CSS

Question 1

What are the 3 steps to using CSS with HTML?

Answer 1

1) select the element you want to style: p

2) specify the property you want to style:
background-color

3) set the style:
Red

Question 2

Each statement in CSS consists of…

Answer 2

location

property: style;

Question 3

Don’t organize each element separately. Try to group together all the common styles between elements. T or F

Answer 3

True

Question 4

How do you underline text?

Answer 4

text-decoration: underline ;

Question 5

How to make a horizontal line across the page?

Answer 5

border: bottom: 1 px solid black ;

Question 6

How do you connect to an external style sheet?

Answer 6

The “link” element

Question 7

Which rule is always used?

Answer 7

The most specific

Question 8

In general, which styles are inherited?

Answer 8

The ones that affect the way your text looks

Question 9

How do you write a comment in CSS?

Answer 9

Enclose it between / * and * /

Question 10

What are the two steps to creating a class?

Answer 10

1) add the element to the class by adding a class attribute to the element in the HTML i.e.
 < p class =" green tea " >
2) select that class in the CSS i.e. 
p . greentea  {
color:  green ;
}

Question 11

How do you make a CSS rule apply to all members of a class?

Answer 11

Leave out the element names and just put a period followed by a class name

Question 12

How do you determine the value of an element? Hint: three steps

Answer 12

1) do any selectors select it?
2) look at the elements parents (inheritance)
3) use the default value defined by the browser

Question 13

If you have multiple selectors that match this element and define the same property, this is a

Answer 13

Conflict

Question 14

If you have a conflict (elements with equal specificity), use the one that comes

Answer 14

Last

Question 15

Style sheets are what doc type?

Answer 15

.css

Question 16

How can you check the quality of your CSS?

Answer 16

CSS validator

Question 17

Name all the CSS style properties you can

Answer 17

top    text-align    letter-spacing    
background-color    color
don't-weight    left   border    
font-style     list-style    padding
line-height   font-size   
background-image

Question 18

What is a rule?

Answer 18

A simple statement in CSS consisting of a selector or selectors, along with one or more properties an values

Question 19

What specifies which elements the rule applies to?

Answer 19

Selector

Question 20

Property declarations end with a

Answer 20

Semi-colon

Question 21

All properties and values go between

Answer 21

Braces

Question 22

T or F? You have to use a style sheet to add style to a document.

Answer 22

F. You can use the style tag in HTML, however for sites with any complexity, you should link to an external style sheet

Question 23

Inherited properties are passed from parent to

Answer 23

Child

Question 24

How do you override inherited properties?

Answer 24

Write a more specific rule

Question 25

Use the class attribute to add elements to a

Answer 25

Class