CSS

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Selector and Declaration block

Property and value

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Using a . followed by name of the class

Question 3

In CSS, how do you select elements by their tag name?

Answer 3

Writing out the name of the element

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Using a # followed by the name of the id

Question 5

What CSS properties make up the box model?

Answer 5

Border, Margin, Padding

Question 6

Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?

Answer 6

Margin

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Padding

Question 8

What is a pseudo-class?

Answer 8

A keyword added to a selector that specifies a special state of the selected element(s).

Just a class.

Question 9

What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?

Answer 9

Lets you apply a style of element in relation to the content as well as external factors

We use it because it’s easier to adjust and modify the code

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Font Family

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Row

Question 12

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

Answer 12

nowrap

Question 13

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

Answer 13

They are blocks by default

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Row

Question 15

What are the three primary components of a page layout? (Which helper classes do you need?)

Answer 15

Container, Row, Columns

Question 16

What is the minimum number of columns that you should put in a row?

Answer 16

At least one

Question 17

What is the purpose of a container?

Answer 17

The boundary to contain all your elements

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Static

Question 19

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

Answer 19

It has no effect on document flow

Question 20

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

Answer 20

It is put relative to where it would normally be.

Ex. Out of body experience

Question 21

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

Answer 21

It is taken out of the normal flow and no longer affects the position of other elements

Element no longer exists

Question 22

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

Answer 22

It is bounded by the nearest non static ancestor

Question 23

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

Question 24

What are the four box offset properties?

Answer 24

Top, Bottom, Left, Right

Question 25

Align-items is on which axis?

Answer 25

Cross Axis

Question 26

Justify-content is on which axis?

Answer 26

Main Axis

Question 27

What are the four components of "the Cascade".

Answer 27

Source order Inheritance Specificity Important

Question 28

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

Answer 28

The order a CSS rule is written in The style that is closer to the bottom will have more priority than the others

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Inheritance

Question 30

Why is using !important considered bad practice?

Answer 30

It messes with the specificity of the CSS and overrides everything else

Question 31

The transition property is shorthand for which four CSS properties?

Answer 31

Transition-property Transition-duration Transition-timing-function Transition-delay

Question 32

What does the transform property do?

Answer 32

Lets you rotate, scale, skew, or translate an element

Question 33

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

Answer 33

height or width

Question 34

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

Question 35

What is a breakpoint in responsive Web design?

Answer 35

Targeting the boundary lines where content starts to break instead of aiming for specific screen sizes

Question 36

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 36

Fixed means it will only change at that specific pixel while percentage will scale

Question 37

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 37

Source Order