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Question # 6

When PHP is running on a command line, what super-global will contain the command line arguments specified?

A.

$_SERVER

B.

$_ENV

C.

$GLOBALS

D.

$_POST

E.

$_ARGV

Question # 7

Which of the following functions are used to escape data within the context of HTML?

(Choose 2)

A.

htmlentities()

B.

addslashes()

C.

stripslashes()

D.

strip_tags()

E.

htmlspecialchars()

Question # 8

Which PHP function is used to validate whether the contents of $_FILES['name'] ['tem_name'] have really been uploaded via HTTP'?

Question # 9

An object can be counted with count() and sizeof() if it…..

A.

implements ArrayAccess

B.

has a public__count() method

C.

was cast to an object from an array

D.

None of the above

Question # 10

What can prevent PHP from being able to open a file on the hard drive (Choose 3)?

A.

File system permissions

B.

File is outside of open_basedir

C.

File is owned by another user and safe_mode is enabled.

D.

File is inside the /tmp directory.

E.

PHP is running as the web server user.

Question # 11

What does the __FILE__ constant contain?

A.

The filename of the current script.

B.

The full path to the current script.

C.

The URL of the request made.

D.

The path to the main script.

Question # 12

Which of the following statements is true?

A.

All PHP database extensions support prepared statements

B.

All PHP database extensions come with their own special helper functions to escape user data to be used in dynamic SQL queries

C.

All PHP database extensions provide an OOP interface

D.

All PHP database extensions appear in the output of php -m , if installed

Question # 13

Which of the following is NOT possible using reflection?

A.

Analysing of nearly any aspect of classes and interfaces

B.

Analysing of nearly any aspect of functions

C.

Adding class methods

D.

Implement dynamic construction (new with variable class name)

Question # 14

What is the purpose of the open_basedir directive?

A.

Provide a list of directories where PHP should search for files.

B.

Provide a list of directories from which PHP can open files.

C.

Provide a list of directories from which PHP cannot open files.

D.

Directory where the PHP extensions can be found.

Question # 15

Transactions are used to:

A.

guarantee high performance

B.

secure data consistency

C.

secure access to the database

D.

reduce the database server overhead

E.

reduce code size in PHP

Question # 16

In the following code, which class can be instantiated?

1

2 abstract class Graphics {

3 abstract function draw($im, $col);

4 }

5

6 abstract class Point1 extends Graphics {

7 public $x, $y;

8 function __construct($x, $y) {

9 $this->x = $x;

10 $this->y = $y;

11 }

12 function draw($im, $col) {

13 ImageSetPixel($im, $this->x, $this->y, $col);

14 }

15 }

16

17 class Point2 extends Point1 { }

18

19 abstract class Point3 extends Point2 { }

20 ?>

A.

Graphics

B.

Point1

C.

Point2

D.

Point3

E.

None, the code is invalid

Question # 17

What is the result of the following bitwise operation in PHP?

1 ^ 2

A.

1

B.

3

C.

2

D.

4

Question # 18

Which of the following describes a PHP extension?

A.

A collection of PHP files that expose a unified API

B.

A collection of functions and classes that allow PHP to interact with external data sources, protocols or APIs

C.

A plugin that changes the way PHP behaves

D.

A multitude of classes that extend from a single parent class

Question # 19

Given the following code, what is correct?

function f(stdClass &$x = NULL) { $x = 42;

}

$z = new stdClass;

f($z);

var_dump($z);

A.

Error: Typehints cannot be NULL

B.

Error: Typehints cannot be references

C.

Result is NULL

D.

Result is object of type stdClass

E.

Result is 42

Question # 20

What does the chown() function do?

A.

Change the file permissions.

B.

Change the owner of the file.

C.

Change the group of the file.

D.

Checks if the file is accessible.

Question # 21

You want to run the following PHP 4 code with PHP 5. In the following example, which access modifier in PHP 5 is equivalent to "var"?

class Test {

var $tester;

}

A.

protected

B.

invisible

C.

public

D.

private

E.

outofscope

Question # 22

What is the error in the following declaration of a static class method?

1

2 class car {

3 static $speeds = array(

4 'fast',

5 'slow',

6 'medium',

7 );

8

9 static function getSpeeds()

10 {

11 return $this->speeds;

12 }

13 }

14 ?>

A.

Static methods must not return a value.

B.

The use of $this from within static methods is not possible.

C.

Static methods need the method keyword instead of the function keyword.

D.

There is no static keyword in PHP.

