Question

Which is the function that calls another function after a time interval?

(a) setTimeout()

(b) setTime()

(c) callafter()

(d) timeSet()

This question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

This key question is from Animation topic in portion Caching, Debugging and Animation of JavaScript

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) setTimeout()

Explanation: The setTimeout(function, duration) calls function after duration milliseconds from now. setInterval(function, milliseconds) is same as setTimeout(), but repeats the execution of the function continuously.