We Need Quiz Questions for Our New Site - QuizPoint

**YuriKolovsky** · Dec 5, 2012 01:45

Loving all your questions ralph

**ralph.m** · Dec 5, 2012 01:50

Originally Posted by YuriKolovsky

Loving all your questions ralph

Thanks, Timo ... though I bet you could come up with better ones.

**felgall** · Dec 5, 2012 03:51

I think this would make a more interesting version of the alerts question

Code:

"use strict";
x = 10;

function hello() {
    var x = 5;
    alert(x);
}

hello();

alert(x);

a) 10, 10
b) 5, 5
c) 5, 10
d) syntax error because the code doesn't declare the global variable x before trying to use it.

or possibly this one.

Assume that the browser is Opera and that you check the checkbox in each alert before pressing the OK button.

Code:

"use strict";
var x = 10;

function hello() {
    var x = 5;
    alert(x);
}

hello();

alert(x);

a) 10, 10
b) 5, 5
c) 5, 10
d) 5 and then nothing because JavaScript is disabled before returning from the first alert.

**Stomme poes** · Dec 5, 2012 08:07

Originally Posted by connor

Q) What selector would you use in order to create an anchor-based pure CSS accordion menu?
A) a:hover B) a:visited C) a:clicked D) a:active

If it only worked with :active then you'd only see the accordion opening while the user is holding down the button. :active states don't stay.

Unless I'm missing something.

Felgall thanks for the correction of indexOf.

**Pullo** · Dec 5, 2012 08:59

That's a neat site.

Originally Posted by ralph.m

Maybe @Pullo and @markbrown4 can come up with some Ruby questions.

Are you looking for questions about plain Ruby or more about Rails?

**xhtmlcoder** · Dec 5, 2012 13:59

I have pondered your questions deeply.

Originally Posted by And in response, thus spake the Oracle:

Question: Which of these is NOT valid ID value, for the ID attribute within XHTML 1.x?

Code:

id="_Orcus"

id="2Demogorgon"

id="Geryon:Dispater"

id="Asmo.deus"

Answer: id="2Demogorgon" ID must start with an alphabetic letter or an underscore, in XHTML.

Comment: the first choice would however be invalid in HTML 4.01. HTML5 accepts any nonsense. For HTML5, apart from the ID attribute being a unique value, it must contain at least one character (can't be empty), and cannot contain any space characters.

**Stomme poes** · Dec 5, 2012 15:10

Lawlz yeah you can have
<div id="♥"> if ya want nowadays.

**ralph.m** · Dec 5, 2012 18:48

Originally Posted by connor4312

Q) What selector would you use in order to create an anchor-based pure CSS accordion menu?
... D) a:active

Originally Posted by Stomme poes

If it only worked with :active then you'd only see the accordion opening while the user is holding down the button. :active states don't stay.

Yeah, I'd expect to see a:target there or something similar.

Originally Posted by Pullo

Are you looking for questions about plain Ruby or more about Rails?

That's a question for @HAWK and/or @James08

**xhtmlcoder** · Dec 6, 2012 06:56

Actually Poes, I was thinking something more like: <p id=""></p> for a valid HTML5 id attribute value.

**felgall** · Dec 6, 2012 15:41

Originally Posted by xhtmlcoder

Actually Poes, I was thinking something more like: <p id=""></p> for a valid HTML5 id attribute value.

That's the second best demonstration of HTML 5 stupidity that I have come across so far. The best being the "mandatory empty" input field definition at the bottom of my sig.

**James08** · Dec 6, 2012 19:04

Originally Posted by Pullo

That's a neat site.

Are you looking for questions about plain Ruby or more about Rails?

Hi, Pullo.

Questions about ruby on rails would be awesome!

**connor4312** · Dec 6, 2012 22:19

Ah never mind...

**ralph.m** · Dec 6, 2012 22:24

Originally Posted by connor4312

Ah never mind...

