CSS

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Selector{Declaration Block}

Property: Value;

Question 2

In CSS, how do you select elements by theirclassattribute?

Answer 2

.class-name

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Name of the element

Question 4

In CSS, how do you select an element by itsidattribute?

Answer 4

id-name

Question 5

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

Answer 5

• Rgba
• Hex Codes
• Color Names

Question 6

What CSS properties make up the box model?

Answer 6

Padding, Margin, Border

Question 7

Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?

Answer 7

Margin

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Padding

Question 9

What is a pseudo-class?

Answer 9

Class applied to an element under a specific circumstance

Question 10

What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?

Answer 10

Applying styling based on user actions

Question 11

Name at least two units of type size in CSS.

Answer 11

Pixels, percentages, em, rem

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Font-family

Question 13

What is the defaultflex-directionof aflexcontainer?

Answer 13

flex-direction: row;

Question 14

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

Answer 14

nowrap;

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Div elements are block elements

Question 16

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

Answer 16

flex-start

Question 17

What is thedefaultvalue for thepositionproperty of HTML elements?

Answer 17

Static

Question 18

How does settingposition: relativeon an element affect document flow?

Answer 18

Doesn’t affect document flow. Relative keeps it in place. Then you can edit with position

Question 19

How does settingposition: relativeon an element affect where it appears on the page?

Answer 19

Doesn’t affect it initially. Afterwards, you can use position elements such as top, right, bottom left to push

Question 20

How does settingposition: absoluteon an element affect document flow?

Answer 20

Removes from the document flow of its parent container.

Question 21

How does settingposition: absoluteon an element affect where it appears on the page?

Answer 21

The beginning of the document flow, usually top left.

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Absolute positioned elements can get constrained to the edge of the next ancestor block.

Question 23

What are the four box offset properties?

Answer 23

Top, right, bottom, left

Question 24

What are the four components of “the Cascade”.

Answer 24

Source Order, Inheritance, Specificity, !important

Question 25

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

Answer 25

The order that your CSS rules are written in your stylesheet. Last ruleset will ultimately take affect.

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Some CSS properties get inherited. Most common are font colors and styles.

Question 27

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

Answer 27

1) Type Selectors and Pseudo-Elements 2) Class Selectors and Pseudo-Classes 3) ID Selectors

Question 28

Why is using !important considered bad practice?

Answer 28

Overrides any other declaration. It is a bad practice because debugging becomes more difficult because it breaks the natural cascade of stylesheets. -Also, the value goes at the end of property

Question 29

List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.

Answer 29

1. Type selector and pseudo-elements 2. Class selectors and pseudo-classes 3. ID selectors (most)

Question 30

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

Answer 30

- width and height | - min-width is the most commonly used media feature

Question 31

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

Answer 31

viewport meta tag

Question 32

What is a breakpoint in responsive Web design?

Answer 32

Point at which a websites content and design will change properties. Usually based on a viewport

Question 33

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?

Answer 33

- % changes based on how the screen changes. Fixed values, are not as responsive. - % changes rely on the outside div container max-width.

Question 34

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?

Answer 34

Cascading Styles. Source Order. Last ruleset will take place

Question 35

What does the transform property do?

Answer 35

Allows you to rotate, scale, sckew or translate an element. Modifies the coordinate space of the CSS visual formatting model.

Question 36

Give four examples of CSS transform functions.

Answer 36

translate(), scale, rotate, skew are most commonly used.