Deck 5: Working With Xslt and Xpath

Question 1

Curly braces cannot be nested within the attribute value.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A(n) predicate result element is any element that is not part of the XSLT vocabulary but is sent directly into the result document as raw text.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

XSL-FO (Extensible Stylesheet Language - Formatting Objects) is used to transform the contents of an XML document into another document format.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

XSLT style sheets are XML documents.

Question 5

The xsl:choose element provides a condition from which to choose.

Question 6

Any node found at a level below another node is referred to as a(n) sibling of that node.

Question 7

The match attribute of the xsl:template element is used to design the output format for the specified node set.

Question 8

The relative path .. refers to the parent of the context node.

Question 9

The simplest way to view a web page generated by an XSLT 1.0 style sheet is to open the source document in your web browser.

Question 10

A(n) predicate can also indicate the position of a node in the node tree.

Question 11

The xsl:otherwise element is applied when no conditions are satisfied.

Question 12

Set the indent attribute to yes to make the code in your result document easier to read.

Question 13

If there are multiple nodes that match the location path, you can create a style for each matching node using the for-each instruction.

Question 14

You can test for the presence or absence of an attribute or element by entering the attribute or element name without any comparison operator.

Question 15

You can reduce errors and speed up processing by using the indent=" yes " attribute with the  tag.

Question 16

The xsl:value-of element applies a template for the selected nodes.

Question 17

Simply creating a template forces the XSLT processor to use it with the result document.

Question 18

Like many other programming languages, XSLT supports an else-if construction.

Question 19

The root document contains the data that will be transformed using a style sheet.

Question 20

If the root element in the result document is the XHTML element, then the result document will be created as an XHTML file.

Question 21

To apply a template, use the _____ instruction.

A) match
B) insert-template
C) select
D) apply-templates

Question 22

In the node tree shown in the accompanying figure, "date" is a(n) _____ node of "stock."

A) parent
B) child
C) sibling
D) ancestor

Question 23

The fundamental template in the XSLT style sheet is the _____ template, which defines styles for the source document's root node.

A) root
B) ancestor
C) parent
D) source

Question 24

_____ was released in 1999 and enjoys universal support with XML processors and web browsers.

A) XPath 1.0
B) XPath 2.0
C) XPath 3.0
D) XPath 4.0

Question 25

If there are multiple nodes that match the location path, you can create a style for each matching node using the _____ instruction.

A) value-of
B) select
C) for-each
D) if-else

Question 26

The _____ element is used to define the format of the result document.

A) source
B) template
C) output
D) predicate

Question 27

XPath supports the wildcard character ( _____ ) to reference nodes of any type or name.

A) %
B) *
C) #
D) $

Question 28

The _____ document contains the data that will be transformed using a style sheet.

A) source
B) template
C) output
D) predicate

Question 29

To display a data value from a node in the source document, XSLT employs the _____ element.

A) data-value
B) value-of
C) select
D) apply-value

Question 30

_____ result elements are any elements that are not part of the XSLT vocabulary but instead are sent directly to the result document as raw text.

A) Rendered
B) Literal
C) Output
D) Conditional

Question 31

The _____ template defines styles for the source document's root node.

A) source
B) root
C) output
D) predicate

Question 32

When the _____ attribute is omitted the apply-templates instruction automatically processes all of the children of the context node, including any text nodes.

A) match
B) insert
C) uri
D) select

Question 33

A(n) _____ path is a path that always starts from the root node and descends down through the node tree to a particular node or node set.

A) absolute
B) relative
C) root
D) source

Question 34

In the root element for an XSLT document, the stylesheet element needs to be placed in the http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/ _____ namespace.

A) Transform
B) Stylesheet
C) Template
D) Translate

Question 35

In the node tree shown in the accompanying figure, "portfolio" is a _____ node of "author."

A) parent
B) child
C) sibling
D) descendant

Question 36

Which of the following XPath expressions for relative paths refers to the context node itself?

A) )
B) ).
C) )//
D) )./..

Question 37

In a _____ transformation, a client requests retrieval of both a source document and a style sheet from the server.

A) server-side
B) client-side
C) local scope
D) conditional

Question 38

_____ is used to transform the contents of an XML document into another document format.

A) XSL-FO
B) XHTML
C) MSXML
D) XSLT

Question 39

In the node tree shown in the accompanying figure, "sName" is a(n) _____ node of "portfolio."

