💻

Programming & Development Quiz

Programming & Development · Easy

20 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice

Programming and software development are at the heart of today's digital world, powering websites, mobile apps, video games, artificial intelligence, cloud services, and countless...

Playing as a guest

You can play free without an account. Create one to save scores and resume later.

Create account Log in Continue as guest

All 20 questions in this Programming & Development quiz

What is the 'DRY' principle in software development?
- A. Don't Run Yesterday's code
- B. Don't Repeat Yourself
- C. Data Retrieval Yield
- D. Design Real Yield
Which architectural style for designing APIs uses standard HTTP methods and is based on being stateless?
- A. SOAP
- B. GraphQL
- C. REST
- D. gRPC
What is the name of the 'lightweight' markup language commonly used for documentation and formatting text in GitHub readmes?
- A. HTML
- B. Markdown
- C. LaTeX
- D. JSON
Which of these is a 'Version Control' platform owned by Microsoft that hosts millions of open-source projects?
- A. Bitbucket
- B. GitHub
- C. GitLab
- D. SourceForge
Which HTTP status code is returned by a server when a request is successful?
- A. 200 OK
- B. 404 Not Found
- C. 500 Internal Server Error
- D. 301 Moved Permanently
Which programming language is known for its 'snake' logo?
- A. Ruby
- B. Swift
- C. Java
- D. Python
In Git, what is the 'Staging Area'?
- A. The final production server
- B. A middle ground where changes are prepared before being committed to the repository
- C. The folder where old deleted files are kept
- D. A place to chat with other developers
Which technology is used to containerize applications, allowing them to run consistently on any machine?
- A. Kubernetes
- B. Docker
- C. Jenkins
- D. Ansible
What is 'Unit Testing' in the software development lifecycle?
- A. Testing the entire application at once
- B. Testing individual components or functions of the code in isolation
- C. Testing the software on actual hardware
- D. Letting users test the software for bugs
What is the 'DOM' in web development?
- A. Data Object Management
- B. Document Object Model
- C. Digital Output Method
- D. Dynamic Online Media
What is the main language used to structure web pages?
- A. HTML
- B. Python
- C. Java
- D. CSS
Which CSS property is used to create space 'outside' of an element's border?
- A. Padding
- B. Margin
- C. Border-width
- D. Spacing
What does 'SQL Injection' refer to?
- A. A way to make database queries faster
- B. A security vulnerability where an attacker can execute malicious SQL statements that control a web application's database
- C. A method for merging two databases
- D. A type of software for creating database diagrams
What is the purpose of the 'Head' tag in an HTML document?
- A. To display the main title on the screen
- B. To contain metadata about the document, such as its title and links to stylesheets
- C. To define the header section of a web page
- D. To store images
In React development, which 'hook' is specifically designed to perform side effects like fetching data or updating the DOM?
- A. useState
- B. useMemo
- C. useEffect
- D. useContext
What is the purpose of 'CSS'?
- A. Structure
- B. Logic
- C. Styling
- D. Database
What is the term for a lightweight, standalone, and executable package that includes everything needed to run a piece of software, popularized by Docker?
- A. Virtual Machine
- B. Container
- C. Script
- D. Applet
Which of these data structures follows the 'Last In, First Out' (LIFO) principle?
- A. Queue
- B. Stack
- C. Linked List
- D. Hash Map
What is the name of the process of finding errors in code?
- A. Debugging
- B. Compiling
- C. Executing
- D. Formatting
What is 'Recursion' in programming?
- A. A way to speed up the internet
- B. A method where a function calls itself as a subroutine
- C. A type of data storage
- D. A security protocol for passwords

Programming & Development Quiz

Programming & Development · Easy

Time is up! Quiz Complete!

What is the 'DRY' principle in software development?

Which architectural style for designing APIs uses standard HTTP methods and is based on being stateless?

What is the name of the 'lightweight' markup language commonly used for documentation and formatting text in GitHub readmes?

Which of these is a 'Version Control' platform owned by Microsoft that hosts millions of open-source projects?

Which HTTP status code is returned by a server when a request is successful?

Which programming language is known for its 'snake' logo?

In Git, what is the 'Staging Area'?

Which technology is used to containerize applications, allowing them to run consistently on any machine?

What is 'Unit Testing' in the software development lifecycle?

What is the 'DOM' in web development?

What is the main language used to structure web pages?

Which CSS property is used to create space 'outside' of an element's border?

What does 'SQL Injection' refer to?

What is the purpose of the 'Head' tag in an HTML document?

In React development, which 'hook' is specifically designed to perform side effects like fetching data or updating the DOM?

What is the purpose of 'CSS'?

What is the term for a lightweight, standalone, and executable package that includes everything needed to run a piece of software, popularized by Docker?

Which of these data structures follows the 'Last In, First Out' (LIFO) principle?

What is the name of the process of finding errors in code?

What is 'Recursion' in programming?