Questions

XPath is an expressions to select a xml node in an XML document.

It allows the navigation on the XML document to the straight to the element where we need to reach and access the attributes.

We know that, preceeded means to come before. 

Hence, the given sentence, preceded in death means that person had died before this person.

For example :: Rahul preceeded Ravi in death, means Rahul died before Ravi.

AutoSys is an automated job control system for scheduling, monitoring, and reporting. These jobs can reside on any AutoSys-configured machine that is attached to a network.

However, in real business, you need to fire jobs not just based on scheduled time, but also based on events (like an arrival of a file), and, based on the success or failure of other jobs. Autosys is a total job scheduling solution that allows you to define these events, dependencies, time schedules, alerts, etc, making it a complete data center automation tool.

ECHO.

In the bond formation of barium with oxygen, the valency electrons from the barium transferred to the oxygen and forms an ionic bond.