Exercise with XML

1. (TCO 2) Which of the following about XML is false? (Points : 3) 
       XML was designed to describe data.
       XML tags are not predefined in XML. You must define your own tags.
       XML uses a DTD (Document Type Definition) to describe the data.
       XML, with a DTD, is designed to be self-describing.
       XML is a markup language that is identical to HTML. 

2. (TCO 2) Which of the following is an advantage of XML? (Points : 3)        XML is not open standard protocol        XML cannot be written in a plain text format        XML cannot be used as a universal data format        The extensibility of XML

3. (TCO 2) How can one display an XML document in a web browser? (Points : 3)        XML document can be displayed in a browser directly.        XML document can be displayed in a browser by applying CSS, JavaScript, or Java code.        XML document can be displayed in a browser only by applying java script code.        XML document can be displayed in a browser by applying Java applet code.

4. (TCO 3) The primary design goal of XML includes which of the following? (Points : 3)        To replace the need for relational databases        To increase the speed at which web servers are able to process business transactions        To provide cross-platform data formats        To promote uniform browser compatibility of web pages        To replace the need for the HTTP protocol

5. (TCO 3) Which of the following is true about XML declaration? (Points : 3)        The XML declaration is required in XML files.        An XML declaration cannot contain information about encoding.        An XML document cannot signal whether the external subset of the DTD contains any declarations that could affect the actual content of the document.        By definition, any XML document without a declaration is an XML 1.0 document.

6. (TCO 3) Which of the following is true about XML parsers? (Points : 3)        XML parsers are not software packages.        An XML parser is a processor that reads an XML document and determines the structure and properties of the data.        XML parsers cannot check for document well-formedness.        XML parsers do not have validation capabilities.

7. (TCO 1) What is SOA, and why is SOA needed? (Points : 6)

8. (TCO 1) What benefits will businesses receive if they implement SOA? (Points : 6)