AJAX Interview Questions & Answers

1. What is Ajax?

Ajax is abbreviated as Asynchronous Javascript and XML. It is new

technique used to create better, faster and more interactive web systems
or applications. Ajax uses asynchronous data transfer between the
Browser and the web server.

This technique is used to make internet faster and user friendly. It is not
a programming language.

2. What are Ajax applications?

Browser based applications and platform independent applications are

used by Ajax.

3. How many types of triggers are present in update panel?

There are two types of triggers used in update panel:

 PostBackTrigger – This works as full postback and it cannot work

asynchronously
 AsyncPostBackTrigger – Partial post back asynchronously

4. What are all the controls of Ajax?

Following are the controls of Ajax:

 ScriptManager
 ScriptManagerProxy
 UpdatePanel
 UpdateProgress
 Timer

5. What is the name of the DLL that contains Ajax control tool kit?

Ajaxcontroltoolkit.dll is the DLL used for Ajax control tool kit and it can
be downloaded from the internet. It can be added in the tool box or
copied directly in the bin folder.

6. What role of #&& in querystring?

# is treated as fragment delimiter to delimit the history state and &&

precedes is used to check on the information in the query string.
7. How to control the duration of an Ajax request?

AsyncPostBackTimeout property is used to control the duration of Ajax

request. Deafult value of this property is 90 seconds.

Example –

1 <asp:ScriptManager runat=”server” id=”sample” AsyncPostBackTimeout=”40”/>

8. What are the advantages of Ajax?

Following are the advantages of Ajax:

 Bandwidth utilization – It saves memory when the data is fetched

from the same page.
 More interactive
 Speeder retrieval of data
9.  What are the disadvantages of Ajax?

Following are the disadvantages of Ajax:

1. AJAX is dependent on Javascript. If there is some Javascript

problem with the browser or in the OS, Ajax will not support
2. Ajax can be problematic in Search engines as it uses Javascript for
most of its parts.
3. Source code written in AJAX is easily human readable. There will be
some security issues in Ajax.
4.  Debugging is difficult
5.  Increases size of the requests
6.  Slow and unreliable network connection.
7. Problem with browser back button when using AJAX enabled pages.
10. What is update panel?

Update panel  is a server control used to update the specified portion of

a web page. Script Manager needs to be used whenever update panel is
used. Using update panel, user cannot handle outside controls.

11. Which are the two methods used for cross domain Ajax calls?
There are two methods used to transfer data between the two more more
security domains:

 CORS – Cross Origin Resource Sharing and it works with the HTTP
web browsers
 JSONP – JSON with Padding which works with the HTTP GET and on
legacy browsers
12. What are all the technologies used by Ajax?

AJAX uses following technologies:

 JavaScript
 XMLHttpRequest
 Document Object Model (DOM)
 Extensible HTML (XHTML)
 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
13. What are all the features of Ajax?

Following are the features of Ajax and they are as follows:

 Live data binding

 Client-side template rendering
 Declarative instantiation of client components
 Observer pattern on JavaScript objects and arrays
 Invoking ADO.NET data services and data contexts
 DataView control
14. What is JSON in Ajax?

JSON is abbreviated as JavaScript Object Notation.

JSON is a safe and reliable data interchange format in JavaScript, which

is easy to understand for both users and machines.

15. What are the difference between AJAX and Javascript?

The differences between AJAX and JavaScript are as follows:

AJAX Javascript

AJAX sends request to the server and does not wait for the
response. It performs other operations on the page during JavaScript make a request to the server and
that time response

AJAX does not require the page to refresh for downloading JavaScript manages and controls a Web pag
the whole page downloaded

AJAX minimizes the overload on the server since the script JavaScript posts a request that updates the
 needs to request once time

16. What are the components of the ASP.NET AJAX architecture?

There are two components of AJAX Architecture:

 AJAX client architecture

 AJAX server architecture
17. What are the extender controls?

