php cert quizzes

Question 1

What does PHP stand for?

A. PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

B. Private Home Page

C. Personal Hypertext Processor

Answer 1

A. PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

Question 2

PHP server scripts are surrounded by delimiters, which?

A. …?>

B. …&>

C. …

D.

Answer 2

D.

Question 3

How do you write “Hello World” in PHP

A. echo “Hello World”;

B. Document.Write(“Hello World”);

C. “Hello World”;

Answer 3

A. echo “Hello World”;

Question 4

All variables in PHP start with which symbol?

A. !

B. $

C. &

Answer 4

B. $

Question 5

What is the correct way to end a PHP statement?

A. ;

B. .

C.

D. New line

Answer 5

A. ;

Question 6

The PHP syntax is most similar to:

A. Perl and C

B. JavaScript

C. VBScript

Answer 6

A. Perl and C

Question 7

How do you get information from a form that is submitted using the “get” method?

A. $_GET[];

B. Request.QueryString;

C. Request.Form;

Answer 7

A. $_GET[];

Question 8

When using the POST method, variables are displayed in the URL:

True or False

Answer 8

False

Question 9

In PHP you can use both single quotes ( ‘ ‘ ) and double quotes ( “ “ ) for strings:

True or False

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Include files must have the file extension “.inc”

True or False

Answer 10

False

Question 11

What is the correct way to include the file “time.inc” ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer 11

A.

Question 12

What is the correct way to create a function in PHP?

A. function myFunction()

B. new_function myFunction()

C. create myFunction()

Answer 12

A. function myFunction()

Question 13

What is the correct way to open the file “time.txt” as readable?

A. fopen(“time.txt”,”r”);

B. open(“time.txt”);

C. open(“time.txt”,”read”);

D. fopen(“time.txt”,”r+”);

Answer 13

A. fopen(“time.txt”,”r”);

Question 14

PHP allows you to send emails directly from a script

True or False

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Which superglobal variable holds information about headers, paths, and script locations?

A. $GLOBALS

B. $_SESSION

C. $_GET

D. $_SERVER

Answer 15

D. $_SERVER

Question 16

What is the correct way to add 1 to the $count variable?

A. $count =+1

B. count++;

C. ++count

D. $count++;

Answer 16

D. $count++;

Question 17

What is a correct way to add a comment in PHP?

A.

B. *...*

C. …

D. /…/

Answer 17

D. /…/

Question 18

PHP can be run on Microsoft Windows IIS(Internet Information Server):

True or False

Answer 18

True

Question 19

The die() and exit() functions do the exact same thing.

True or False

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Which one of these variables has an illegal name?

A. $myVar

B. $my_Var

C. $my-Var

Answer 20

C. $my-Var

Question 21

How do you create a cookie in PHP?

A. setcookie()

B. makecookie()

C. createcookie

Answer 21

A. setcookie()

Question 22

In PHP, the only way to output text is with echo.

True or False

Answer 22

False

Question 23

How do you create an array in PHP?

A. $cars = array(“Volvo”, “BMW”, “Toyota”);

B. $cars = “Volvo”, “BMW”, “Toyota”;

C. $cars = array[“Volvo”, “BMW”, “Toyota”];

Answer 23

A. $cars = array(“Volvo”, “BMW”, “Toyota”);

Question 24

The if statement is used to execute some code only if a specified condition is true

True or False

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Which operator is used to check if two values are equal and of same data type?

A. ===

B. !=

C. ==

D. =

Answer 25

A. ===

Question 26

What does SQL stand for?

A. Structured Query Language

B. Structured Question Language

C. Strong Question Language

Answer 26

A. Structured Query Language

Question 27

Which SQL statement is used to extract data from a database?

A. SELECT

B. GET

C. OPEN

D. EXTRACT

Answer 27

A. SELECT

Question 28

Which SQL statement is used to update data in a database?

A. UPDATE

B. SAVE AS

C. SAVE

D. MODIFY

Answer 28

A. UPDATE