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Unit 10: Coding Standards

Self Assessment Questions Notes
6. The XHTML specification to ensure all ……….. documents is valid.

(a) HTML (b) XML
(c) Java Script (d) None of these.
7. All forms of source code are considered in the …………. including programming, scripting,
mark-up, and query languages.
(a) database (b) networking

(c) software project (d) None of these.
8. The primary purpose for conducting code reviews throughout the development life cycle
is to identify defects in the ………………..
(a) design (b) code
(c) document (d) design
9. The application, construct comments using a uniform style, with consistent punctuation
and……………..
(a) structure (b) software development life cycle

(c) programming language (d) None of these.
10. File and folder names, like procedure names, should accurately describe what purpose
they serve.
(a) True (b) False
11. The comments are used to explain the intent of the code.

(a) True (b) False
12. An abbreviation should have only one meaning and likewise, each abbreviated word
should have many abbreviation.
(a) True (b) False
13. A name of the project should tell “what” rather than “how.”
(a) True (b) False

14. Stored procedure execution is faster when you pass parameters by position rather than
by name.

(a) True (b) False.
15. Use a stored procedure with output parameters instead of single-record SELECT statements
when retrieving one row of data.
(a) True (b) False.

10.4 Summary

• Coding standards provide rules and guidelines for some aspects of programming in order
to make code easier to read.
• Software errors are a reality that all programmers have to deal with.

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