Google Apps Script - Exercise Coding Projects - How to Convert Docs to PDF and Email as Attachments

Google Apps Script - Exercise Coding Projects - How to Convert Docs to PDF and Email as Attachments

Assessment

Interactive Video

Information Technology (IT), Architecture

University

Practice Problem

Hard

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The video tutorial demonstrates how to convert documents into PDFs using Google Apps Script. It covers creating a function to convert a document to a PDF, using the document's ID, and managing files and folders with Google Drive service. The tutorial explains converting files to BLOBs and creating PDFs from them, looping through files for batch conversion, and optimizing the process to directly convert files to PDFs without creating additional documents.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary goal of the task described in the video?

To rename DOC files

To delete all files in a folder

To convert DOC files to PDF format

To create new DOC files from PDFs

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which scripting language is used to automate the conversion of DOC files to PDFs?

Python

Google Apps Script

Ruby

JavaScript

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in creating a function to convert a DOC to a PDF?

Select the document by its name

Delete the original DOC file

Create a new PDF file

Select the document by its ID

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of creating a temporary document in the conversion process?

To rename the PDF file

To delete unnecessary files

To make a copy of the current file

To store the original DOC file

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you save lines of code when making a copy of a file?

By chaining methods together

By using a different programming language

By writing separate scripts

By using multiple functions

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What format is used to handle files before creating a PDF?

XML

JSON

BLOB

CSV

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What method is used to check if there are more files to process in a folder?

hasNext

isEmpty

nextFile

checkFiles

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