Workshop

Quiz

1:The following URL will work as expected.

<a href="/cgi/foo.pl?name=Ben Franklin&Job=printer">

  1. True.

  2. False; you can't pass two parameters to a CGI program in this way.

  3. False; the space in the name Ben Franklin is not allowed.

2:Why does using cookies for long-term storage sometimes fail?

  1. Browsers can “throw away” cookie information.

  2. Cookies can be lost during software updates.

  3. Users may turn off cookie support in their browsers.

3:To make a cookie expire one week from now, use the -expire option to the cookie function with what?

  1. +7d

  2. +1w

  3. +10080m

Answers

A1: c. You should use escape to properly hide spaces and other special characters.
A2: All the above.
A3: Either choice a or c. The +1w argument is invalid.

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