CEC 430 Full Stack Web Development Technologies Resit 2026

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CEC 430: Second Semester Resit Examination, University of Buea, College of Technology, Course CEC430 Full Stack Web Development, Instructors Tchapga T. & Melingui M. PhD, July 2026: Section I Theory (30 marks) -- Part A, 8 multiple-choice questions on Node.js modules, platform support, React.js advantages, props, the Node events module, valid component return values, installing React, and Node's V8 engine; Part B, open questions on differences between React.js and Node.js, the MVC architecture and Model-View-Controller interaction, differences between frontend and backend development, HTTP status codes and the GET/POST/DELETE/PATCH methods, and the useState/useEffect React hooks illustrated with a Counter component. Section II Use Cases (40 marks): designing a full-stack Inventory Management System (React.js, Node.js/Express.js, MongoDB) covering the backend architecture diagram, a Mongoose Product schema, Express.js router registration and a GET-all route, a completed CRUD operation/HTTP-method/endpoint table with Express.js code for three CRUD operations, and integrating a Python/Flask/SQLAlchemy/pickle-based AI stock-out prediction model with an architecture diagram and a Flask route returning the prediction.