HTML Basics Quiz

15 Questions

What was the initial purpose of the Internet?

To allow American universities to share the resources of national supercomputing centers

What distinguishes the Web from other services offered on the Internet?

It uses hypertext to allow browsing

What contributed to the rapid growth of Internet users in the early 1990s?

Access becoming affordable for domestic users to have their own links on PCs

What is a limitation related to CGI?

Performance and handling of shared resources

Which technology provides a common interface for accessing heterogeneous SQL databases?

ODBC

What did the EJB 2.0 specification introduce?

Container-Managed Persistence (CMP), Container-Managed Relationships (CMR), and the EJB Query Language (EJB-QL)

Which technology allows the creation of functions embedded within HTML code for automating processes and manipulating objects?

JavaScript

What technology is a specification for transferring information between a Web server and a CGI program, allowing the server to launch other programs and execute scripts?

CGI

Which technology provides additional functionality for integrating databases into the Web environment, such as Netscape API (NSAPI) and Microsoft’s Internet Information Server API (ISAPI)?

Active Server Pages (ASP)

What is the main difference between an intranet and an extranet?

An intranet is accessible only to organization members, while an extranet is partially accessible to authorized outsiders.

Which stage of Internet evolution for businesses involves complete integration of Internet technology into business processes?

Stage 4

What is the main function of HTML in web technology?

HTML is the document formatting language used to design most web pages.

What is the relationship between URLs, URIs, and URNs?

URLs represent the address of a resource on the Internet, while URIs and URNs are related terms for referring to Internet resources.

What distinguishes dynamic web pages from static web pages?

Dynamic web pages generate content each time they are accessed, allowing for user input and customization, while static web pages have fixed content.

What are the primary requirements for web-DBMS integration?

Secure data access, vendor-independent connectivity, interfacing to the database independent of any proprietary web browser or server, and an open-architecture approach for interoperability.

Study Notes

Web Technology and DBMS

HTML is a system for marking up documents for publishing on the Web, developed by Tim Berners-Lee and standardized as HTML version 2 in 1995.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) currently recommends the use of HTML 4.01 and produced XHTML 1.0 as a reformulation of HTML 4 in XML.
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) represent the location or address of a resource on the Internet and define where documents can be found, while Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) and Uniform Resource Names (URNs) are related terms for referring to Internet resources.
URLs are the most commonly used identification scheme for resources on the Internet and are the basis for HTTP and the Web.
Static web pages have fixed content, while dynamic web pages generate content each time they are accessed, allowing for user input and customization.
Dynamic web pages can respond to user input, be customized for each user, and are generated by the server, often through scripts that convert data into HTML on the fly.
Web services are based on open standards and focus on communication and collaboration among people and applications, without a user interface and aimed at browsers.
Web services consist of reusable software components designed to be consumed by other applications, such as client applications, web-based applications, or other web services.
Many organizations require a general solution for integrating database applications with the Web to prevent being tied to one technology, with requirements such as secure data access, vendor-independent connectivity, and support for various technologies.
Requirements for web-DBMS integration include secure data access, vendor-independent connectivity, interfacing to the database independent of any proprietary web browser or server, and an open-architecture approach for interoperability.
Other requirements for web-DBMS integration include cost-effectiveness, scalability, support for transactions spanning multiple HTTP requests, session- and application-based authentication, acceptable performance, and minimal administration overhead.
Additionally, a set of high-level productivity tools is needed to allow for the development, maintenance, and deployment of applications with ease and speed.

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