HTML

Question 1

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

Answer 1

head element

Question 2

Where do you put visible content about the HTML document?

Answer 2

body element

Question 3

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

Answer 3

head goes at the top, body goes after head

Question 4

What is the purpose of a !DOCTYPE declaration?

Answer 4

!DOCTYPE tells the browser which version of HTML the page is using

Question 5

Give 5 Examples of HTML element tags

Answer 5

p
body
head
h1
title

Question 6

What is the purpose of HTML attributes?

Answer 6

they provide additional info about the contents of an element

Question 7

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

Answer 7

copyright: &copy
registered: &reg
ampersand: &amp
needs to end with a semicolon

Question 8

How do block-level elements affect the document flow?

Answer 8

Will always appear on a new line

Take the entire width

Question 9

How do inline elements affect the document flow?

Answer 9

Will always appear to continue the same line

Only take as much space as they need to

Question 10

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

Answer 10

width is 100% (the full width)

height is equal to the height of its contents

Question 11

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

Answer 11

only takes up as much width as necessary

inherits the height from content that surrounds

Question 12

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

Answer 12

ordered lists show as numbers

unordered lists show as 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

the anchor tag

Question 15

What is an absolute URL?

Answer 15

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

links to other pages within the same site

shorthand version of absolute URLS when you don’t need to specify the domain name

Question 17

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

Answer 17

../ to indicate the folder above the current one
then follow with the file name
a href=”../index.html”

Question 18

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

Answer 18

use the name of the child folder, followers by a forward slash, then the file name
a href=”music/listings.html”

Question 19

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

Answer 19

../../
repeat the ../ to indicate you want to go up two folders then follow with file name
a href=”../../index.html

Question 20

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

Answer 20

just the file name - nothing else is needed

a href=”reviews.html”

Question 21

What is the purpose of an HTML form element?

Answer 21

allows you to collect info from visitors to your site

Question 22

Give 5 examples of form control elements.

Answer 22

input
label
select
textarea
button

Question 23

Give 3 examples of type attributes for HTML input elements.

Answer 23

1. radio
2. checkbox
3. password

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Inline

Question 25

What are the six primary HTML elements for creating tables?

Answer 25

table
tr
td
th
tbody
thead

Question 26

What purpose do tbody and thead elements serve?

Answer 26

help distinguish between the main content of the table and the first and last rows (which can contain different content)
Browsers will usually put text in bold

Question 27

Give Two Examples of data that would lend itself well to being displayed in a table

Answer 27

tv schedules

sports results