Question # 23

After executing a query on a database server, PHP offers several functions to read the resulting lines, such as mysqli_fetch_assoc, pg_fetch_row, oci_fetch,etc.). If such functions do not return any rows, it means: (Choose 2)

A.

a SELECT statement returned no rows

B.

the transaction has been rolled back

C.

the connection to the database server was disconnected during query execution

D.

the query was too slow to execute

Question # 24

You want to allow your users to submit HTML code in a form, which will then be displayed as real code and not affect your site layout. Which function do you apply to the text, when displaying it? (Choose 2)

A.

strip_tags()

B.

htmlentities()

C.

htmltidy()

D.

htmlspecialchars()

E.

showhtml()

Question # 25

Which of the following function signatures is correct if you want to have classes automatically loaded?

A.

function autoload($class_name)

B.

function __autoload($class_name, $file)

C.

function __autoload($class_name)

D.

function _autoload($class_name)

E.

function autoload($class_name, $file)

Question # 26

What do bytecode caches do?

A.

Cache the output of PHP scripts for reuse

B.

Translate PHP bytecode into machine code and cache the results

C.

Save the results of the compilation of PHP scripts for reuse

D.

Save large data structures (e.g. database result sets) in memory for reuse

Question # 27

Which SPL class implements fixed-size storage?

Question # 28

When a transaction reports no affected rows, it means that: (Choose 2)

A.

The transaction failed

B.

The transaction affected no lines

C.

The transaction was rolled back

D.

The transaction was committed without error

Question # 29

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

a) Class constants are public

b) Class constants are being inherited

c) Class constants can omit initialization (default to NULL)

d) Class constants can be initialized by consts

A.

a)

B.

b)

C.

c)

D.

d)

Question # 30

Which of the following statements are correct? (Choose 2)

A.

It is possible to specify more than one __autoload function

B.

__autoload receives the missing class name all lowercased

C.

__autoload is being called for missing interfaces

D.

Inside __autoload missing classes trigger __autoload

Question # 31

Which of the following is NOT a valid function declaration?

A.

function x ($x1 = array())

B.

function x (A $x1)

C.

function x (A $x1 = null)

D.

function x ($x1 = $x2)

Question # 32

You want to parse a URL into its single parts. Which function do you choose?

A.

parse_url()

B.

url_parse()

C.

get_url_parts()

D.

geturlparts()

Question # 33

What is the output of the following code?

$first = "second";

$second = "first";

echo $$$first;

A.

first

B.

second

C.

an empty string

D.

an error

Question # 34

How can you determine if magic_quotes_gpc is enabled? (Choose 2)

A.

Use the get_magic_quotes() function.

B.

Using the get_magic_quotes_runtime() function.

C.

Use the get_magic_quotes_gpc() function.

D.

Using ini_get('magic_quotes_gpc').

E.

Using ini_get('magic_quotes').

Question # 35

What method can be used to find a tag with the name "foo" via the DOM extension?

A.

getElementById()

B.

getElementsByTagName()

C.

getElementsByTagNameNS()

D.

getElementByName()

E.

findTag()

Question # 36

What visibility denies access to properties and methods outside of the class?

A.

static

B.

protected

C.

private

D.

public

E.

const

Question # 37

An HTML form contains this form element

When this form is submitted, the following PHP code gets executed:

move_uploaded_file(

$_FILES['myFile']['tmp_name'],

'uploads/' . $_FILES['myFile']['name']);

Which of the following actions must be taken before this code may go into production?

(Choose 2)

A.

Check with is_uploaded_file() whether the uploaded file $_FILES['myFile']['tmp_name'] is valid

B.

Sanitize the file name in $_FILES['myFile']['name'] because this value is not consistent among web browsers

C.

Check the charset encoding of the HTTP request to see whether it matches the encoding of the uploaded file

D.

Sanitize the file name in $_FILES['myFile']['name'] because this value could be forged

E.

Use $HTTP_POST_FILES instead of $_FILES to maintain upwards compatibility

Question # 38

Which of these protocols are NOT governed by the W3C in their latest versions? (Choose 2)

A.

XML-RPC

B.

SOAP

C.

WSDL

D.

UDDI

Question # 39

In the function setcookie() what does the 3rd parameter specify?

A.

The name of the cookie.

B.

The expiration time of the cookie.

C.

The value of the cookie.

D.

The IP address of the cookie's client.

Question # 40

Which of the following data types cannot be directly manipulated by the client?

A.

Cookie Data

B.

