Exam 1: Introduction to Javascript

What is client-side scripting, and how is it related to the JavaScript language?

Describe why it's important to validate web documents, and how to do it.

Discuss case sensitivity in JavaScript.

Like HTML, XHTML is not case sensitive.

What does the following code do? var fname = document.getElementById("firstName");

An object is ____ that can be treated as an individual unit or component.

When a client requests a server-side script, a client will never see the server-side script, only the ____ that the web server software returns from the script.

Which method displays a dialog box with an OK button?

A(n)____ comment hides multiple lines of code.

A system consisting of a client and a server is known as a ____ system.

In the client/server system, one of the primary roles of the client, or front end, is to ____.

What does each of the following statements do? document.write("Plant choices"); window.alert("Plant choices");

When you assign a value to a variable, you use an equal sign, which is also called a(n)__________ operator.

Although JavaScript is considered a programming language, it is also a critical part of web page design and authoring.

A three-tier, or multitier, client/server system consists of three distinct pieces: These are ____.

Some of the more popular server-side scripting languages include ____.

Special words that are part of the JavaScript language syntax and that can't be used as variable names are known as ____.

Symbols such as + and * used in expressions to manipulate operands are known as ____.

Under what circumstances would you use server-side scripting?

When an event occurs, your script executes any code that responds to that specific event  on that specific element. This code is known as the __________.