2010 NCRE. WEB DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT. EXAM QUESTIONS

This year there were 2 essays and 10 questions (which I personally find better than having 3 essays and 8 questions since essays are real pain when you have nothing specific to say). The whole exam was on 800 pts, the general paper counts for 200, the specialized - 300 pts each part (essays/questions).

The first essay went something like this

A. You're in charge of creating a new website for the UN for hosting "real-time" news, videos, pictures and other content for press agencies. From the concept to the maintenance. (don't remember the details)

The second essay

B. You are in charge of renewing the un.org pure HTML web site in order to:
+ Integrate it with social networks, blogs and chats (web 2.0 related stuff)
+ Allow NGOs and UN staff to populate the content from everywhere on the globe
+ Develop a new scalable architecture and a back-end database for it
It is also known that the development team has been split in two parts and that they are now geographically separated (US/Europe) and that there is a lot of legacy content. So know you're asked to propose a viable solution covering all aspects cited (explain all the phases of your idea). Do not forget the i18n and accessibility issues.

Question1

Define HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and describe the difference between HTTP and FTP; What's a hyperlink; What's the difference between an absolute and a relative hyperlinks and give some examples; (maybe something more)

Question2

List three (3) most important concepts used for web statistics in web development; (something else)

Question3

Question4

What's vector/raster images; describe that advantages or inconveniences; give examples of when to use which (maybe something else)

Question5

What's the difference between HTML and XHTML; Give two (2) advantages and inconveniences of the tableless development approach; what's HTML5

Question6

Define XML; give five (5) examples of usage on the web; give five (5) best practices to avoid incorrect XML files

Question7

What's cross site scripting; why is it dangerous; describe the main types of attacks; (maybe something else)

Question8

How do you implement a "one-to-one", "one-to-many" and a "many-to-many" relations in a database and give a SELECT construct that describes each case; what's the difference between a primary and a unique key; Define classes and ids usage in CSS and give examples (not sure this one came here)

Question9

How do you get information about the page in javascript; define what's a javascript framework and discuss what such frameworks have in common; give a couple (or three) examples you worked with

Question10

Define SEO; give five (5) best practices in use; what's a podcast and how is it used; (and another point I don't remember related to SEO);

I will of course try to keep these questions up-to-date, and also try to give my answer (even though I am afraid it will probably hurt sometimes);