css cascade

Question 1

What are the four components of “the Cascade”?

Answer 1

LOWEST
- Inheritance
- Source Order
- Specificity
- Important
HIGHEST

Question 2

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

Answer 2

The order that the rulesets are declared. Last declared taking precedence.

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Inheritance. They are inherited from their parents.

Question 4

List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.

Answer 4

Element > Class > ID

Question 5

Why is using !important considered bad practice?

Answer 5

• No logic
• You would have to repeat this for every instance
• Hard to override