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CIS233DA Exam Information

[Main Class Page] [Assignments]

  • Exam I
    • Bring: Scantron, pencil, eraser, brain
    • Covers:
      • What is the Internet?
      • basics of TCP/IP (what is it?)
      • DNS (domain name server)
      • HTML (what it is and is NOT)
      • Relationship to SGML, XML ?
      • Terminology (deprecated tags, attributes (options) etc)
      • role of web browser, web client, web site, homepage
      • web root vs. users web page directory
      • Absolute versus relative paths
      • Absolute vs. relative links, when to use each
      • Parts of an URL
      • Logical vs Physical Styles (<cite> compared to <B>)
      • Basic layout of web page (html, head, title, body)
      • Img tag and attributes
      • attributes of BODY tag
      • All about links (read up on special types of links)
      • A few questions about some of the tags/attributes covered in class
      • Meta tags
      • Basic Tables
      • Image Formats (gif, jpg png) (compare and contrast)
      • Use of color, rgb etc
      • Properties of background images
    • Hints: Material covered in class takes priority on the exams. Think about what can and can not be done with certain tags. Especially when I give you material on class "Don't do this" it will be part of one of the multiple choice or true false. You can probably guarantee it.
  • Exam II:
    • A few leftovers from first time
      • Types of Images supported
      • Compare the three basic formats, pluses, minuses
      • another Meta question or two
      • And some <IMG>
    • Advanced Tables (THEAD, TFOOT, TBODY)
    • Frames
    • IFrames
    • Marquee tag
    • Cascading Style Sheets
      • External
      • Embedded
      • Inline
      • Selectors
      • Contextual Selectors
      • Properties and values (esp from class
      • Classes
    • External Media
      • <EMBED>
      • IE- bgsound tag and the dynsrc attribute
      • External Links
      • Types of media
      • Sampling Rates for Sound
      • Inline and external Images
    • Document Type Definition (DTD)
    • Forms
      • Text Boxes
      • Password
      • Submit/Reset
      • Radio Buttons
      • Check Boxes
      • Selection Menus (single, multiple)
    • SSI
      • #include virtual="filename.txt"
      • #echo var=" "
      • #exec cmd=" "
    • HTML Editors, Web Editors, Web Converters/Translators
  • Exam III
    • Javascript
      • Objects
      • Properties
      • Events
      • Methods
    • Dynamic HTML
      • Why is it a misnomer?
      • What is DHTML?
        • HTML
        • CSS
        • Javascript
        • Java
      • Document Object Model(DOM)
      • MS IE version of DHTML
        • DOM
        • Databinding Features
        • Multimedia Controls
        • Z-Index Object Positioning
      • Netscape version of HTML
        • DOM
        • Javascript Style Sheets
        • Dynamic Fonts
        • Layers**
    • Putting your Web Site up on a server
      • Domain Name
      • Can you run ASP, CGI, PHP, SSI ?
      • Space?
      • Security Issues
      • Troubleshooting
        • File Permissions
        • Proper file extensions
        • Transfer files as binary?
        • File names (case, spaces?)
        • Proper Directory?
      • Maintenance
        • Keeping Links up to date
        • Regular Update of Page
    • Setting up your own Server
      • What OS to use?
      • What server software?
      • Do you allow PHP, ASP, CGI, SSI?
      • Do you need a secure server with SSL?
      • What options/costs for bandwidth do you have?
      • Security Issues, firewall?
      • System Administration (are you up to it?)
      • What is co-location?
    • What are the differences between SSI, CGI, PHP, ASP?