UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2016/2017
ORDINARY EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIT1203 WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
FULLTIME /PART TIME/DISTANCE LEARNING
DATE: AUGUST, 2017 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question One & ANY OTHER TWO questions.
QUESTION ONE: 30 MARKS (COMPULSORY)
a) Describe the Web Design processes (6Marks)
b) List 4 guidelines a webmaster should follow when making a detailed design
(4Marks)
c) Tables are very important when designing a website. List two advantages and two
disadvantages for using them (4Marks)
d) Compare and contrast GIF and JPEG image maps. (4Marks)
e) Describe the following HTML tags
(i) <PRE> (2Marks)
(ii) <CITE> (2Marks)
(iii) <BLOCKQUOTE> (2Marks)
(iv) <CELLPADDING> (2Marks)
(v) <HR> (2Marks)
(vi) <STRIKE> (2Marks)
QUESTION TWO: 20 MARKS
There are various methods of Web Browsing Control
a) Give THREE methods of Web Browsing Control. (3Marks)
b) Create a set of coding that will incorporate Each of the THREE Methods (6Marks)
c) Javascript can be used in HTML. Give one reason why a programmer may wish to do so.
(2Marks)
d) Explain the term DOM (3Marks)
e) Produce a set of DOM coding in a program (6Marks)
QUESTION THREE: 20 MARKS
A training session is to be designed on how the company’s computers are linked together over the
internet. Your task is to produce self-explanatory notes for the trainees
Using examples produce a set of notes explaining each of the following computing terms:-
(i) Client (5Marks)
(ii) TCP/IP (5Marks)
(iii) Web Browser (5Marks)
(iv) Get/Post (5Marks)
QUESTION FOUR: 20 MARKS
Technology does not stand still and programmers have to continually update their skills
a) As a trainer explain the following terms. (5Marks)
(i) Tags
(ii) Head
(iii) Body
(iv) Titles
(v) Footers
b) Produce a basic set of HTML coding incorporating the terms in part a) (5Marks)
c) Briefly explain the contrasts between the coding used in HTML with the coding used in lower
level languages such as machine code. (5Marks)
d) Describe the characteristics of PHP-MySQL, that make it frequently used in
Creating web pages. (5Marks)
QUESTION FIVE: 20 MARKS
a). Describe the purpose of the following as used in forms (6Marks)
(i) Radio Buttons
(ii) Check Boxes
(iii) Drop Down Boxes
b). (i) Explain what you understand by the term Web Page editor (1Mark
(ii) Discus the advantages of a web page editor (3Marks)
(iii) State and explain any FOUR features provided by these editors (8Marks)
c). Html tags can be grouped in to two groups describe the two groups (2Marks)
