CSS Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements

Question 1

what is a css pseudo-class

Answer 1

a keyword added to selectors that specifies a special state of the element to be selected

Question 2

what is a css pseudo-element

Answer 2

a keyword added to selectors that allow you to style certain parts of a document

Question 3

what are css pseudo-classes preceded by

Answer 3

a colon (:)

Question 4

what are css pseudo-elements preceded by

Answer 4

two colon (::)

Question 5

how are pseudo-classes applied

Answer 5

as a result of user interaction with the document

Question 6

css pseudo-class: link

Answer 6

selects any link which has not yet been visited

Question 7

css pseudo-class: visited

Answer 7

lets you select only links that have been visited

Question 8

css pseudo-class: hover

Answer 8

matches when the user designates an element with a pointing device, but does not necessarily activate it

Question 9

css pseudo-class: active

Answer 9

matches when an element is being activated by the user

Question 10

css pseudo-element: first-line

Answer 10

applies styles only to the first line of an element

Question 11

css pseudo-element: first-letter

Answer 11

selects the first letter of the first line of a block