Don't be put off. Your questions were good.

**James08** · Dec 6, 2012 22:29

Originally Posted by connor4312

Ah never mind...

Connor your questions were good!

Anymore would be awesome

Also what was the answer to the last question, im sure everyone would like to know

**AussieJohn** · Dec 8, 2012 06:57

Another JavaScript question:

Consider the following code:

Code:

function hello( str1, str2 ) {
    console.log( str1 + " " + str2 );
}

hello.call(this, "hello", "world");

Why do we use call() to invoke this function?

a) This is how all functions are invoked.
b) To pass in the "this" parameter.
c) To pass in a scope variable (this) and 0 or more arguments
d) You can't invoke a function this way.

**Pullo** · Dec 8, 2012 08:08

Hi there @James08 ;

Here are some Rails questions to get things rolling.
The correct answer is always the first one.

Which architecture pattern does Rails implement?
Model-View-Controller
Model View Presenter
Operational Data Store
Event-driven architecture

Which component of Rails responds to external requests from the web server?
Controller
Model
Helper
Database

How would you declare a 1:n assosciation in Rails?
Using "has_many" and "belongs_to"
Using "has_one" and "has_n"
Using "has_many" and ":dependent"
Using "has_and_belongs_to_many"

What purpose does the asset pipeline serve?
To concatenate and minify JavaScript and CSS files
To cache and compress images
To speed up database queries
To reduce server latency

Which command should you run to make rails aware of a change in your database schema?
rake db:migrate
rake db:update
rake db:teardown
rake db:reload

What will the following output?

Code:

p "SITEPOINT ROCKS!".downcase.gsub(/\b\w/) { |match| match.upcase }

"Sitepoint Rocks!"
"sitepoint rocks!"
"SITEPOINT rocks!"
"SiTePoInT RoCkS!"

What will the following output?

Code:

@user = User.find(1)
<%= link_to "User Details", user_path(@user) %>

<a href="/users/1">User Details</a>
<a href="/users?id=1">User Details</a>
<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/users/1">User Details</a>
Nothing, you cannot pass user_path an object

How would you generate the following:

Code:

<input accept="text/html" type="file" id="post_attached" name="post[attached]" />

file_field(:post, :attached, :accept => 'text/html')
file_field(:id => 'post', :name => 'attached', :accept => 'text/html')
input_field(:post, :attached, :accept => 'text/html')
input_field(:type=> 'file', :id => 'post', :name => 'attached', :accept => 'text/html')

Which ORM does Rails use to connect classes to relational database tables
Active Record
Active Mapper
Active Object
Active Data

What would the following output?

Code:

number_with_delimiter(1240.99, ".",  ",")

1.240,99
1,240.99
1240,99
1240.99

**James08** · Dec 9, 2012 20:24

Originally Posted by Pullo

Hi there @James08 ;

Here are some Rails questions to get things rolling.
The correct answer is always the first one.

Which architecture pattern does Rails implement?
Model-View-Controller
Model View Presenter
Operational Data Store
Event-driven architecture

Which component of Rails responds to external requests from the web server?
Controller
Model
Helper
Database

How would you declare a 1:n assosciation in Rails?
Using "has_many" and "belongs_to"
Using "has_one" and "has_n"
Using "has_many" and ":dependent"
Using "has_and_belongs_to_many"

What purpose does the asset pipeline serve?
To concatenate and minify JavaScript and CSS files
To cache and compress images
To speed up database queries
To reduce server latency

Which command should you run to make rails aware of a change in your database schema?
rake db:migrate
rake db:update
rake db:teardown
rake db:reload

What will the following output?

Code:

p "SITEPOINT ROCKS!".downcase.gsub(/\b\w/) { |match| match.upcase }

"Sitepoint Rocks!"
"sitepoint rocks!"
"SITEPOINT rocks!"
"SiTePoInT RoCkS!"

