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Test your understanding of HTML tags, XML structures, and web page creation technologies. The questions cover elements like CSS styling, parsing documents, and defining web attributes. This section is essential for candidates appearing for computer proficiency tests in various competitive exams.

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Markup and Web Languages Questions

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How will you specify comments inside XML

  1. they begin with <!-- and end with -->

  2. they begin with # and end with none

  3. they begin with <? end with ?>

  4. they begin with -- and end with none
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

XML comments follow the same syntax as HTML and SGML comments. They start with . This is the standard way to add comments that XML parsers ignore during processing.

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  1. There must be one and only one document element. 2. Every open tag must be closed. 3. If an element is empty, it still must be closed. * Poorly-formed: * Well-formed: * Also well-formed: 4. Elements must be properly nested. * Poorly-formed: * Well-formed: 5. Tag and attribute names are case sensitive. 6. Attribute values must be enclosed in single or double quotes. Choose the best suitable answer

  1. A well-formed document should follow all the above rules

  2. A well-formed document may follow 1, 3, 4

  3. A well-formed document may follow 2, 4, 5, 6

  4. A well-formed document may follow 2, 3, 4 ,5
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A well-formed XML document must satisfy ALL the listed rules: exactly one root element, all tags properly closed (including empty elements), proper nesting hierarchy, case-sensitive tag names, and quoted attribute values. Any violation makes the document malformed.

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1) DTD - Document Type Definition is to provide a framework for validating XML documents 2) DTDs are simple text files that can be created with any basic text editor 3) A DTD outlines what elements can be in an XML document and the attributes and sub elements that they can take 4) The DOCTYPE declaration in an XML document specifies the DTD to which it should conform Considering the above, choose the best suitable answer

  1. Statement 2, 4 are correct

  2. Statement 1, 4 are correct

  3. Statement 1, 3 are correct

  4. Statement 1, 2, 3 ,4 are correct
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All four statements are correct. DTDs provide a validation framework, are plain text files, outline elements/attributes, and are specified in the XML document's DOCTYPE declaration.

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What parser would you use for searching a huge XML file?

  1. SAX

  2. DOM

  3. JAXP

  4. JAXB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

SAX (Simple API for XML) is event-based and streams through the document without loading it entirely into memory. DOM builds a complete tree structure in memory, making it inefficient for huge files. SAX is optimal when you need to search or extract specific data from large XML files.

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Abbreviate SAX

  1. Structure of an XML

  2. Symbolic Aggregate Approximation

  3. Simple API for XML

  4. Short Axis
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

SAX stands for Simple API for XML. It's an event-driven API for parsing XML documents that doesn't build a tree structure in memory, making it memory-efficient for large files.

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Abbreviate DOM

  1. Document Object Model

  2. Distributed Object Management

  3. Domino Object Model

  4. Document Object Management
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A Correct answer
Explanation

DOM stands for Document Object Model. It represents XML and HTML documents as a tree structure of objects that can be programmatically accessed and manipulated by programming languages.

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Abbreviate XSLT

  1. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations

  2. eXtented Stylesheet Language Transformations

  3. eXtensible Stylesheet Language

  4. None of the above
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A Correct answer
Explanation

XSLT stands for eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations. It's designed to transform XML documents into other formats like HTML, plain text, or different XML structures by applying transformation rules defined in XSL stylesheets.

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What is Altova XMLSpy

  1. An type of XML parser

  2. The industry leading XML editor

  3. A type of XML object modelling

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Altova XMLSpy is a commercial XML editor and development environment. It provides features for XML editing, validation, schema development, XSLT debugging, and other XML-related development tasks. It's not a parser itself, but an IDE for working with XML.

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What is xPath ?

  1. It a way to describe where the items are located in a xml files

  2. It is used to traverse the XML

  3. It is an mandated property to be set before parsing an xmlparsing

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

XPath is a query language for selecting nodes from an XML document. It uses path expressions to navigate through elements and attributes in an XML document tree, allowing you to specify the location of items within the XML structure.

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Abbreviation for XML

  1. Extended Markup Language

  2. EXtensible Markup Language

  3. Extension Markup Language

  4. Extensional Markup Language
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language. The key characteristic is 'extensible' - users can define their own tags and document structures, unlike HTML which has a fixed set of predefined tags.

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Choose the best answer XML was designed to transport and store data, with focus on what data is.

  1. Above statement is completely wrong

  2. Above statement is partially correct

  3. Above statement is fully correct

  4. Can't say
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C Correct answer
Explanation

XML was specifically designed to transport and store data with a focus on what the data is (semantics and structure), separate from how it's displayed (presentation). This separation is a core design principle of XML, making it suitable for data exchange between systems.

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Choose the best answer 1) XML is not a replacement for HTML. 2) XML and HTML were designed with different goals. 3) XML was designed to describe data and to focus on what data is. 4) HTML was designed to display data and to focus on how data looks. 5) HTML is about displaying information, XML is about describing information

  1. 1 & 2 is correct

  2. 2 & 3 is correct

  3. 4 & 5 is correct

  4. All are correct
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D Correct answer
Explanation

All five statements are correct. XML and HTML have different design goals: XML describes data structure and meaning (what data is), while HTML displays data with focus on presentation (how data looks). They are complementary, not replacements.

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Among the following choose the best suitable answer 1. NO special characters are allowed while forming XML document 2. Only 5 characters are not allowed, they are < > & " '

  1. Only statement 1 is correct

  2. Only statement 2 is correct

  3. Both Statements are correct

  4. Both Statements are wrong
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

XML allows most special characters in content, but five characters have special meaning in XML syntax and must be escaped as entity references: < (as <), > (as >), & (as &), ' (as '), and " (as ").

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What is Altova XMLSpy ?

  1. An type of XML parser

  2. The industry leading XML editor

  3. A type of XML object modelling

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Altova XMLSpy is a commercial integrated development environment for XML, providing editing, validation, and debugging tools. It's widely recognized as a leading XML editor in the industry.