The extender controls uses a block of JavaScript code to add new and
enhanced capabilities to ASP.NET.

18. What is AJAX Control Extender Toolkit?

AJAX Control Toolkit is one of the extenders that are used to extend or
add the functionalities of the ASP.NET controls. The extenders use a
block of JavaScript code to add new and enhanced capabilities to the
ASP.NET controls.

AJAX Control Extender Toolkit is a free download from site.

19. Where AJAX cannot be used?

Users cannot use AJAX if

 If Page need to show in a search engine

 If browser does not support JavaScript
 If user wants to create secure application
20. What are the pre-requisites to execute AJAX applications on a
server?

AJAX is a built-in functionality of .NET Framework 4.0 and AJAX

application can be executed by just installing Microsoft Visual Studio
2010. To use extenders in your applications, you are required to install
AJAX Control Toolkit and copy the AjaxControlToolkit.dll file to the Bin
directory of your application.

21. What is AJAX Framework?

ASP.NET AJAX is a free framework to implement Ajax in asp.net web

applications. It is used to quickly creating efficient and interactive Web
applications that work across all browsers.

22. How can you find out that an AJAX request has been completed?
ReadyState property is used to check whether AJAX request has been
completed. If the property is equal to four, then the request has been
completed and data is available.

23. Is javascript knowledge is required to do Ajax?

Yes, if you plan to develop new AJAX functionality for your web
application.

24. What are all the browsers support AJAX?

Following browsers support AJAX:

 Internet Explorer 5.0 and above

 Opera 7.6 and above
 Netscape 7.1 and above
 Safari 1.2 and above
25. How can you test the Ajax code?

JSUnit is the client side javascript code used as part of JUnit. JSUnit has
been used for Ajax code.

26. Is Ajax said to be a technology platform or is it an architectural

style?

Ajax supports both technology and as architectural style.

27. How can AJAX applications be debugged?

Two tools are used for debugging:

 Fiddler for IE
 Firebug for Mozilla.
28. How can we cancel the XMLHttpRequest in AJAX?

Abort() method can be called to cancel the XMLHttpRequest in Ajax.

29. Is AJAX code cross browser compatible?

No, it is supporting cross browser compatible. If the browsers supports

native XMLHttpRequest JavaScript object, then this can be used.

30. What is the name of object used for AJAX request?

XmlHttpRequest object is used for Ajax requests.

31. What is prerequisite for Update Panel in Ajax?

Script Manager is pre-requisite to use Update Panel controls.

32. How many update panel can be used per page?

There are no restrictions on the number of update panels per page.

33. What is Script Manager?

Script Manager helps manage the client side script of AJAX. Script
Manager acts as a mediator as AJAX depends on JavaScript. Every page
that uses AJAX has a Script Manager to enable AJAX libraries.

34. How Ajax objects can be created?

Following syntax can be used to create Ajax objects:

Var sample = New ajaxObject(‘path of the page’)

35. What are the protocols used by Ajax?

 HTTP’s GET or POST
 XMLHttpRequest for placing a request with the web server
 Uses JSON to communicate between the client and server
 UED or URL encoded data
36. What are all the security issues of Ajax?

Security issues that can be encountered

 When Ajax calls are sent through plain text and it may lead to know
the database details
 Inserting scripts can also be possible and attackers can easily
penetrate into the system
 37. How can we handle concurrent requests?

Javascript functions should be written to handle concurrent requests and

call back function can be passed as a parameter. Those parameters are
passed to AjaxInteraction(URL, callback) object.

38. Define the role of the Update Panel?

Update Panel is used to add functionality to the existing ASP.NET

applications. By using partial page rendering, it can be used to update the
content. Refresh can be made for the partial page instead of whole page.

39. Can we use nested update panel in Ajax?

Yes, we can use nested update panel in Ajax. Update panels can be
nested to have more control over the Page Refresh.

40. What are the types of post back in Ajax?

There are two types of post backs:

 Synchronous Postback
 Asynchronous Postback