CSS

Question 1

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

Answer 1

element selector
declaration code block
property and value pair

Question 2

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

Answer 2

.class

Question 3

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

Answer 3

state the element name

Question 4

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

Answer 4

#

Question 5

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

Answer 5

color key word
rbg
hexcode

Question 6

What CSS properties make up the box model?

Answer 6

margin
padding
border
width
height

Question 7

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

Answer 7

padding

Question 8

Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?

Answer 8

margin property

Question 9

What is a pseudo-class?

Answer 9

a class that allows you to change the appearance of an element when the user is interacting with them

Question 10

What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?

Answer 10

applies to very specific html classes

simplifies actions and events in css

Question 11

Name at least two units of type size in CSS.

Answer 11

pixels

rems

Question 12

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

Answer 12

font-family

Question 13

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

Answer 13

row

Question 14

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

Answer 14

no wrap

Question 15

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

Answer 15

block level elements

Question 16

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

Answer 16

left to right, row

Question 17

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

Answer 17

static

Question 18

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

Answer 18

not much change. least amount of change

Question 19

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

Answer 19

it will move relative to its original position. but at first it will not move

Question 20

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

Answer 20

it is removed from the document flow

Question 21

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

Answer 21

gets positioned within the nearest non static ancestor element

Question 22

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

Answer 22

set the parent element to relative or make it non static

Question 23

What are the four box offset properties?

Answer 23

top
left
bottom
right

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 in which you put your css rules. lower rules will supersede rules in the earlier portion of your document

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

inheritance

Question 27

List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.

Answer 27

type - (e.g., h1) and pseudo-elements (e.g., ::before).
class - (e.g., .example), attributes selectors (e.g., [type=”radio”]) and pseudo-classes (e.g., :hover).
id - (e.g., #example).

Question 28

Why is using !important considered bad practice?

Answer 28

there is nothing able to supersede it except using javascript

Question 29

What does the transform property do?

Answer 29

it lets you change the visual element of the image on the page

Question 30

Give four examples of CSS transform functions.

Answer 30

rotate
scale
matrix
translate

Question 31

The transition property is shorthand for which four CSS properties?

Answer 31

shorthand property for transition-property, transition-duration, transition-timing-function, and transition-delay.

Question 32

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

Answer 32

min-width and max-width

Question 33

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

Answer 33

meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1”