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PrintName:VijaySaiSomayajula

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2.

Describethedifferencebetweenthedeliverymechanismsforalectureandfora
Website.
Ans:Webisanonlineardeliverymechanisminwhichausercanchoosetogoin
differentdirectionsatanytime.Lecturedeliverymechanismislinear,inwhich
theorderofideasarepredetermined.Lectureiswriter/producer/teachercentered,
whileWebsiteisuser/visitor/studentcentered.
Whatdoesitmeanto"stresstest"aWebserver?
Ans:Insoftwaretesting,asystemstresstestreferstoteststhatputagreater
emphasisonrobustness,availability,anderrorhandlingunderaheavyload,
ratherthanonwhatwouldbeconsideredcorrectbehaviorundernormal
circumstances.Inparticular,thegoalsofsuchtestsmaybetoensurethesoftware
doesnotcrashinconditionsofinsufficientcomputationalresources(suchas
memoryordiskspace),unusuallyhighconcurrency,ordenialofserviceattacks.
Awebservermaybestresstestedusingscripts,bots,andvariousdenialof
servicetoolstoobservetheperformanceofawebsiteduringpeakloads.

3.

DescribethedifferencebetweenaWebserverthatprovidesstaticinformationand
onethatprovidesdynamicinformation.
Ans:Awebserverthatprovidesstaticinformationwillsimplyretrieveapage
requestedbytheclientandsendtherequiredHTMLorXHTLpageusingHTTP
protocoltotheclient.
Awebserverthatprovidesdynamicinformationwillrunaprogramtocreate
HTMLorXHTMLpagerequestedbytheclient.Thewebservermaybecome
clienttoanotherserverordatabasetofetchtherequiredinformation.
4.

DescribewhereapplicationserversfitrelativetoWebservers.
Ans:AWebserverexclusivelyhandlesHTTPrequests,whereasanapplication
serverservesbusinesslogictoapplicationprogramsthroughanynumberof
protocols.Anapplicationserveristypicallycalledmiddlewarethatsitsbetween
thewebserverandthedatabaseserver.

5.

Middlewareisanothernameforwhat?

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Ans:MiddlewareisanothernameforApplicationservers.
6.

Describe(verybriefly)whatacorporateintranetisandwhyitmightbeuseful.
Ans: Acorporateintranetisawebbasedinternalnetworkthatconnectsclient
computerswithinternalservers.Corporateintranetprobablycontainscorporate
businessintelligencedatainacentralizedway.Authorizeduserscanaccessthis
networkfromotherplacesprovidedtheypassthesecurityscreening.

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Pickoneofthe"benefits"ofacorporateintranetanddiscusshowyoumight
quantifyit.
Ans:Oneofthebenefitsofcorporateintranetismaintainingallthecompany
documentsinacentralizedlocationwithsearchingmechanismprovided.This
reducesthetimeittakesforemployeestofindcompanydocuments.Usingthe
electronicformsofdocumentscanalsoresultincostsavings.

8.

M/C _D_TheserveryouwouldusebetweenaWebserverandtheInternetto
filterandcacheWebcontentisa(n)
A) ExchangeServer.
B) DatabaseServer.
C) Audio/VideoServer.
D) ProxyServer.
E) ApplicationServer.

9.

UsetheWebpageyoudevelopedforthelasthomeworkandaddalinktoapage
whereyouhavealist,whichyouaretocreateusingXHTML(statementsthatyou
personallywrite,notgeneratedbyfiltersorwizards).Namethelink
xxxHW12ListandgivemetheURLwhereIcangettothepagewiththelink.
Ans:http://web.mst.edu/~vs6f8/InternetComputingA2/.

10. UsetheWebpageyoudevelopedforthelasthomeworkandaddalinktoapage
whereyouhaveatable,whichyouaretocreateusingXHTML(statementsthat
youpersonallywrite,notgeneratedbyfiltersorwizards).Namethelink
xxxHW12TableandgivemetheURLwhereIcangettothepagewiththelink.
Ans:http://web.mst.edu/~vs6f8/InternetComputingA2/.

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11. T/F TherearemanyWebpagesthatarepoorlydesigned.

Ans:True
12. T/F WritingWebpagesrequiresthesameskillsasthoseusedtowritelectures.
Ans:True
13. T/F ScrollingontheHomePageisencouragedasawaytoavoidmakingthe
usergotonewpages.
Ans:False
14. T/F Mostpeopleprefertoviewprintingthatisofalightcolor,withadarkcolor
background.
Ans:False
16. T/F TheApacheWebserveristhemostpopularone.Itisopensource.
Ans:True
17. T/F TheIISWebserverisfromMicrosoft.IthasaGUIinterfaceandiseasyto
setup.
Ans:True
18. T/F Apachehadabadreputationforsecurity"holes."
Ans: False
21. T/F The"img"taginXHTMLisanemptyelement,soweneedaspaceandthe
slashjustbeforetheclosingbrackettomakeitwellformed.
Ans:True
22. M/C _C_The<li>tagspecifiesalistitemwithin
A) orderedlistsonly.
B) unorderedlistsonly.
C) bothorderedandunorderedlists.
D) definitionlistsonly.
E) ordered,unordered,anddefinitionlists.
23. T/F

The<form>elementdesignatesaformwithinaWebpage.Itcontainsall
textandelementsthatmakeupaform.
Ans:True
24. T/F AuserresponsetoaforminXHTMLcanbesenttoanemailaddress.
Ans:True
25.HTMLandXHTMLareprogramminglanguageswithadditionsforWebpage
design.
Ans:False

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26.T/F Amarkuplanguageisonethatprovidesdirectionsforprintingordisplay.
Ans:True
27. T/F Anchortagsspecifywherehyperlinksgo.
Ans:True
28. T/F AttributesarewithintagsinXHTML.
Ans:True