Session Data

C.

Remote IP Address

D.

User Agent

Question # 41

Which function can help prevent cross-site scripting? (Choose 2)

A.

addslashes()

B.

htmlentities()

C.

htmlspecialchars()

D.

strip_tags()

E.

quotemeta()

Question # 42

Which is the most secure approach for handling dynamic data in SQL queries?

A.

Use addslashes().

B.

Enable magic_quotes_gpc.

C.

Use prepared statements if supported by the database library, data-specific escaping functions otherwise.

D.

Use stored procedures.

Question # 43

In a typical web application the most used database action is...

A.

INSERT

B.

UPDATE

C.

SELECT

D.

CREATE

E.

ALTER

Question # 44

Which of the listed changes would you make to the following PHP 4 code in order to make it most compliant with PHP 5? (Choose 2)

class Car {

var $model;

function Car($model) {

$this->model = $model;

} function toString() {

return "I drive a $this->model.";

}}

$c = new Car('Dodge');

echo $c->toString();

?>

A.

Change var to public or private

B.

Change function Car to function_construct

C.

Change "I drive a $this->model." to "I drive a {$this->model}."

D.

Change function toString()to static function toString()

Question # 45

How can the id attribute of the 2nd baz element from the XML string below be retrieved from the SimpleXML object found inside $xml?

One

Two

A.

$xml->getElementById('2');

B.

$xml->foo->bar->baz[2]['id']

C.

$xml->foo->baz[2]['id']

D.

$xml->foo->bar->baz[1]['id']

E.

$xml->bar->baz[1]['id']

Question # 46

What will be the output value of the following code?

$array = array(1,2,3);

while (list(,$v) = each($array));

var_dump(current($array));

A.

bool(false)

B.

int(3)

C.

int(1)

D.

NULL

E.

Array

Question # 47

REST is a(n) ...

A.

Web service protocol similar to SOAP with a strict XML schema.

B.

Principle to exchange information using XML and HTTP.

C.

API to get information from social networking sites.

Question # 48

Transitions can be used to: (Choose 2)

A.

Recover from errors in case of a power outage or a failure in the SQL connection

B.

Ensure that the data is properly formatted

C.

Ensure that either all statements are performed properly, or that none of them are.

D.

Recover from user errors

Question # 49

What function can reverse the order of values in an array without the loss of key information?

A.

array_flip()

B.

array_reverse()

C.

rsort()

D.

krsort()

E.

array_multisort()

Question # 50

Which of the following code snippets is correct? (Choose 2)

a)

interface Drawable {

abstract function draw();

}

b)

interface Point {

function getX();

function getY();

}

c)

interface Line extends Point {

function getX2();

function getY2();

}

d)

interface Circle implements Point {

function getRadius();

}

A.

a)

B.

b)

C.

c)

D.

d)

Question # 51

Consider the following code. What can be said about the call to file_get_contents?

200-530 question answer

A.

A GET request will be performed on http://example.com/submit.php

B.

A POST request will be performed on http://example com/submit.php

C.

An error will be displayed

Question # 52

How many elements does the array $pieces contain after the following piece of code has been executed?

$pieces = explode("/", "///");

A.

0

B.

3

C.

4

D.

5

Question # 53

How do you allow the caller to submit a variable number of arguments to a function?

A.

Using a prototype like function test(... $parameters).

B.

Using a prototype like function test() and the function func_get_args() inside the function body.

C.

Using a prototype like function test($parameters[]).

D.

Using a prototype like function test() and the function get_variable_args() inside the function body.

E.

This is not possible in PHP.

Question # 54

Where does the session extension store the session data by default?

A.

SQLite Database

B.

MySQL Database

C.

Shared Memory

D.

File system

E.

Session Server

Question # 55

What is the file locking mode that should be used when writing to a file?

A.

LOCK_UN

B.

LOCK_SH

C.

LOCK_EX

D.

LOCK_NB

Question # 56

What DOM method is used to load HTML files?

A.

load()

B.

loadXML()

C.

loadHTML()

D.

loadHTMLFile()

Question # 57

What is the output of the following code:

str_replace(array("Apple","Orange"), array("Orange","Apple"), "Oranges are orange and Apples are green");

A.

Apples are orange and Oranges are green

B.

Apples are orange and Apples are green

C.

Apples are apple and Oranges are green

D.

Apples are apple and Apples are green

Question # 58

Which of the following will set a 10 seconds read timeout for a stream?

