HTML

Question 1

Where do you put non-visible content about the HTML document?

Answer 1

In between the opening & closing head tag.

Question 2

Where do you put visible content about the HTML document?

Answer 2

In between the opening & closing body tag.

Question 3

Where do the head and body tags go in a valid HTML document?

Answer 3

Inside the html tag. Head tag goes first, then body tag.

Question 4

What is the purpose of a declaration?

Answer 4

Its sole purpose is to prevent a browser from switching into so-called “quirks mode” when rendering a document.

In quirks mode, layout emulates nonstandard behavior in Navigator 4 and Internet Explorer 5.

Question 5

Give five examples of HTML element types.

Answer 5

body element, head element, div element, p element & h1 element.

Question 6

What is the purpose of HTML attributes?

Answer 6

Attributes are additional values that configure the elements or adjust their behavior in various ways to meet the criteria the users want.

Question 7

Give an example of an HTML entity (escape character).

Answer 7

© (This is the copyright sign).

Question 8

How do block-level elements affect the document flow?

Answer 8

Block-Level elements always take up the whole line & will also appear to start on a new line on the browser window.

Question 9

How do inline elements affect the document flow?

Answer 9

Unlike block-level elements, inlines do not start on a new line and stay on their same line as their neighboring elements.

Question 10

What is the default width and height of a block-level element?

Answer 10

A block-level element occupies the entire horizontal space of its parent element (container), and vertical space equal to the height of its contents (aka auto), thereby creating a “block”.

Question 11

What is the default width and height of an inline element?

Answer 11

An inline element does not start on a new line and only takes up as much width as necessary. The vertical space equal to the height of its contents, aka “auto”.

Question 12

What is the difference between an ordered list and an unordered list in HTML?

Answer 12

An ordered list is numbered whereas an unordered list uses bullets.

Question 13

Is an HTML list a block element or an inline element?

Answer 13

An HTML list is a block element.

Question 14

What HTML tag is used to link to another website?

Answer 14

The anchor tag.

Question 15

What is an absolute URL?

Answer 15

When you link to a different website, the value of the href attribute will be the full web address, showing the domain aka the “absolute URL”.

Question 16

What is a relative URL?

Answer 16

When you are linking to other pages within the same site, you don’t need to specify the domain name in the URL. You can use a shorthand known aka a “relative URL”.

Question 17

How do you indicate the relative link to a parent directory?

Answer 17

../

This indicates the folder above your current one.

Question 18

How do you indicate the relative link to a child directory?

Answer 18

Name the child folder, followed by a forward slash, then the name of the file.

Question 19

How do you indicate the relative link to a grand parent directory?

Answer 19

../../

This is basically parent of the parent folder, aka “grand parent” directory.

Question 20

How do you indicate the relative link to the same directory?

Answer 20

Just write the name of the file!

Question 21

What is the purpose of an HTMLformelement?

Answer 21

An HTML form is usedto collect user input. The user input is most often sent to a server for processing.

Question 22

Give five examples of form control elements.

Answer 22

Button, Input, TextArea, Select & Fieldset.

Question 23

Give three examples oftypeattribute values for HTMLinputelements.

Answer 23

Button, Checkbox, Date, File, Password, & Radio.

Question 24

Is an HTMLinputelement a block element or an inline element?

Answer 24

Inline element.

Question 25

What are the six primary HTML elements for creating tables?

Answer 25

table, tr, td, th, thead, & tbody element.

Question 26

What purpose do thetheadandtbodyelements serve?

Answer 26

They are there to better distinguish between the different contents of a table.
Thead element should only hold the headings of the table.
Tbody element should only hold the body of the table.

Question 27

Give two examples of data that would lend itself well to being displayed in a table.

Answer 27

Test scores, multiplication chart, calendars.