CIS 484 Exam #1 Question and
answers verified to pass 2026/2027
C#, ASP .NET, ADO .NET are all a part of Microsoft's _ - correct answer ✔.NET Framework
-markup language, like HTML and XML
-<asp: > tags are interspersed with HTML code - correct answer ✔ASP .NET
java-like object-oriented language - correct answer ✔C#
-API for interfacing to databases in the .NET framework
-similar to Java's JDBC - correct answer ✔ADO .NET
an application programming interface (API) for the programming language Java, which defines how a
client may access a database - correct answer ✔JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
C#, VB.NET, and J# compilers generate _ code - correct answer ✔managed
code that is run with the common language infrastructure (CLI) - correct answer ✔managed code
common intermediate language (CIL) is like Java's _ - correct answer ✔bytecode
common language runtime (CLR) is like Java's _ - correct answer ✔virtual machine
virtual execution system (VES) is the "_" upon which the CLR operates - correct answer ✔simulated
CPU
,.NET compatible languages compile to a second platform-neutral language called _ - correct answer
✔common intermediate language (CIL)
the platform-specific _ compiles CIL to machine-readable code that can be executed on the current
platform - correct answer ✔common language runtime (CLR)
visual C++ can compile into either _ or _ code - correct answer ✔managed or unmanaged
_ code is compiled directly to the machine language of the CPU, and is not part of the CLR - correct
answer ✔unmanaged
generic three-tier architecture includes thin clients (_ layer), business rules on application server (_
layer), DBMS only on DB server (_ layer) - correct answer ✔client, business, database
information flow for a static page request in a three-tier architecture...
a. no server side processing, just a page return
b. server side processing, including database access - correct answer ✔a. no server side processing,
just a page return
information flow for a dynamic page request in a three-tier architecture...
a. no server side processing, just a page return
b. server side processing, including database access - correct answer ✔b. server side processing,
including database access
, all .aspx Web Forms are subclasses of the _ class - correct answer ✔Page
when you create a Web Form, you create a new _, which is a subclass of _
then, this new _ is _ when you run the web application - correct answer ✔class; Page
class; instantiated
a _ is essentially one page in a web site - correct answer ✔Web Form
-enables ASP .NET to read the HTTP values sent by a client during a Web request
-Page class's Request property is an instance of this - correct answer ✔HttpRequest Class
-enables ASP .NET to send responses to the client
-Page class's Response property is an instance of this - correct answer ✔HttpResponse Class
a Page has a _ life - correct answer ✔very short
what are the stages of a Page? - correct answer ✔1. Page request
2. start
3. initialize
4. load
5. postback event handling (if postback)
6. rendering
7. unload
answers verified to pass 2026/2027
C#, ASP .NET, ADO .NET are all a part of Microsoft's _ - correct answer ✔.NET Framework
-markup language, like HTML and XML
-<asp: > tags are interspersed with HTML code - correct answer ✔ASP .NET
java-like object-oriented language - correct answer ✔C#
-API for interfacing to databases in the .NET framework
-similar to Java's JDBC - correct answer ✔ADO .NET
an application programming interface (API) for the programming language Java, which defines how a
client may access a database - correct answer ✔JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
C#, VB.NET, and J# compilers generate _ code - correct answer ✔managed
code that is run with the common language infrastructure (CLI) - correct answer ✔managed code
common intermediate language (CIL) is like Java's _ - correct answer ✔bytecode
common language runtime (CLR) is like Java's _ - correct answer ✔virtual machine
virtual execution system (VES) is the "_" upon which the CLR operates - correct answer ✔simulated
CPU
,.NET compatible languages compile to a second platform-neutral language called _ - correct answer
✔common intermediate language (CIL)
the platform-specific _ compiles CIL to machine-readable code that can be executed on the current
platform - correct answer ✔common language runtime (CLR)
visual C++ can compile into either _ or _ code - correct answer ✔managed or unmanaged
_ code is compiled directly to the machine language of the CPU, and is not part of the CLR - correct
answer ✔unmanaged
generic three-tier architecture includes thin clients (_ layer), business rules on application server (_
layer), DBMS only on DB server (_ layer) - correct answer ✔client, business, database
information flow for a static page request in a three-tier architecture...
a. no server side processing, just a page return
b. server side processing, including database access - correct answer ✔a. no server side processing,
just a page return
information flow for a dynamic page request in a three-tier architecture...
a. no server side processing, just a page return
b. server side processing, including database access - correct answer ✔b. server side processing,
including database access
, all .aspx Web Forms are subclasses of the _ class - correct answer ✔Page
when you create a Web Form, you create a new _, which is a subclass of _
then, this new _ is _ when you run the web application - correct answer ✔class; Page
class; instantiated
a _ is essentially one page in a web site - correct answer ✔Web Form
-enables ASP .NET to read the HTTP values sent by a client during a Web request
-Page class's Request property is an instance of this - correct answer ✔HttpRequest Class
-enables ASP .NET to send responses to the client
-Page class's Response property is an instance of this - correct answer ✔HttpResponse Class
a Page has a _ life - correct answer ✔very short
what are the stages of a Page? - correct answer ✔1. Page request
2. start
3. initialize
4. load
5. postback event handling (if postback)
6. rendering
7. unload