A) parent
B) sibling
C) ancestor
D) descendant

Question 40

Which of the following parts of a source document is NOT considered a node?

A) A comment statement
B) The text contained within an element
C) A defined namespace
D) An entity reference

Question 41

Which of the following XPath expressions for relative paths refers to the parent of the parent of the context node?

A) )./parent
B) ).
C) )
D) )./..

Question 42

The _____ attribute of the output element sets the URI for the public identifier in the declaration

A) doctype-public
B) encoding
C) version
D) doctype-system

Question 43

In the sort instruction shown in the accompanying figure, the _____ attribute defines the language used to determine sort order.

A) lang
B) data-type
C) case-order
D) select

Question 44

New elements can be combined with predicates, conditional statements, and the _____ instruction to create a subset of the original source document in a new structure.

A) else-if
B) value-of
C) for-each
D) output

Question 45

Attributes can also be included in a location path using the XPath expression: _____ @attribute .

A) node
B) match
C) path
D) uri

Question 46

A _____ node is the text contained within an element.

A) text
B) comment
C) content
D) string

Question 47

The _____ attribute of the output element defines the output format.

A) encoding
B) version
C) doctype-system
D) method

Question 48

Multiple nodes sets can be combined into a single location path using the union ( _____ )  operator.

A) &
B) +
C) |
D) ^

Question 49

The sort instruction can only be used within the _____ tag.

A)
B)
C) Either a. or b.
D) Neither a. nor b.

Question 50

The _____ element provides a condition to choose from.

A) xsl:otherwise
B) xsl:when
C) xsl:test
D) xsl:choose

Question 51

The _____ element is applied when no conditions are satisfied.

A) xsl:otherwise
B) xsl:when
C) xsl:test
D) xsl:choose

Question 52

The _____ comparison operator combines two expressions, returning a value of true only if both expressions are true.

A) or
B) not
C) &=
D) and

Question 53

The _____ element chooses among different possible styles to apply to the result  document.

A) xsl:otherwise
B) xsl:when
C) xsl:test
D) xsl:choose

Question 54

The _____ attribute tests whether the XPath expression returns a value of true or false; if it is true the enclosed style is applied.

A) when
B) test
C) choose
D) if

Question 55

Which of the following XPath expressions for relative paths refers to the parent of the context node?

A) )
B) ).
C) //
D) )./..

Question 56

You can test for the presence or absence of an attribute or element by entering the attribute or element name without any _____ operator.

A) comparison
B) conditional
C) node
D) choose

Question 57

When writing a value to an XML attribute, you must enclose the XPath expression within _____.

A) curly braces
B) angle brackets
C) parentheses
D) double quotes

Question 58

In the sort instruction shown in the accompanying figure, _____ is an XPath expression that returns a set of nodes.

A) data-type
B) case-order
C) node set
D) lang

Question 59

A(n) _____ is part of a location path that restricts the node set to only those nodes that fulfill a specified condition.

A) absolute path
B) predicate
C) attribute
D) template

Question 60

When using the sort instruction, if no attribute values are specified then the nodes are sorted in ascending order with _____ characters sorted first and the language determined by the operating system.

A) uppercase
B) lowercase
C) numeric
D) symbol

Question 61

The various nodes from the source document are organized into a(n) _____.

Question 62

 
Hue is developing an XSLT style sheet to display data from a research survey. The structure of the surveys.xml file is shown in the accompanying figure. She comes to you for assistance in preparing the final file.
Hue would like to display the value of the date element in her result document. Which of the following do you tell her shows the correct code to use to display this information?

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 63

Jeremy has been using XML to organize data for a company that manufactures medical devices. He knows you have experience writing XML data to an output file using XSLT and XPath, and asks for your help improving the display of his data. Jeremy has installed the .NET framework and the Saxon XSLT processor. He has developed a style sheet named devices.xsl, and would like to use it to transform his devices.xml file into a web page named devices.html he can display in a browser. However, he is unsure which command to enter to execute this process. Which command do you tell him to use to transform the file correctly?

A) java net.sf.saxon.Transform devices.xml devices.xsl -o:devices.html
B) Transform devices.xml devices.xsl -o:devices.html
C) java net.sf.saxon.Transform devices -s:.*xml -xsl:*.xsl -o:*.html
D) Transform devices -s:.*xml -xsl:*.xsl -o:*.html

Question 64

The _____ attribute of the output element sets the system identifier in the declaration.

