Here is one question that assesses knowledge of JavaScript semantics (specifically functions, function calls, conditionals, and inequalities).
What does the following JavaScript program print to the console?
function greet(name, time) {
var greeting = "Good " + time + " " + name;
if(name === "Alice")
return greeting;
greeting = greeting + "!";
console.log(greeting);
return greeting;
}
var banner = "Good night"
console.log("banner");
greet("Alice", "night");
console.log(banner);
greet("Bob", "night");
The correct answer is:
banner
Good night
Good night Bob!
Assume the following JavaScript was run on the Google home page and that the Google logo has the id
hplogo
. What does the following JavaScript program do?
var logo = document.getElementById("hplogo");
logo.style.width="100%";
logo.style.display="none";
var elements = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++)
elements[i].style.fontSize = "xx-large";
var elements = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++)
elements[i].setAttribute("disabled", "disabled");
The correct answer is:
- Hides the Google logo
- Changes the font size of all links to "xx-large"
- Disables all inputs on the page
Choose one of the following:
- I have never heard of test-driven development.
- I have heard of test-driven development, but do not know what it is.
- I know what test-driven development is, but have not tried it.
- I have tried test-driven development once or twice.
- I have used test-driven development extensively.
Select your level of agreement with the following statements
When I debug, I start by guessing a possible cause, then gather data to test whether it is true.
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
When I debug, I start by finding the line of code that directly produced the faulty output, then work backwards from there.
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
When I debug, I only change the program once I understand the cause of the failure.
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Agree
- Strongly agree