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

Within the HTML element

Question 4

What is the purpose of a !DOCTYPE declaration?

Answer 4

To declare which version of html the page is using

Question 5

Give five examples of HTML element tags.

Answer 5

h1 - h6, p, div, img, title, head, body, html

Question 6

What is the purpose of HTML attributes?

Answer 6

Attributes provide additional information about the contents of an element.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

' (apostrophe), &amp (ampersand), &copy (copyright), &reg (registered trademark), &*acute (acute accent above a letter)

Question 8

How do block-level elements affect the document flow?

Answer 8

They will always create/begin on a new line and will take up the entire width of the page, nothing will sit next to it.

Question 9

How do inline elements affect the document flow?

Answer 9

They will continue on the same line as neighboring elements.

Question 10

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

Answer 10

All block level elements inherit the width of their parent element by default; their height is the height of the content.

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Only as much as is necessary for the content.

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Ordered lists use numbers before each list item, while unordered lists use bullet points before each list item.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Lists are block elements

Question 14

What HTML tag is used to link to another website?

Answer 14

‘a’ or Anchor element with the href attribute (<a></a>)

Question 15

What is an absolute URL?

Answer 15

The full web address for the site you’re linking to in the href attribute.

Question 16

What is a relative URL?

Answer 16

A shorthand version of absolute URLs because you do not need to specify the domain name. Used when you are linking to other pages within the same site.

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Use ../ to indicate the folder above the current one, then follow it with the file name.

Question 18

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

Answer 18

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

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Use ../ ../ to indicate that you want to go up two folders (rather than one), then follow it with the file name.

Question 20

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

Answer 20

To link to a file in the same folder, just use the file name. (Nothing else is needed.)

Question 21

What is the purpose of an HTML form element?

Answer 21

HTML forms give you a set of elements to collect data from your users.

Question 22

Give five examples of form control elements.

Answer 22

Text input (single- or multi-line{comments box}), password input, radio button, checkbox, drop-down, submit buttons, image buttons, file upload

Question 23

Give three examples of “type” attributes for HTML “input” elements.

Answer 23

type=”text”, “password”, “radio”, “checkbox”, “file”, “submit”, ”image”, “hidden”

Question 24

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

Answer 24

“input” is an inline element

Question 25

What are the six primary HTML elements for creating tables?

Answer 25

table, thead, tr, th, tbody, td, tfoot

Question 26

What purpose do the “thead” and “tbody” elements serve?

Answer 26

thead and tbody help distinguish between the main content of the table and the first and last rows (which can contain different content)

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Calendars, stats, financial reports, TV schedules, sports results, etc.