XPath v1

Two kind of questions are typically asked in this exam:

Identify the node of an XML fragment from a given XPath expression.
Given an XML fragment and a node, select the correct XPath expression to get it.

Questions from any category below may include notions (but no trick) from other categories. For example, a question in the "expression" category may include basic location path elements.

XPath v2.0 is not covered in this exam.

	Released	Beta	Frozen
Location paths 6 questions Understand the syntax of XPath expressions. Use the following elements in XPath expressions: Axis specifiers: ancestor, ancestor-or-self, attribute, child, descendant, descendant-or-self, following, following-sibling, namespace, parent, preceding, preceding-sibling, self. This includes the "/", "//" and predicate "[..]" operators Abbreviated and expanded syntax.	2	29	7	Add a question Beta questions
Expressions 6 questions Use the following operators in XPath expressions: Union operator "\|". Boolean operators "and" and "or", and the function "not()" Arithmetic operators "+", "-", "*", "div" and "mod" Comparison operators "=", "!=", "<", ">", "<=", ">="	0	12	2	Add a question Beta questions
Core Functions 6 questions Use, in XPath expressions, functions that: Manipulate strings: concat(), substring(), contains(), substring-before(), substring-after(), translate(), normalize-space(), string-length() Manipulate numbers: sum(), round(), floor(), ceiling() Get properties of nodes: name(), local-name(), namespace-uri() Get information about the processing context: position(), last() Convert types: string(), number(), boolean()	0	22	4	Add a question Beta questions