What will the following output?

Code:

@user = User.find(1)
<%= link_to "User Details", user_path(@user) %>

<a href="/users/1">User Details</a>
<a href="/users?id=1">User Details</a>
<a href="http://www.yoursite.com/users/1">User Details</a>
Nothing, you cannot pass user_path an object

How would you generate the following:

Code:

<input accept="text/html" type="file" id="post_attached" name="post[attached]" />

file_field

post, :attached, :accept => 'text/html')
file_field

id => 'post', :name => 'attached', :accept => 'text/html')
input_field

post, :attached, :accept => 'text/html')
input_field

type=> 'file', :id => 'post', :name => 'attached', :accept => 'text/html')

Which ORM does Rails use to connect classes to relational database tables
Active Record
Active Mapper
Active Object
Active Data

What would the following output?

Code:

number_with_delimiter(1240.99, ".",  ",")

1.240,99
1,240.99
1240,99
1240.99

Questions are great! Thanks Pullo!

**reSabi** · Dec 10, 2012 04:45

How many widget areas can you have on a WordPress powered blog?

1, 2, 5, As much as you want

**zcorpan** · Dec 10, 2012 09:46

Originally Posted by ralph.m

<! This is a comment.

Did you mean
<!-- This is a comment.
?

**Stomme poes** · Dec 10, 2012 13:39

zcorpan I figured he meant what Microsoft considered a comment.

**ralph.m** · Dec 10, 2012 17:52

Originally Posted by zcorpan

Did you mean
<!-- This is a comment.

Egad, you are right, I made a typo.

Thanks for spotting it. Hope it hasn't made it into the system yet. Sorry @James08 ! Ammended question here: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/show...=1#post5257191

**zcorpan** · Dec 11, 2012 08:01

Also note that  which also acts as a line comment if it appears at the start of a line) isn't yet specified in ECMAScript. It's specified here, though: http://javascript.spec.whatwg.org/#comment-syntax

**squigworm** · Dec 11, 2012 15:07

Hey all, I am brand new to web design and these are questions I am either still fumbling with, or have very recently found the answer to.

Q) - what part of a completed site does HTML contribute to ?
Q) - what part of this page (some dynamic page) does JS control ?
Q) - Something related to -> When to use CSS and when to use JS if they can both produce the same results.

**Stomme poes** · Dec 11, 2012 23:23

I think squigworm's questions are excellent in their own right, but I dunno how good they'd be in a quiz, since quizzes seem to do best with questions where the answer is obvious and look-up-able. Questions like when to use CSS vs JS for effects can have rules of thumb, but they're often best answered with explorations into reasons, effects on users and things like speed, CPU usage, etc.

Or, if the quiz will have essay-style questions, these would be good for those.

**squigworm** · Dec 12, 2012 07:44

I agree with Stomme poes in terms of how I worded the examples, the actual questions would look more like: "what part of a website does HTML typically control? A) Stylizes the page B) Creates the skeleton structure C) Handles placement of the images (something to that effect) I know this sounds so very remedial to anyone who has been doing this for a while but it is what us beginners are trying to wrap our heads around.

Questions like when to use CSS vs JS for effects can have rules of thumb, but they're often best answered with explorations into reasons, effects on users and things like speed, CPU usage, etc.

<- this is exactlyyyy the type of info I am looking for! A question could simply be "what will you need to consider when choosing between CSS and and JS? A) CPU usage B) I'd put something here but I only knew the first one cause you said it

C) etc D) etc.

Originally Posted by Stomme poes

I think squigworm's questions are excellent in their own right, but I dunno how good they'd be in a quiz, since quizzes seem to do best with questions where the answer is obvious and look-up-able. Questions like when to use CSS vs JS for effects can have rules of thumb, but they're often best answered with explorations into reasons, effects on users and things like speed, CPU usage, etc.

Or, if the quiz will have essay-style questions, these would be good for those.

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