HTML

Question 1

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

Answer 1

in the head element

Question 2

Where do you put visible content 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

in the html element (in between the html element tags)

Question 4

What is the purpose of a doctype declaration?

Answer 4

it is to tell the browser what version of HTML the page is using

Question 5

Give five examples of HTML element types.

Answer 5

html, h1-h6, title, body, div

Question 6

What is the purpose of HTML attributes?

Answer 6

to add more information about that specific element, to group certain elements together in order to style them later with CSS

Question 7

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

Answer 7

to write < in html, you would use “&li;” (w/o quotation marks)
to write & in html, you would use “&” (w/o quotation marks)
*format is: (ampersand symbol)(whatever abbreviation used for that symbol/character)(semicolon)

Question 8

How do block-level elements affect the document flow?

Answer 8

they take up the entire width of the page (do not share space with other elements)

Question 9

How do inline elements affect the document flow?

Answer 9

they take up only as much space as needed on the page (shares space with other elements)

Question 10

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

Answer 10

default width is entire width of page

default height is height of content

Question 11

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

Answer 11

default width is just the amount needed on page

default height is the height of content

Question 12

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

Answer 12

ordered list is numbered by default (has an order/sequential)
unordered list has bullet points by default (doesnt have an order)
*can modify numbers and bullet pts with css later on

Question 13

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

Answer 13

ul, ol elements are block elements

li element is a block element

Question 14

What HTML tag is used to link to another website?

Answer 14

anchor element (a)

Question 15

What is an absolute URL?

Answer 15

has entire domain name

links to external websites/links

Question 16

What is a relative URL?

Answer 16

no need to write domain name

links to areas within same website

Question 17

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

Answer 17

../file name

Question 18

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

Answer 18

child directory name/file name

Question 19

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

Answer 19

../../file name

Question 20

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

Answer 20

file name

Question 21

What is the purpose of an HTML form element?

Answer 21

sets up a boundary for a section a user is able to interact with (add data/information)

Question 22

Give five examples of form control elements.

Answer 22

option, input, select, button, text area

Question 23

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

Answer 23

text, radio, submit, password

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, thead, tbody, th, tr, td

Question 26

What purpose do the thead and tbody elements serve?

Answer 26

thead for the head/header content
tbody for the body content

(are grouping agents essentially)

Question 27

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

Answer 27

stock reports, grades, sports results, train timetables