Shopify Developer Test 2

Question 1

A SKU is what?

Accepted Answer

Stock Keeping Unit

Answer

SKU stands for Stock Keeping Unit. It is a unique alphanumeric code assigned to products by retailers to identify and track inventory levels. This allows for efficient management of stock, sales, and returns.

Question 2

How are shipping costs calculated by Shopify?

Accepted Answer

Prices are determined by the weight class you specify.

Answer

Shopify allows merchants to calculate shipping costs using various methods, including flat rates, price-based rates, and weight-based rates. Option A highlights one of the primary and most common ways Shopify determines shipping costs: by allowing merchants to define different 'weight classes' or ranges and assign specific prices to each. This provides flexibility in setting shipping fees based on the physical characteristics of the products.

Question 3

Which of the following datatypes can liquid objects be? Mark each box that applies.

Accepted Answer

EmptyDrop

Answer

Liquid objects can represent various fundamental data types such as strings, numbers, booleans, arrays, and nil. An `EmptyDrop` is a specific internal Liquid object that behaves like `nil` or `false` in conditional contexts, representing an an empty or non-existent value. While other options like `Boolean`, `String`, and `Nil` are also valid Liquid data types, `EmptyDrop` is indeed a recognized type of object that Liquid can handle.

Question 4

What is the name of the feature that retrieves information from a remote source and shows it on a Shopify shop page?

Accepted Answer

Application Proxy

Answer

The Application Proxy feature in Shopify allows an app to serve content from an external server directly on a Shopify store's domain. This means that information retrieved from a remote source can be seamlessly integrated and displayed on a shop page, making it appear as if it's part of the Shopify store itself. It enables dynamic content from external services to be presented to customers without redirecting them away from the store's URL.

Question 5

Blocks of Liquid code are continuously executed via iteration tags. Of the following, which one is NOT an iteration tag?

Accepted Answer

while

Answer

Liquid, Shopify's templating language, includes iteration tags like `for`, `cycle`, and `tablerow` to loop through collections or perform repetitive tasks. However, `while` loops are not a native construct in Liquid. Liquid is designed for simpler, safer templating logic, and `while` loops, which can potentially lead to infinite loops, are generally excluded from such templating languages.

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Shopify Developer Test 2