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[Andre Pitanga]

Néstor,
The test is not pass/fail. But if it was you'd have definitely passed :-)
-André


> This seem to be a test more for a front end person than a back end 
> programmer.
> A lot of this stuff I have done but I do not remember it.  I think I 
> would fail this test
> without a book around.
>
> I went to an interview once for a Perl programmer and they gave me a 
> test like
> this and I said I will not pass the test without my perl book.  The 
> guy let me use his
> perl book and I pass the test.  I do not have the commands memorized 
> but I do
> know what I need to do to get things done.  I was offered the job and 
> I turned it down
> because I took a another job doing more C programming
>
> I probably failed your test but I can not afford to take a pay cut 
> (ha, ha, ha..)
>
> I have been doing this for several years since I stopped programming in C
> and my answers are embedded.
>
> Néstor :-)
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:07 AM, André Pitanga <andre at pitanga.org 
> <mailto:andre at pitanga.org>> wrote:
>
>     So, we're hiring a new webmaster here at work and I was tasked
>     with producing a simple technical test. The person is supposed to
>     have two years experience as a web dev. There's three parts: html,
>     css, and webmaster questions. What do you think?
>     (bonus: I'll tell you what my manager thought)
>
>     HTML
>
>     1) Which HTML attribute is used to define inline styles?
>          a) font
>          b) styles
>          c) css
>          d) text
>          e) style
>
> I think is e
>
>
>
>     2) What is the correct HTML for referring to an external style sheet?
>          a) <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mainstyle.css">
>          b) <style src="mainstyle.css">
>          c) <stylesheet>mainstyle.css</stylesheet>
>          d) <link url="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mainstyle.css">
>
> I will guess a
>
>
>
>     3) Which HTML tag is used to define an internal style sheet?
>          a) <script>
>          b) <css>
>          c) <stylesheet>
>          d) <style>
>
> d
>
>
>
>     CSS
>
>     4) Which is the correct CSS syntax?
>          a) body {color: black}
>          b) body:color=black
>          c) {body:color=black}
>          d) {body color:black}
>
> Without looking at the book I have not idea
>
>
>
>     5) How does one set a border like this:
>
>       The top border = 10 pixels, The bottom border = 5 pixels, The left
>     border = 20 pixels, The right border = 1pixel.
>
>          a) border-width:10px 20px 5px 1px
>          b) border-width:10px 1px 5px 20px
>          c) border-width:10px 5px 20px 1px
>          d) border-width:5px 20px 10px 1px
>
> I remember that this is tricky because is like top bottom left right
>
>
>
>     6) What are the three methods for using style sheets with a web page
>          a) Dreamweaver, GoLive or FrontPage
>          b) In-Line, External or Embedded
>          c) Handcoded, Database-driven or WYSIWYG
>
> c
>
>
>
>     PROGRAMMING
>
>     7) a and b are variables.
>
>       a = 10
>       b = 20
>       a = b
>
>       The new values of a and b are, respectively:
>
> a = b= 20
>
>
>
>     WEBMASTER
>
>     8) What factors determine your recommended maximum home page size (in
>     kilobytes)? How are the factors related?
>
> The market that you are dealing with but the default should 800x600
>
>
>
>     9) Why use Flash in web development? Why not?
>
> use flash to be fancy.  Why not?, becuase I have never used it
>
>
>
>     10) Why is "separation of style and content" recommended in web
>     desvelopment?
>
> Becaue is easier for human readability and to maintain
>
>
>
>
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