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CSS Flashcards

1
Q

What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?

A

CSS rule contains two parts: a selector and a declaration

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2
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In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?

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The value that matches the one specified after the period symbol

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3
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In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?

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Matches element names

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In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?

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The value that matches the one specified after the pound symbol

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5
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Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.

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RGB values
Hex codes
Color names

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6
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What CSS properties make up the box model?

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Border, margin, and padding

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7
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Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?

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Margin

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8
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Which CSS property adds space between a box’s content and its border?

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Padding

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9
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What is a pseudo-class?

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Keyword added to a selector that specifies a special state of the selected

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10
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What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?

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Pseudo-classes let you apply a style to an element not only in relation to the content of the document tree but also in relation to external factors

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11
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Name at least two units of type size in CSS.

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px
%
em

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12
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What CSS property controls the font used for the text inside an element?

A

font-family

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13
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What is the default flex-direction of a flex container?

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row

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14
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What is the default flex-wrap of a flex container?

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nowrap: all flex items will be on one line

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15
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Why do two div elements “vertically stack” on one another by default?

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div element is a block-level element so it will take up the full width available

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16
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What is the default flex-direction of an element with display: flex?

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row

17
Q

What is the default value for the position property of HTML elements?

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Static

18
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How does setting position: relative to an element affect document flow?

A

does not change document flow; allows you to control where the element appears relative to where it originally should be

19
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How does setting position: relative on an element affect where it appears on the page?

A

does not change document flow; allows you to control where the element appears relative to where it originally should be

20
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How does setting position: absolute on an element affect document flow?

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takes it out of the document flow and moves the starting position of that document

21
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How does setting position: absolute on an element affect where it appears on the page?

A

takes it out of the document flow and moves the starting position of that document

22
Q

How do you constrain an absolutely positioned element to a containing block?

A

set the value of the position property to anything other than static for the containing block

23
Q

What are the four box offset properties?

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top, right, left, bottom

24
Q

What are the four components of “the Cascade”

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Source order, inheritance, specificity, !important

25
Q

What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?

A

order that your CSS rules are written in your stylesheet

26
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How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?

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Inheritance is the process by which certain CSS properties on a child HTML element can receive value from a parent element

27
Q

List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.

A

element, class, id

28
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Why is using !important considered bad practice?

A

!important makes debugging more difficult by breaking the natural cascading in your stylesheets

29
Q

What does the transform property do?

A

The transform CSS property lets you rotate, scale, skew, or translate an element
It modifies the coordinate space of the CSS visual formatting model

30
Q

The transition property is shorthand for which four CSS properties?

A

transition-property, transition-duration, transition-timing-function, and transition-delay

31
Q

Give two examples of media features that you can query in an @media rule.

A

min-width

orientation

32
Q

Which HTML meta tag is used in mobile-responsive web pages?

A

Viewport meta tag

33
Q

What is a breakpoint in responsive Web design?

A

The points at which a media query is introduced are known as breakpoints

34
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What is the advantage of using a percentage (e.g. 50%) width instead of a fixed (e.g. px) width for a “column” class in a responsive layout?

A

Responds relative to the screen size while pixel is an absolute unit

35
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If you introduce CSS rules for a smaller min-width after the styles for a larger min-width in your style sheet, the CSS rules for the smaller min-width will “win”. Why is that?

A

Because of the source order component of the cascade

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