Chapter 1 Quiz

Question 1

What does HTML stand for?

Answer 1

Hypertext markup language

Question 2

What are two ways to create HTML?

Answer 2

use a web editor or hard coding

Question 3

What does hypertext mean?

Answer 3

you can jump from place to place by clicking on text

Question 4

What does markup mean?

Answer 4

Tags are placed in to tell the browser what to do

Question 5

What is the program that interprets and then displays HTML code?

Answer 5

the browser

Question 6

What do you need to create a web page?

Answer 6

Desire, text editor, browser

Question 7

What is the W3C?

Answer 7

World Wide Web Consortium; they recommend web standards.

Question 8

What is XHTML?

Answer 8

A mix of HTML and XML

Question 9

What extension is necessary when saving your HTML file in notepad?

Answer 9

.html

Question 10

What are tags?

Answer 10

They are enclosed in and tell the browser what to do

Question 11

Are tags case sensitive?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

What is the nesting rule for tags?

Answer 12

First in, last out

Question 13

What is an attribute?

Answer 13

It goes inside the tag and contains additional information

Question 14

An attribute value must always be enclosed in what?

Answer 14

quotes

Question 15

What is the basic structure of an HTML page?

Answer 15

HTML, head, body

Question 16

Where does the title go?

Answer 16

in the head

Question 17

What goes in the body?

Answer 17

the main content of the website

Question 18

Why do we put DOCTYPE in the code?

Answer 18

To show we are following the rules of coding.

Question 19

What does the browser do with white space in the html file?

Answer 19

ignores it

Question 20

How is the p tag different from the br tag?

Answer 20

p tag skips a whole line, while the <br></br> tag moves to the next line

Question 21

How do we make text bold and italics?

Answer 21

b for bold, i for italics

Question 22

What does the pre tag do for us?

Answer 22

allows for pre-formatted text in the browser

Question 23

Name 2 disadvantages of the pre tag.

Answer 23

• text is in different font

- text is going to be on a separate line

Question 24

What is the best way to create horizontal white space?

Answer 24

use the

Question 25

What is the practical use for using the &nbsp?

Answer 25

to indent a paragraph

Question 26

How many heading levels are there?

Answer 26

6

Question 27

What is the largest and smallest headings?

Answer 27

Largest=h1, smallest=h6

Question 28

How do all headings appear, regardless of size?

Answer 28

boldface

Question 29

What attribute and value would you use to align a heading to the right?

Answer 29

align=”right”

Question 30

The GIF image is best used for what type of image?

Answer 30

for animated images, or images with low quality

Question 31

The JPEG image format is best used for what type of image?

Answer 31

for high quality images with lots of color and details

Question 32

What tag allows us to add an image?

Answer 32

img

Question 33

What attribute of the img tag specifies the image file we want to appear?

Answer 33

src

Question 34

How do we include alternative text with our pictures?

Answer 34

alt=”text”

Question 35

State a reason we should include alternative text.

Answer 35

to show a caption, also required by law for American Disabilities Act so people with issues can see it.

Question 36

What attribute and value of the img tag do you use to wrap text around an image?

Answer 36

align=”middle”

Question 37

What do values top, bottom, and middle of the align attribute to?

Answer 37

A single line of text will appear with the image.

Question 38

Why is it recommended you use height and width attributes of the img tag?

Answer 38

You can make image to regular size or make it bigger or smaller to adjust it to the best size that fits the website.

Question 39

What can happen to an image when you resize it using HTML code?

Answer 39

it gets distorted.