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 ====== Study Questions - Lucy Dip Creation ======
-. Copy the source of the questions and paste into Notepad++.
+. Copy the source of the questions.
-. Remove the tag bit at the bottom.
+. Run the [[lucky_dip_processor]].
-. In regular expression mode, replace
+. Goto the [[http://tallguyracing.com/wiki/doku.php?id=playground:playground|playgound]] and edit.
-<code>^====+.+====$</code>
+. Paste from the clipboard and save it.
-with nothing.
+. Select it (including the RSS XML Feed etc buttons).
-. In extended mode, replace
+. Open a **new** document in OpenOffice and paste the contents into it.
-<code>/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */</code>
+. Set the Zoom to 73% (so that there are two pages per screen).
-with
+. Delete all the stuff at the top.
-<code><html>\n      </td>\n    </tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td width="50%">\n</html>\n</code>
+. Load styles -> Lucky Dip, Text + Pages + Overwrite.
-. In extended mode, replace
+. Right click table -> Table... -> Text Flow tab -> Untick Allow row to break...
-<code>/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */</code>
+. For each page,
-with
+.1. Put the cursor in the last row of the page.
-<code>\n<html>\n      </td>\n      <td width="50%">\n</html></code>
+.2. Click the Insert Row button lots.
-. Replace the first html element with
+.3. Copy and paste the all the cells on the first page to the second. Note that this will **overwrite** the cells, so if there are not some blanks leftover, undo and go back to 17.2.
-<code html>
+.4. Delete the blank cells.
-<html>
-  <table border="1" width="100%">
-    <tr>
-      <td width="50%">
-</html>
-</code>
-. Add this to end
+. Highlight the right columns of odd pages and the left columns of the even pages (inside ones if two pages are displayed at once), change the background colour to black. **Also**, look for numbered bullet lists in the right column of the even pages and reset the numbering.
-<code html>
+. Print. Set the Input Tray to Tray 1.
-<html>
-      </td>
-    </tr>
-</html>
-</code>
-. Select all and copy to the clipboard.
-. Goto [[http://tallguyracing.com/wiki/doku.php?id=playground:playground]] and edit.
-. Paste from the clipboard and save it.
-. Select it (including the RSS XML Feed etc buttons).
-. Open a **new** document in OpenOffice and paste the contents into it.
-. Set the Zoom to 73% (so that there are two pages per screen).
-. Delete all the crap at the top.
-. Load styles -> Wiki Export 2, Text + Pages + Overwrite.
-. Right click table -> Table... -> Text Flow tab -> Untick Allow row to break...
-. For each page,
-.1. Put the cursor in the last row of the page.
-.2. Click the Insert Row button lots.
-.3. Copy and paste the all the cells on the first page to the second. Note that this will **overwrite** the cells, so if there are not some blanks leftover, undo and go back to 17.2.
-.4. Delete the blank cells.
-. Modify the paragraph style 'Table Contents'. Change the Font colour to black.
-. Highlight the right columns of odd pages and the left columns of the even pages (inside ones if two pages are displayed at once), change the background colour to black. **Also**, look for numbered bullet lists in the right column of the even pages and reset the numbering.
-. Select everything and paste into the master StudyQuestions file.
 ===== Questions To Be Lucky Dipped =====
-==== Lesson 1: Navigating the File System ====
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-** C2L1Q1: How do you enumerate the drives in a system? **
+/* Added 20117012 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
+** WebC2L1Q2: What must an HTML server control be located inside to operate correctly? **
-Answer: Call the //DriveInfo.GetDrives// method.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C2L1Q2: How do you enumerate the files in a particular directory? **
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-Answer:
+Answer: A form element that has the //runat="server"// attribute.
-  - Create a new //DirectoryInfo// object, specifying the directory in the constructor.
-  - Call the //GetFiles// method on the //DirectoryInfo// object, which returns a collection of //FileInfo// objects.
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-** C2L1Q3: How would you determine the size of a particular file in the file system? **
+/* Added 20117012 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
+** WebC2L1Q3: What are the three methods of setting the properties of an HTML control? **
-Answer:
-  - Create a new //FileInfo// object, specifying the path to the file in the constructor.
-  - Examine the //FileInfo//'s //Length// property.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C2L1Q4: How do you copy a file? **
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-Answer:
+Answer: Source view, design view and programmatically in code.
