St. Name: ……………………………….
St. #: ………………………………….
Philadelphia University
Lecturer(s): Dr. Murad Magableh
Faculty of IT Department of MIS
Internal examiner: Dr. Ali Alawneh
Examination Paper
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(731213) Introduction to Web Programming
2nd Exam. 2nd Sem. 2014/2015
19/5/2015
Time: 50 min
Information for Candidates
This examination paper contains 4 questions totaling 20 marks.
Advices to Candidates
 Attempt all questions.
 Read all questions carefully before answering.
 Allocate the available exam time to given questions properly
 Write your answers clearly.
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Multiple choices question:
Question Number
Answer
1
C
2
C
3
D
4
C
5
B
6
A
7
A
8
C
9
D
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St. Name: ……………………………….
St. #: ………………………………….
Philadelphia University
Lecturer(s): Dr. Murad Magableh
Faculty of IT Department of MIS
Internal examiner: Dr. Ali Alawneh
Examination Paper
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(731213) Introduction to Web Programming
2nd Exam. 2nd Sem. 2014/2015
19/5/2015
Time: 50 min
Information for Candidates
This examination paper contains 4 questions totaling 20 marks.
Advices to Candidates
 Attempt all questions.
 Read all questions carefully before answering.
 Allocate the available exam time to given questions properly
 Write your answers clearly.
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I. Basic Notions
Objectives: the aim of the following question is to evaluate your basic knowledge.
Q1: Select the correct answer from the choices given for the following questions:
[9 marks]
1) What is the output of the following code:
<?php
$a[0]=7;
$a[2]=5;
$a[5]=33
echo count($a);
?>
a) 5
b) 6
c) 3
d) 33
2) The output of the following code:
<?php
function f($x)
{
$var=1;
$var++;
return ($x + $var);
}
echo f(10);
echo f(20);
?>
a) 1121
b) 1020
c) 1222
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d) 1223
3) The output of the following code:
<?php
function f($x)
{
static $var=1;
$var++;
return ($x + $var);
}
echo f(10);
echo f(20);
?>
a) 1121
b) 1020
c) 1222
d) 1223
4) The value of $sum after executing the following code is:
<?php
$a = array(5, 10, 15, 20);
$sum = 0;
for($i=0; $i<=2; $i+=2)
$sum += $a[$i];
?>
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20
d) 25
5) The output of the following code is:
<?php
$a = array(57, 35, 10, 7, 46, 72);
sort($a);
ksort($a);
krsort($a);
echo $a[0];
?>
a) 57
b) 7
c) 72
d) 0
6) The output of the following code is:
<?php
$a = array(57, 35, 10, 7, 46, 72);
arsort($a);
echo $a[0];
?>
a) 57
b) 7
c) 72
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d) 0
7) The output of the following code is:
<?php
$a = array(57, 35, 10, 7, 46, 72);
list($x, $y) = each($a);
$x++;
$a[$x] = $y++;
list($x, $y) = each($a);
echo $y;
?>
a) 57
b) 58
c) 35
d) 36
c) 012
d) 010
c) BCBC
d) BB
8) The output of the following code is:
<?php
$var = 1;
function fun()
{
global $var;
echo $var;
}
echo ($var – 1);
fun();
echo ($var + 1);
?>
a) 011
b) 02
9) The output of the following code is:
<?php
$s = "B";
function fun()
{
$s = "BC";
}
echo ($s);
fun();
echo ($s);
?>
a) BBC
b) BBCB
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II. Familiar problem solving
Objectives: the aim of the following question is to evaluate your capabilities in solving familiar
cases.
Q2: Write a PHP function called Last_Letter($str) that receives a string and returns true
if the last letter in the received string is "A". Otherwise, the function returns false.
[2 marks]
<?php
function Last_Letter($str)
{
if(substr($str, -1) == "A") return true;
else return false;
}
?>
Q3: What is the output of the following code fragments:
<?
function fun(&$a)
{
foreach($a AS $k1=>$v1)
{ $v1++;
echo "$k1 - $v1 <br>";
}
for($i=0; $i<2; $i++)
$a[$i] = $i;
foreach($a AS $k2=>&$v2)
{ echo "$k2 - $v2 <br>";
$v2++;
}
}
$array = array("A"=>100, "B"=>200);
foreach($array AS $k=>$v)
echo "$k - $v <br>";
fun($array);
foreach($array AS $k=>$v)
echo "$k - $v <br>";
?>
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[6 marks]
A - 100
B - 200
A - 101
B - 201
A - 100
B - 200
0-0
1-1
A - 101
B - 201
0-1
1-2
III. Unfamiliar problem solving
Objectives: the aim of the following question is to evaluate your capabilities in solving unfamiliar
cases.
Q4: Write a PHP program that prints the following triangle of numbers using nested “for” loop.
Each “echo” statement should print only one number.
[3 marks]
1
2 5
3 6 8
4 7 9 10
<?php
for($i=1; $i<=4; $i++)
{
$start = $i;
$increment = 3;
for($j=1; $j<=$i; $j++)
{
echo $start." ";
$start += $increment;
$increment--;
}
echo "<BR>";
}
?>
GOOD LUCK 
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