CIW CIW Site Development Associate 3

Question 1

What is the purpose of the robots.txt file on a website?

Accepted Answer

Instruct search engine crawlers which pages to crawl or avoid

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Detect and block malicious bots

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Define CSS styles for automated browsers

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Set server response time limits

Question 2

What is the main difference between shared hosting and dedicated hosting?

Accepted Answer

Shared hosting means many websites share one server's resources; dedicated hosting gives one website its own server

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Shared hosting uses Linux; dedicated uses Windows

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Shared hosting is faster than dedicated

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Dedicated hosting is only for e-commerce sites

Question 3

Which standard defines the rules for how web clients and servers communicate?

Accepted Answer

HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)

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FTP specification

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SMTP standard

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TCP/IP only

Question 4

What does a 404 HTTP status code mean?

Accepted Answer

The requested resource was not found on the server

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The server is temporarily unavailable

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The request was successful

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The client is unauthorized to access the resource

Question 5

What is the purpose of minifying CSS and JavaScript files?

Accepted Answer

Reduce file size by removing whitespace and comments to speed up page load

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Improve code readability

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Enable dark mode on websites

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Encrypt code from competitors

Question 6

What is a wireframe's role in the web development process?

Accepted Answer

Create a low-fidelity structural layout to plan page content and user interface before coding begins

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Write the final production code

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Generate database schemas

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Test server load capacity