A) doctype-public
B) encoding
C) version
D) doctype-system

Question 65

In a(n) _____ transformation, a server receives a request from a client to generate the result document.

Question 66

The _____ attribute of the output element specifies whether the output should be indented to better display its structure.

A) standalone
B) indent
C) encoding
D) version

Question 67

Jeremy has been using XML to organize data for a company that manufactures medical devices. He knows you have experience writing XML data to an output file using XSLT and XPath, and asks for your help improving the display of his data. Jeremy has been asked to create an output document written in HTML5, but is not sure how to insure the final file will meet this requirement. Which output element do you suggest he use to generate a file that will conform to valid HTML5 standards?

A) Encoding="UTF-8"
Indent="yes" />
B) Encoding="UTF-8"
Indent="yes" />
C) Encoding="HTML5"
Indent="yes" />
D) Encoding="UTF-8"
Indent="yes" />

Question 68

The result of the transformation of the source document appears in a(n) _____ document.

Question 69

 
Hue is developing an XSLT style sheet to display data from a research survey. The structure of the surveys.xml file is shown in the accompanying figure. She comes to you for assistance in preparing the final file.
Hue would like to define a location path that matches both the surveyID and staffID elements nested within the survey element. Which of the following templates do you tell her properly matches both elements?

A)  

B)  

C)  

D)  

Question 70

The _____ document contains the data that will be transformed using a style sheet.

Question 71

Jeremy has been using XML to organize data for a company that manufactures medical devices. He knows you have experience writing XML data to an output file using XSLT and XPath, and asks for your help improving the display of his data. Jeremy has installed Java and the Saxon XSLT processor. He has developed a style sheet named devices.xsl , and would like to use it to transform his devices.xml file into a web page named devices.html he can display in a browser. However, he is unsure which command to enter to execute this process. Which command do you tell him to use to transform the file correctly?

A) java net.sf.saxon.Transform devices.xml devices.xsl -o:devices.html
B) Transform devices.xml devices.xsl -o:devices.html
C) java net.sf.saxon.Transform devices -s:.*xml -xsl:*.xsl -o:*.html
D) Transform devices -s:.*xml -xsl:*.xsl -o:*.html

Question 72

One of the functions of XPath is to translate this hierarchical structure into an expression called a(n) _____ that references a specific node or node set from the source document.

Question 73

The _____ language, which was introduced by W3C, is used to access and navigate the contents of a data tree.

Question 74

Jeremy has been using XML to organize data for a company that manufactures medical devices. He knows you have experience writing XML data to an output file using XSLT and XPath, and asks for your help improving the display of his data. Jeremy would like to reference all the nodes in the node tree, and asks if it will be necessary to type them all out individually. You reassure him that he can select all the nodes in the node tree using the short path expression _____.

A) )*
B) //*
C) )/*
D) *//

Question 75

An XSLT _____ is an XML document used to transform the contents of the source document into a new format, which appears in the result document.

Question 76

A collection of nodes is called a(n) _____.

Question 77

 
Hue is developing an XSLT style sheet to display data from a research survey. The structure of the surveys.xml file is shown in the accompanying figure. She comes to you for assistance in preparing the final file.
Hue would like to access the response attribute of the question element. Which of the following do you tell her represents the absolute reference to this attribute?

A) /surveys/survey/question/response
B) /surveys/survey/question/@response
C) question/@response
D) response

Question 78

 
Hue is developing an XSLT style sheet to display data from a research survey. The structure of the surveys.xml file is shown in the accompanying figure. She comes to you for assistance in preparing the final file.
Hue would like to access the response attribute of the question element. Assume the question element is the context node. Which of the following do you tell her represents the relative path to this attribute?

A) /surveys/survey/question/response
B) /surveys/survey/question/@response
C) question/@response
D) /@response

Question 79

 
Hue is developing an XSLT style sheet to display data from a research survey. The structure of the surveys.xml file is shown in the accompanying figure. She comes to you for assistance in preparing the final file.
Hue has created an XSLT style sheet named survey.xsl . She would like to link this style sheet to her XML source document. Which of the following do you tell her shows the correct form of the processing instruction she should use?

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 80

Jeremy has been using XML to organize data for a company that manufactures medical devices. He knows you have experience writing XML data to an output file using XSLT and XPath, and asks for your help improving the display of his data. Jeremy would like to begin by creating a template for the root node. Which of the following do you tell him shows the correct code to use to create the root node template?

A) styles

B) styles

C) styles

D) styles