The Art & Soul of Software Portability Exam

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True or False? Formidable permits you to name keys ‘id’, ‘key’, ‘created-at’, ‘detaillink’, ‘editlink’, ‘siteurl’, or ‘evenodd’.

True

False

Which one of these is not like the others?

Sales and marketing funnels

Email campaigns

Delivering high quality products

PPC advertising

Social media marketing

Both WordPress and Formidable Forms use the same table design. What is it called?

Relational schema

Metadata schema

Formidable Forms integrates with many WordPress APIs. Which of the following are you very likely going to encounter when writing custom code?

What is the default storage engine for WordPress databases?

InnoDB

MyISAM

Early object-oriented development languages include:

Which of the following statements is not true about PHP serialize() function??

serialize() generates a storable representation of a value

is useful for storing or passing PHP values around without losing their type and structure.

serialized strings must be unserialized() to make the data into a PHP value again.

serialized() data tastes great with milk, sugar, and sliced bananas.

True or False? The WordPress and Formidable Forms database schemas support all the elements of a relational design.

True

False

True or False? A cascade specifies when a referenced row is deleted, row(s) referencing it should be automatically deleted as well.

True

False

True or False? The frm_item_metas table stores the form entry’s field values, one row for every populated field on a form.

True

False

What does “where the rubber meets the road” mean?

It describes the retread debris left on the side road by semis.

It's a new intersection coating that prevents icing in cold weather.

It means the most important point for a discussion, the moment of truth, has arrived.

True or False? Data portability is the highest priorty for a Formidable Forms project.

True

False

If I wanted to retrieve an id based on a field key, I would use...

FrmViewsDisplay::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmForm::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmField::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmEntry::get_id_by_key( $key )

What was the first language Stephanie Wells learned after leaving her job as a nurse?

C++

Ruby on Rails

Python

PHP

True or False? A metadata schema is about the data and stores descriptions about how the data is to be rendered on the front end.

True

False

Fill in the blank. Formidable __________ use advanced RDBM concepts such SQL views and stored procedures to reduce query costs and modify data directly in the database engine.

can

cannot

What are the Software Portability Types?

application, data, source code

It governance, SDLC, project management

stop, drop, and roll

True or False? A Mastermind Developer best practice is to keep the Formidable generated random key.

True

False

How many Software Portability types are there?

How many immutable SDLC principles are there to guide any software development lifecycle?

True or False? The BIGGEST MISTAKE any rookie developer can make when writing custom code for Formidable Forms is to reference data by their keys instead of ids.

True

False

What does the my Formidable Form/Field Keys Easy Display/Edit shortcode do?

It allows a developer to bulk edit form andd field keys in support of Software Portability

It fills a functionality gap that Formidable doesn't provide as an aide to developers.

It saves developers significant time and overhead when developing portable code

All of the above.

What costs more in terms of your business overhead, changing keys one at a time by yourself, or owning a tool that empowers you to do it in a fraction of the time so you can focus on bigger tasks?

Doing it myself one at a time

Owning a tool that empowers me

True or False? Developers opening their own Developer Digital store on Formidable Masterminds agree to an 80/20 split of the sales price with Formidable Masterminds where the developer keeps 80% and Formidable Masterminds keeps the 20% to cover business overhead.

True

False

True or False? The metadata design uses indexes for performance but does not include relationship connections between tables using primary keys, foreign keys, constraints, or cascades.

True

False

The philosophy behind the Toyota Production System is called...

Learn By Doing

Lean Development

Continuous Process Improvent

Kaizen

True or False? Each row in the frm_items table is a single form entry’s header

True

False

A Small or Midsize Business (SMB) is usually defined as an organization with (Select all that apply):

> 5,000 employees

< 50 employees

350 employees

1000 employees

The benefits of the Software Portability Model include:

increases user flexibility

increases app's potential user base

save developers time when moving new software across an environment

save developers overhead when moving new software across an environment

All of the above

None or some of the above

True or False? jQuery can interract with the HTML Document Object Model.

True

False

If I wanted to retrieve an id based on a view key, I would use...

FrmViewsDisplay::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmForm::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmField::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmEntry::get_id_by_key( $key )

True or False? Formidable stores a form's options in the frm_forms table as a serialized array in the options field.

True

False

True or False? A field's options are stored as a serialized array in the field_options field in the frm_fields table.

True

False

Which symbol is PHP’s Scope Resolution Operator?

With which WordPress core tables does Formidable regularly interract?

wp_posts and wp_postmeta

wp_user and wp_usermeta

wp_options

All of the above

None of the above

True or False? Developers can easily override an AUTO_INCREMENT primary key.

True

False

True or False? A developer can modify any field's default HTML template on the form's General Form Settings page..

True

False

True or False? Source code portability means that your custom code should work under any operating system.

True

False

Finish this sentence. "The WordPress/ Formidable Forms combination is..."

a proven enterprise level application development framework.

is not sufficient for building enterprise level apps.

is the best option for starter sites and only the smallest SMBs

is too uproven for me to believe they works so well together building complex bespoke solutions for business challenges.

If I wanted to retrieve an id based on an entry key, I would use...

FrmViewsDisplay::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmForm::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmField::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmEntry::get_id_by_key( $key )

If I wanted to retrieve an id based on a form key, I would use...

FrmViewsDisplay::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmForm::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmField::get_id_by_key( $key )

FrmEntry::get_id_by_key( $key )

The default character set and collation for WordPress are:

latin1 & latin1_swedish_ci

utf8 & utf8_general_ci

utf8mb4 & utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci

True or False? Software development a manufacturing process.

True

False

What website is known as the "Unofficial 3rd-party marketPlace for all things Formidable"?

Formidable Masterminds

True or False? Formidable's database tables are related with primary and foreign keys.

True

False

Finish this statement: "Quality Assurance is..."

a one-time process

a peer code review performed at the end of a sprint or development cycle

user acceptance testing

an ongoing process that begins at project inception and ends upon project sunset

True or False? A relational database is a way of structuring information in tables, rows, and columns, and has the ability to establish links—or relationships—between information by joining tables.

True

False

True or False? Application portability means that your WordPress/Formidables Form app should work in any WordPress environment.

True

False

Where can Formidable Forms developers sell their products Formidable based products through their own Digital Developer Store?

Formidable Masterminds

True or False? Custom code written for Formidable Forms projects won't work correctly when WordPress is hosed on a Microsoft IIS host.

True

False

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The Art & Soul of Software Portability Exam

The Art & Soul of Software Portability Exam