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diff --git a/doc/html/Tutor/questions.html b/doc/html/Tutor/questions.html index 26153f3..92d9d36 100644 --- a/doc/html/Tutor/questions.html +++ b/doc/html/Tutor/questions.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <HTML><HEAD> -<TITLE>HDF5 Tutorial - Introductory Topics Questions +<TITLE>HDF5 Tutorial - Introductory Topics Quiz </TITLE> </HEAD> @@ -13,106 +13,125 @@ width=78 height=27 alt="NCSA"><P></A> [ <A HREF="title.html"><I>HDF5 Tutorial Top</I></A> ] <H1> -<BIG><BIG><BIG><FONT COLOR="#c101cd">Introductory Topics Questions</FONT> +<BIG><BIG><BIG><FONT COLOR="#c101cd">Introductory Topics Quiz</FONT> </BIG></BIG></BIG></H1> <hr noshade size=1> -<PRE> -Section 2: HDF File Organization -================================ +<h3>Section 2: HDF File Organization</h3> -1. Name and describe the two primary objects that can be stored in an HDF5 - file: +<ol> +<li>Name and describe the two primary objects that can be stored in an HDF5 + file. -2. What is an attribute? +<p> +<li>What is an attribute? -3. Give the path name for an object called "harry" that is a member of a - group called "dick," which in turn is a member of the root group. +<p> +<li>Give the path name for an object called <code>harry</code> that is a member of a + group called <code>dick</code>, which, in turn, is a member of the root group. +</ol> -Section 3: The HDF5 API -======================= +<h3>Section 3: The HDF5 API</h3> -Describe the purpose of each of the following HDF5 APIs: +<ol> +<li>Describe the purpose of each of the following HDF5 APIs: + <dir> + H5A, H5D, H5E, H5F, H5G, H5T, H5Z + </dir> +</ol> -H5A, H5D, H5E, F5F, H5G, H5T, H5Z +<h3>Section 4: Creating an HDF5 File</h3> +<ol> +<li>What two HDF5 routines must be called to create an HDF5 file? -Section 4: Creating an HDF File -=============================== +<p> +<li>What include file must be included in any file that uses the HDF5 library? -1. What two HDF5 routines must be called in order to create an HDF5 file? +<p> +<li>An HDF5 file is never completely empty because as soon as it is created, + it automatically contains a certain primary object. What is that object? +</ol> -2. What include file must be included in any file that uses the HDF5 library. -3. An HDF5 file is never completely empty because as soon as an HDF5 file - is created, it automatically contains a certain primary object. What is - that object? +<h3>Section 5: Creating a Dataset</h3> +<ol> +<li>Name and describe two major datatype categories. +<p> +<li>List the HDF5 atomic datatypes. Give an example of a predefined datatype. -Section 5: Creating a Dataset -============================= +<p> +<li>What does the dataspace describe? What are the major characteristics of + the simple dataspace? -1. Name and describe two major datatype categories. +<p> +<li>What information needs to be passed to the <code>H5Dcreate</code> + function, i.e., what information is needed to describe a dataset at + creation time? +</ol> -2. List the HDF5 atomic datatypes. Give an example of a predefined datatype. -3. What does the dataspace describe? What are the major characteristics of the - simple dataspace? +<h3>Section 6: Reading from and Writing to a Dataset</h3> -4. What information needs to be passed to the H5Dcreate function, i.e. - what information is needed to describe a dataset at creation time? - - -Section 6: Reading from/Writing to a Dataset -============================================ - -1. What are six pieces of information which need to be specified for +<ol> +<li>What are six pieces of information which need to be specified for reading and writing a dataset? -2. Why are both the memory dataspace and file dataspace needed for - read/write operations, but only the memory datatype is specified for the - datatype? +<p> +<li>Why are both the memory dataspace and file dataspace needed for + read/write operations, while only the memory datatype is required? -3. What does the line DATASPACE { SIMPLE (4 , 6 ) / ( 4 , 6 ) } in Fig 6.1 - means? +<p> +<li>What does the line + <br> + <code>DATASPACE { SIMPLE (4 , 6 ) / ( 4 , 6 ) } </code> + <br>in Figure 6.1 mean? +</ol> -Section 7: Creating an Attribute -================================ +<h3>Section 7: Creating an Attribute</h3> -1. What is an attribute? +<ol> +<li>What is an attribute? -2. Can partial I/O operations be performed on attributes? +<p> +<li>Can partial I/O operations be performed on attributes? +</ol> -Section 8: Creating a Group -=========================== +<h3>Section 8: Creating a Group</h3> -What are the two primary objects that can be included in -a group? +<ol> +<li>What are the two primary objects that can be included in a group? +</ol> -Section 9: Creating Groups using Absolute/Relative Names -======================================================== +<h3>Section 9: Creating Groups Using Absolute and Relative Names</h3> -1. Group names can be specified in two "ways". What are these - two types of group names that you can specify? +<ol> +<li>Group names can be specified in two ways. What are these two types + of group names? -2. You have a dataset named "moo" in the group "boo", which is - in the group "foo", which in turn, is in the root group. How would - you specify an absolute name to access this dataset? +<p> +<li>You have a dataset named <code>moo</code> in the group <code>boo</code>, which is + in the group <code>foo</code>, which, in turn, is in the root group. + How would you specify an absolute name to access this dataset? +</ol> -Section 10: Creating Datasets in Groups -======================================= +<h3>Section 10: Creating Datasets in Groups</h3> -Describe a way to access the dataset "moo" described in the previous section -(Section 9, question 2), using a relative and absolute pathname. +<ol> +<li>Describe a way to access the dataset <code>moo</code> described in the +previous section (Section 9, question 2) using a relative name. +Describe a way to access the same dataset using an absolute name. +</ol> </PRE> <!-- BEGIN FOOTER INFO --> @@ -129,7 +148,9 @@ Describe a way to access the dataset "moo" described in the previous section <!-- <A HREF="helpdesk.mail.html"> --> <A HREF="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu"> hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu</A> -<BR> <H6>Last Modified: August 2, 1999</H6><BR> +<br> +Describes HDF5 Release 1.2.2, June 2000 +<BR> <H6>Last Modified: January 13, 2000</H6><BR> <!-- modified by Barbara Jones - bljones@ncsa.uiuc.edu --> </FONT> <BR> |