A.

ini_set("default_socket_timeout", 10);

B.

stream_read_timeout($stream, 10);

C.

Specify the timeout as the 5th parameter to the fsockopen() function used to open a stream

D.

stream_set_timeout($stream, 10);

E.

None of the above

Question # 59

Which of the following commands will append data to an existing file?

A.

file_put_contents("file", "data", "a");

B.

file_put_contents("file", "a", "data");

C.

file_put_contents("file", "data", FILE_APPEND);

D.

file_put_contents("file", "a", NULL, FILE_APPEND);

Question # 60

A/hen comparing prepared statements and regular, application-constructed SQL statements, which of the following is true?

A.

Prepared statements are faster

B.

Prepared statements are always shorter

C.

Prepared statements are more secure

D.

Prepared statements are easier to develop

E.

None of the above

Question # 61

Your application needs to handle file uploads performed with HTTP PUT. How can you retrieve this data?

A.

php://input stream

B.

php://upload stream

C.

$_FILES superglobal

D.

$_PUT superglobal

Question # 62

Which is the most efficient way to determine if a key is present in an array, assuming the array has no NULL values?

A.

in_array('key', array_keys($a))

B.

isset($a['key'])

C.

array_key_exists('key', $a)

D.

None of the above

Question # 63

The following form is loaded in a recent browser and submitted, with the second list element selected:

In the server-side PHP code to deal with the form data, what is the value of $_POST ['list']?

A.

1

B.

2

C.

two

D.

null (since the value attribute of the list has not been set)

Question # 64

Which of the following statements about PHP is true? (Choose 3)

A.

A final class can be derived.

B.

A final class may be instantiated.

C.

A class with a final function may be derived.

D.

Static functions can be final.

E.

Properties can be final.

Question # 65

Would the following code catch a parse error?

try {

echo $label

} catch (Exception $e) {

echo $e->getMessage();

}

A.

Yes

B.

No

Question # 66

After performing the following operations:

$a = array('a', 'b', 'c');

$a = array_keys(array_flip($a));

What will be the value of $a?

A.

array('c', 'b', 'a')

B.

array(2, 1, 0)

C.

array('a', 'b', 'c')

D.

None of the above

Question # 67

What will the following function call return?

strstr('http://example.com/test/file.php ', '/');

A.

/example.com/

B.

/file.php

C.

file.php

D.

//example.com/test/file.php

Question # 68

How many elements does the $matches array contain after the following function call is performed?

preg_match('/^(\d{1,2}([a-z]+))(?:\s*)\S+ (?=200[0-9])/', '21st March

2006', $matches);

A.

1

B.

2

C.

3

D.

4

Question # 69

Which piece of code will return the ASCII value of a character?

A.

(int)'t';

B.

ord('t');

C.

to_ascii('t');

D.

chr('t');

Question # 70

After executing a SELECT query on a database server,

A.

All data is immediately transmitted to PHP

B.

All data will be transmitted on-demand to PHP

C.

None of the above

Question # 71

Which of the following filtering techniques prevents cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities?

A.

Strip all occurrences of the string script.

B.

Strip all occurrences of the string javascript.

C.

Enable magic_quotes_gpc.

D.

None of the above.

Question # 72

Which options do you have in PHP to set the expiry date of a session?

A.

Set the session.duration directive in php.ini

B.

Set session cookie expiry date locally via session_set_cookie_params()

C.

Set session expiry date locally via session_cache_expire()

D.

None of the above

Question # 73

What is the output of the following code?

class test {

public $value = 0;

function test() {

$this->value = 1;

} function __construct() {

$this->value = 2;

}}

$object = new test();

echo $object->value;

A.

2

B.

1

C.

0

D.

3

E.

No Output, PHP will generate an error message.

Question # 74

One common security risk is exposing error messages directly in the browser. Which PHP configuration directive can be disabled to prevent this?

A.

html_display

B.

error_reporting

C.

display_errors

D.

error_log

E.

ignore_repeated_errors

Question # 75

What will be the value of $b after running the following code?

$a = array('c', 'b', 'a');

$b = (array)$a;

A.

TRUE

B.

array('c', 'b', 'a')

C.

array(array('c', 'b', 'a'))

D.

None of the above

Question # 76

What is the output of the following code?

echo 0x33, ' monkeys sit on ', 011, ' trees.';

A.

33 monkeys sit on 11 trees.

B.

51 monkeys sit on 9 trees.

C.

monkeys sit on trees.

D.

0x33 monkeys sit on 011 trees.

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