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Welcome to IAM's free online web skills assesment! The following questions are taken from our Fundamental term database. How do you fare? Do you have what it takes to become a commercial website developer?

Each time you try the quiz, you will have an entirely new slate of questions. So, if you are a keener, try and try again. If you fail and fail, perhaps we can help you! If you pass with flying colors...maybe you should come in to see what the intermediate and advanced levels have in store for you.

...AND...in 2010, the 99th person taking the quiz will win a gift of study: One free term in the Commercial Web Development Program (a value of $4,800!) at the Institute of Advanced Media. That could be you! (btw...one entry per email address! So no cheating...).

Good Luck!



Question 1: (PHP I) 
An array is a complex variable
True     False



Question 2: (XHTML) 
In CSS, what property do we change if the text is too
close to the border of a div?

  1. margin
  2. padding
  3. text-size
  4. border



 Question 3: (Search Engine Optimization) 
It could take a minimum of 3 weeks for a page to appear
on search engine results.
True     False



Question 4: (Internet Marketing) 
The following are the best examples of e-commerce
websites

  1. Flickr.com, E-bay, Google
  2. Ebay, Firefox, Amazon
  3. E-bay, Amazon, Paypal



 Question 5: (PHP I) 
It is illegal to nest a FOR Loop within a WHILE Loop.
True     False



Question 6: (Internet Marketing) 
Branding is:
  1. creating a company identity
  2. promoting on a low budget
  3. profiling clients and target markets



 Question 7: (Design Concepts I) 
What does DNS stand for?
  1. Domain Network System
  2. Domain Name System
  3. Domain Numbered System



 Question 8: (Prog. Concepts) 
The difference between a compiler and an interpreter is
:

  1. The compiler decodes the program at run time where
as the interpreter does not

  2. The interpreter decodes the program at run time
where as compiler does not

  3. They are just the same



 Question 9: (XHTML) 
True or false:
The predominance of Flash is making
image maps a thing of the past.
True     False



Question 10: (Flash) 
What is an animation called that has keyframes on every
frame of the time line?

  1. Motion Tween
  2. Frame by Frame
  3. Shape Tween