-  - Create a new //FileInfo// object, specifying the path to the source file in the constructor.
-  - Call the //FileInfo//'s //CopyTo// method, specifying the path to the destination file.
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-** C2L1Q5: What are the high level steps required to monitor a directory for changes? **
+/* Added 20117012 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
-Answer:
-  - Create a //FileSystemWatcher// object.
-  - Set the //Path// property.
-  - Register for the event that you are interested in.
-  - Set the //EnableRaisingEvents// property to true.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C2L1Q6: How do you create a //DriveInfo// object for a specific drive? **
+** WebC2L1Q4: In which event on what object should dynamically created controls be created? **
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-Answer: Create a new //DriveInfo// object, specifying the drive letter in the constructor.
+Answer: The Init event on the page object.
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-** C11L1Q5: What must an assembly have before its trust can be increased? **
+/* Added 20117012 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
+** WebC2L1Q5: What order are events from a web page raised on the server side? **
-Answer: A strong name.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C10L2Q1: How can you programmatically signal a break to the debugger? **
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-Answer: Call the //Debugger.Break// method.
+Answer: The event that caused the postback is processed last.
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-** C9L2Q3: Other than overriding methods and responding to events, what else needs to be done to create a custom //Installer// class? **
+/* Added 20117012 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
-Answer: Add the //RunInstallerAttribute// to the custom class and set the //runInstaller// parameter to true.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C11L2Q6: CAS declarations are only significant in what type of assemblies? **
+** WebC2L1Q6: What property on a control should be set to minimize the size of the //ViewState// data? **
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-Answer: Partially trusted assemblies.
+Answer: The //EnableViewState// should be set to //false//.
-** C7L1Q9: How do you prevent new threads from getting the execution context? **
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
-Answer: Call the //ExecutionContext.SurpressFlow// before the new thread is created and call the //ExecutionContext.RestoreFlow// afterwards.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C11L3Q9: What are the three security actions that are applicable to assembles and what are their equivalent security actions that are applicable to classes and methods? **
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-Answer:
-  * //RequestRefuse// (assembly) is equivalent to //Deny// (class and methods).
-  * //RequestOptional// (assembly) is equivalent to //PermitOnly// (class and methods).
-  * //RequestMinimum// (assembly) is equivalent to //Demand// (class and methods).
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-** C10L2Q5: What does the //DebuggerHidden// attribute do? **
+/* Added 20117012 */
-Follow up question: How is it different from the //DebuggerStepThrough// attribute?
+** WebC2L1Q7: What are the five main page events, in the order they occur? **
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-Answer: It causes the debugger to step through the code for the class, method or property it decorates, and causes the debugger to ignore any breakpoints in the code.
+Answer: //Page_PreInit//, //Page_Init//, //Page_Load//, //Page_PreRender// and //Page_Unload//
-Follow up answer: The //DebuggerStepThrough// attribute will **not** cause debugger to ignore any breakpoints in the code.
+==== Lesson 2:  Exploring Common Web Server Controls ====
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-** C10L2Q6: What does the //DebuggerStepThrough// attribute do? **
+/* Added 20117012 */
-Follow up question: How is it different from the //DebuggerHidden// attribute?
+** WebC2L2Q1: What are two differences between the //Literal// control and the //TextBox// control? **
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-Answer: It causes the debugger to step through the code for the class, method or property it decorates, but the debugger will still break at any breakpoints in the code.
+Answer:
-Follow up answer: The //DebuggerHidden// attribute will cause debugger to ignore any breakpoints in the code.
+  * The //Literal// control does not support styles, themes, and skins.
+  * The //Literal// control does not inherit from //WebControl//.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
+===== Chapter 3: Exploring Specialized Server Controls =====
-** C10L2Q7: How do you prevent the debugger from breaking inside a class, method or property, even if there is a breakpoint? **
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
-Answer: Add a //DebuggerHidden// attribute to the class, method or property.
+==== Lesson 1: Exploring Specialized Web Server Controls ====
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-** C10L2Q8: How do you prevent the debugger from breaking inside a class, method or property, but still stop on any breakpoints? **
+/* Added 20110823 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
+** WebC3L1Q1: What are the three modes of the //Literal// control? **
-Answer: Add a //DebuggerStepThrough// attribute to the class, method or property.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C10L2Q9: How do you add a //DebuggerHidden// or //DebuggerStepThrough// attribute to a property? **
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-Answer: Decorate either or both of the accessor methods with the attribute.
