HTML

Question 1

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

Answer 1

inside of the head element

Inside the meta tags

Question 2

Where do you put visible content about the HTML document?

Answer 2

Inside of the body element

Question 3

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

Answer 3

The head element goes between the html element and the opening body tag.

The body tag must be inside of the html element and follows the head element.

Question 4

What is the purpose of the DOCTYPE declaration?

Answer 4

It instructs the web browser on which version of HTML you are using. It ensures that the web page is parsed the same way by different web browsers.

Question 5

Give five examples of HTML element types:

Answer 5

html, head, title, body, h1-h6, a(link) , img,

Question 6

What is the purpose of HTML attributes?

Answer 6

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

copyright (©) , registered trademark (®) , cent (¢)

Question 8

How do block-level elements affect the document flow?

Answer 8

block-level elements begin on new lines, they always start on new lines and take up the full width available (stretches out to the left and right as far as it can).

examples: article, aside, div, header, footer, li, ol, ul, h1-h6, main, p, section

Question 9

How does inline elements affect the document flow?

Answer 9

only occupy the space bounded by the tags defining the element, instead of breaking the flow of the content. DOES NOT start on a new line, only takes up as much width as necessary.

examples: a, b, button, cite, i, em, strong, img, input, s, script, span, u, sub, sup

Question 10

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

Answer 10

the default height and width is the height and width of the content itself.

Question 11

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

Answer 11

the default height and width is the height and width of the content itself.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Ordered lists need to follow a specific order and will begin with a number. Unordered lists do not need to follow a specific order and begin with bullet points.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

block element

Question 14

What HTML tag is used to link to another website?

Answer 14

a element

Question 15

What is an absolute URL?

Answer 15

When you link to a different website, the href value will be the full website address. An absolute URL starts with the domain name for that site, and can be followed by the path to a specific page.

Question 16

What is a relative URL?

Answer 16

When you are linking to other pages WITHIN the same site. They use shorthand versions on absolute URLs because you DO NOT need to specify the domain name.

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Use the (../) to go 1 folder above the current one, then the file name

example: ../index.html

Question 18

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

Answer 18

use the name of the child directory(folder) followed by a forward slash (/), then file name.

example: music/listings.html

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Repeat the (../) two times to go up by 2 folders, then the file name.

example: ../../index.html

Question 20

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

Answer 20

just use the file name.

example: index.html

Question 21

What is the purpose of an HTML form element?

Answer 21

the form element represents a document section containing interactive controls for submitting information.

Question 22

Give five examples of form control elements:

Answer 22

text-input, password input, text-area, radio-buttons, checkboxes, drop-down boxes, submit buttons, image buttons, file upload

Question 23

Give three examples of type attribute values for HTML input elements:

Answer 23

type=”text” , type=” password” , type=”file” , type=”submit”

Question 24

Is an HTML input element 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 element, thead element, tbody element, th element, tr element, td element, tfooter element

Question 26

What purpose do the thead element and tbody elements serve?

Answer 26

The thead element defines a set of rows defining the head of the columns of the table.

The tbody element encapsulates a set of table rows (tr elements), indicating that they compromise 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

Sports statistics, Stock Market information, anything that can fit into an excel sheet.