision / c. / toExponentialb. / toFixed / d. / toDigits
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47.Given the following code:
var result = 10/"A";
document.write(result);
What value will be displayed?
a. / N/A / c. / NaNb. / NonN / d. / infinity
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48.Which function makes sure that a number is not greater than the largest numeric value supported by JavaScript?
a. / isNaN(value) / c. / isZero(value)b. / isNull(value) / d. / isFinite(value)
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49.When displaying the value 5.78912, JavaScript shows ____ digits by default.
a. / 0 / c. / 4b. / 2 / d. / 6
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50.If x has the value of 5, then to convert it to a text string, you could use ____.
a. / myString = x; / c. / myString = parseText(x);b. / myString = x + ""; / d. / none of the above
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51.____ converts a text string, myString, to a number with decimal places.
a. / parseText / c. / parseDecimalb. / parseInt / d. / parseFloat
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52.Which of the following returns NaN?
a. / parseInt("The number of barrels was 12");b. / parseInt("135.6");
c. / parseInt("3 books were read");
d. / none of the above
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53.The general format of the conditional operator is ____.
a. / (condition) : falseValue ? trueValue / c. / (condition) ? falseValue : trueValueb. / (condition) : trueValue : falseValue / d. / (condition) ? trueValue : falseValue
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54.The ____ comparison operator returns true if variables are equal.
a. / != / c. / >=b. / == / d. / <=
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55.The ____ comparison operator returns true if variables are not equal.
a. / ~= / c. / !=b. / == / d. / ++
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56.The ____ logical operator returns true when both expressions are true.
a. / || / c. / ==b. / | / d.
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57.The ____ logical operator returns true when either expression is true.
a. / || / c. / ==b. / | / d.
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58.The ____ logical operator returns true if the expression is false and false if the expression is true.
a. / || / c.b. / ! / d. / ==
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59.Which of the following assigns y a value of 20 if x is greater than 1 and less than 3 and 15 otherwise?
a. / y = (x > 1) & (x < 3) : 20 ? 15; / c. / y = (x > 1) & (x < 3) ? 20 : 15;b. / y = (x > 1) & (x < 3) ? 15 : 20; / d. / y = (x > 1) || (x < 3) ? 20 : 15;
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60.Using the figure above, if thisHour is 21, what values will be stored in ampm and thisHour after the last line of code?
a. / p.m., 9 / c. / p.m. 10b. / a.m., 9 / d. / a.m., 8
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61.A(n) ____ command runs after a specific amount of time.
a. / time-delayed / c. / delayedb. / interval-run / d. / time-interval
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62.The general format of the command to specify that a task occur once, after some time, is ____.
a. / setTime("command", interval); / c. / setTimeout("command", delay);b. / setDelay("command", interval) / d. / setInterval("command", delay);
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63.To indicate that the displayList() method should run once, 15 milliseconds after the page loads, you would use ____.
a. / onload = "setTimeout("displayList()", 15);"b. / onload = "setTimeout('displayList()', 15);"
c. / onload = "setInterval("displayList()", 15);"
d. / onload = "setInterval('displayList()', 15);"
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64.To give an identification to a command set to run once after a delay, the general syntax is ____.
a. / timeID = setInterval("command",delay);b. / timeID = setDelay("command",delay);
c. / timeID = setIDTimeout("command",delay);
d. / timeID = setTimeout("command",delay);
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65.Which of the following clears only the command called myDelay that has been set to run once after 30 seconds?
a. / clearInterval(myDelay); / c. / clearTimeout(myDelay);b. / clearInterval(); / d. / clearTimeout();
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66.A(n) ____ command instructs a browser to run the same command repeatedly.
a. / timed-interval / c. / time-delayedb. / interval-run / d. / delayed
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67.Which of the following clears only the command called myDelay that has been set to run every 25 seconds?
a. / clearTimeout(myDelay); / c. / clearInterval(myDelay);b. / clearInterval(); / d. / clearTimeout();
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68.To give an identification to a command set to run repeatedly after a certain amount of time, the general syntax is ____.
a. / timeID = setTimeout("command",interval);b. / timeID = setDelay("command",interval);
c. / timeID = setIDTimeout("command",interval);
d. / timeID = setInterval("command",interval);
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69.Given the following code, which function starts running at 30 milliseconds?
setTimeout("superClock()",30);
setTimeout("updateMenu()",30);
setTimeout("performCalc()",30);
a. / superClock() / c. / performCalc()b. / updateMenu() / d. / all of the above
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70.To clear all commands set to repeat, you use ____.
a. / clearTimeout() / c. / clearDelay()b. / clearRepeat() / d. / clearInterval()
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Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
Case 2-1
Legend Films is planning to create a page that will allow users to email their video requests for the studio to add to their online video offerings.
71.In order to add the date to the form, the Web designer could use the ____ object.
a. / Math / c. / Arithmeticb. / Comparison / d. / Date
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72.The Web designer would like to create code that could be used in each movie new release page to count down to the release. Where should he place the code to make it easy to reuse?
a. / in a script tag / c. / in an external fileb. / in the head of the document / d. / none of the above
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73.External files containing JavaScript commonly use the extension ____.
a. / asp / c. / jsb. / script / d. / php
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Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
Case 2-2
Carol Smith wants to create a page that would have several dynamic effects. For instance, she wants a clock that shows how long the user has been viewing a page as well as to have the page show a welcome message and a goodbye message. She also has a list of links that should run her functions to update parts of the page.
74.Carol wants to have the clock update every 10 seconds. Which method would be best for her to use to cause her script to run according to her schedule?
a. / setInterval / c. / setTimeoutb. / setDelay / d. / none of the above
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75.Carol will most likely use which event to display her welcome message?
a. / onenter / c. / onunloadb. / onexit / d. / onload
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76.The goodbye message will most likely involve using the ____ event.
a. / onenter / c. / onunloadb. / onexit / d. / onload
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77.Since Carol is using a list of links to activate JavaScript commands, she will need to use a(n) ____ even though it is no longer considered good design.
a. / hypertext link / c. / onclick eventb. / external file / d. / onload event
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Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
Case 2-3
Betty's Custom Floral Arrangements shop has an online order form. She has added some JavaScript functions to calculate how much a person has to pay before they submit the page, and now wants to add her functions to her form buttons.
78.Which event is best used for her buttons?
a. / ondblclick / c. / onclickb. / onkeypress / d. / onmouseout
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79.Betty wants to display the total from her calcTotal() function in her form named results in a text box called finalAmount. What will the command look like?
a. / results.finalAmount.document.value = calcTotal();b. / document.finalAmount.results = calcTotal();
c. / document.finalAmount.results.value = calcTotal();
d. / document.results.finalAmount.value = calcTotal();
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80.Betty gets complaints that customers are seeing NaN in certain places. What function can help her stop that from happening?
a. / isFiN / c. / isNaNb. / isNumber / d. / isFinite
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