+Answer: //PassThrough//, //Encode// and //Transform//.
-==== Lesson 3: Working with Dictionaries ====
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-** C4L3Q1: When iterating over a //Hashtable//, what order are entries returned in, by default? **
+/* Added 20110823 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
-Answer: The order of the hash values.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C4L3Q2: What are the five non-generic, non-specialised dictionary collections, what is each used for and what is the generic equivalent? **
+** WebC3L1Q2: What is the advantage of using the //Table//, //TableRow// and //TableCell// controls over using straight HTML markup? **
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-Answer:
+Answer: The ability to add rows and cells programmatically.
-  * //Hashtable//, used for simple basic dictionaries, //Dictionary<>//.
-  * //SortedList//, used for dictionaries that are sorted by key, //SortedList<>// and //SortedDictionary<>//.
-  * //ListDictionary//, used for small dictionaries, //Dictionary<>//.
-  * //HybridDictionary//, used for dictionaries of unknown or varying size, //Dictionary<>//.
-  * //OrderedDictionary//, used where direct control of the order is required, //Dictionary<>//.
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-** C4L3Q3: What type of object does a non-generic dictionary collection contain? **
+/* Added 20110824 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
+** WebC3L1Q3: What web control should be used if clicking on an image is required? **
-Answer: //DictionaryEntry//
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C4L4Q6: What are the five specialised collections and their generic equivalent? **
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-Answer:
+Answer: //ImageButton// or //ImageMap//.
-  - //BitArray//, no generic equivalent.
+===== Replacements =====
-  - //BitVector32//, no generic equivalent.
-  - //StringCollection//, equivalent to //List<String>//.
-  - //StringDictionary//, equivalent to //Dictionary<String>//.
-  - //NameValueCollection//, equivalent to //Dictionary<>//.
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-** C4L5Q3: What are the three non-specialised, non-directory, non-generic collections and their generic equivalent? **
+/* Added 20110708 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
+** WebC1L3Q1: What are the five levels, in order, of the ASP.NET configuration hierarchy? **
-Answer:
-  - //ArrayList//, equivalent to //List<>//.
-  - //Queue//, equivalent to //Queue<>//.
-  - //Stack//, equivalent to //Stack<>//.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** ITQ4: What are Robert Martin's three laws of Test Driven Development? **
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-Answer:
+Answer: Global machine, root default web, web site, web application, sub-directory.
-  - You are not allowed to write a line of production code until you have written a failing unit test.
-  - You are not allowed to write more of the unit test than is sufficient to fail.
-  - You are not allowed to write more production code than is sufficient to pass the test.
-==== Extension ====
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-** C4XQ1: What does the compiler do when an iterator is implemented? **
+/* Added 20100620 */
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
+** MvcC1Q1: What are the six top-level directories, created by default when a new ASP.NET MVC project is created? **
-Answer: Automatically generates the //Current//, //MoveNext// and //Dispose// methods of the //IEnumerable// interface.
-/* --== Answer Question separator ==-- */
-** C4XQ2: How do you implement an iterator? **
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-Answer:
+Answer: Controllers, Models, Views, Scripts, Content and App_Data.
-  - Implement the //IEnumerable// interface.
-  - Create a method called //GetEnumerator// which returns an //IEnumerator//.
-  - Use the ''yield return'' statement to return each element.
-  - If required, use the ''yield break'' to end the iteration.
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-** C1XQ1: What is the primary purpose of a delegate? **
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-Answer: To facilitate event handling.
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-** PragC2Q14: What are three techniques to maintain orthogonality? **
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
-Answer:
-  * Keep code decoupled.
-  * Avoid global data.
-  * Avoid similar functions.
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-** PragC2Q15: How is orthogonality related to unit testing? **
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-Answer:
-  * If the unit test does not require much set up, the unit has a good amount of orthogonality.
-  * If the unit test has to bring in a big chunk of the system to set up the test, the unit has little orthogonality.
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-** C4XQ3: What are two ways that the default iterator functionality can be extended? **
-/* --== Question Answer separator ==-- */
-Answer:
-  - Named iterators can be created which allows a class to have multiple iteration techniques.
-  - Parameterised iterators can be created which allows clients control over some or all of the iteration behaviour.
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