HTML

Question 1

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

Answer 1

in the head element

Question 2

Where do you put visible content (to the user) about the HTML document?

Answer 2

in the body element

Question 3

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

Answer 3

between the opening and closing tags of the html element

Question 4

What is the purpose of a doctype declaration?

Answer 4

instructs the web browser on which version of HTML to use when reading the code

Question 5

Five examples of HTML element types

Answer 5

a, b, strong, em, html, form, img

Question 6

What is the purpose of HTML attributes?

Answer 6

they provide additional information to an element’s content (e.g color)

Question 7

What is an example of an HTML entity?

Answer 7

an ampersand, caret, money symbols, copyright, trademark, symbols that are typically used in HTML code (less than/equal than), symbols not on the keyboard

Question 8

How do block-level elements affect the document flow?

Answer 8

Take up the entire width of the parent container; It creates a new line. other elements are pushed below or above it.

Question 9

How do inline elements affect the document flow?

Answer 9

They are able to exist on the same line as other inline elements; no new line is created

Question 10

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

Answer 10

The default width is the entire width of its parent element/container, the height is the height of the content (auto)

Question 11

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

Answer 11

The default width and heigh of an inline element is the width and height of its content (auto for both)

Question 12

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

Answer 12

An ordered list has an emphasis on the order of the listed items; it uses numbers to sequentially list the items.
An unordered list uses bullet points for the listed items; order of the items does not matter

Question 13

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

Answer 13

unordered list, ordered list, and list items are all block elements

Question 14

What HTML tag is used to link to another website?

Answer 14

anchor / a tag

Question 15

What is an absolute URL

Answer 15

takes you to an external page or domain ( another website URL), not in current webpage

Question 16

What is a relative URL?

Answer 16

takes you to another page found within the current domain (internal) - e.g. home page of a URL to the contact-us page

Question 17

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

Answer 17

../

Question 18

How do you indicate the relative link to a child directory

Answer 18

use a backslash

Question 19

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

Answer 19

../../

Question 20

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

Answer 20

point to the file directly (e.g. index.html)

Question 21

What is the purpose of an HTML form element?

Answer 21

To contain all the form controls in a singular block of code

Question 22

Give five examples of form control elements

Answer 22

input, option, textarea, select, label

Question 23

Three examples of type attribute for HTML input options

Answer 23

email, text, button, checkbox, radio

Question 24

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

Answer 24

block element (inline block element)

Question 25

what are the six primary elements used to create a table?

Answer 25

table, thead, th, tbody, tr, td

Question 26

What purpose do thead and tbody serve?

Answer 26

Helps partition out the code blocks, makes it easier to read

Question 27

two examples of data that would be displayed well in a table

Answer 27

data for research/studies, stock prices