Important JavaScript Interview Q&A

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Q1- What is a callback?

Callback functions are passed as arguments of other functions and they are normally executed at the end of the parent function.

For an example check this

Q2- What is CORS?

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing or CORS is a mechanism that uses additional HTTP headers to grant a browser permission to access resources from a server at an origin different from the website
origin.

An example of a cross-origin request is a web application served from http://myowndomain.com that uses AJAX to make a request for http://yourbaddomain.com.

Q3- Evaluate 0.1 + 0.2 === 0.3 ?

It evaluates to false because JavaScript uses the IEEE 754 standard for Math and it makes use of 64-bit floating numbers. This causes precision errors when doing decimal calculations, in short, due to computers working in Base 2 while decimal is Base 10.

0.1 + 0.2  
//OUTPUT
//0.30000000000000004

Q4- What is the difference between lexical scoping and dynamic scoping ?

Lexical scoping or Static scoping refers to when the location of a function's definition determines which variables you have access to. On the other hand, dynamic scoping uses the location of the function's invocation to determine which variables are available.
For better source code we often use Lexical scoping.

Q5- What is the difference between `undefined` and `null` ?

The major difference - null is explicit while undefined is implicit. Let's say we have a variable and we don't have a value associated with that, so that makes it undefined but null is set as the value to explicitly indicate “no value”. undefined is used when the nothing is "not" known, and null is used when the nothing is known.

Q6- Does JavaScript pass by value or by reference?

Pass by value always.However, with objects, the value is a reference to the object.

Q7- What is the output of the following code?

const a = [0, 1, 2]
const b = [0, 1, 2]
const c = "0,1,2"

console.log(a == c)
console.log(a == b)

TRUE - automatic type conversion
FALSE - Arrays are compared by reference

Q8- Are semicolons required in JavaScript?

Sometimes
Semicolons are usually optional in JavaScript but have edge cases where they are required.

If you don't use semicolons, tools like Prettier will insert semicolons for you in the places where they are required to save in a text editor to prevent errors.

Q9- What does the following code evaluate to?

typeof typeof 0

It evaluates to "string".
typeof 0 evaluates to number
and typeof "number" evalutes to string

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