HTML Quiz Questions

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Within the < head > element

Question 2

Where do you put visible content about the HTML document?

Answer 2

Within 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

Declaration of the document type, so the browser knows what to expect

Question 5

What is the purpose of HTML attributes?

Answer 5

Provide additional information/context about elements.

Question 6

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

Answer 6

©
‘
“

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Ordered lists are numbered (1, 2, 3, 4)

Unordered lists are bulleted

Question 8

What three HTML elements do you use to build a description list?

Answer 8

< dl >
< dt >
< dd >

Question 9

What is an absolute URL?

Answer 9

Links to a website (https)

Question 10

What is a relative URL?

Answer 10

Usually a local address, within the same machine such as images in a folder.

Question 11

What other ways can we use an anchor tag?

Answer 11

Navigating to a section on the same page

Question 12

How do you indicate the parent folder in a path?

Answer 12

”../”

Question 13

How do you indicate the child folder in a path?

Answer 13

“/child-folder/”

Question 14

How do you indicate the grand parent folder in a path?

Answer 14

”../../”

Question 15

How do you indicate the current folder in a path?

Answer 15

”./”

Question 16

What are the six primary HTML elements for creating tables?

Answer 16

< table >
< thead >
< tbody >
< th >
< tr >
< td >

Question 17

What purpose do the thead and tbody elements serve?

Answer 17

Defines the start of the table headers and the table body

Question 18

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

Answer 18

student names + grade

menu + prices

Question 19

Why are forms useful?

Answer 19

Ability to receive data from users

Question 20

What attribute do you have to match between a label and an input?

Answer 20

< label for = “same”

Question 21

What type of input allows you to select multiple items in a dropdown?

Answer 21

< select >

Question 22

What is the action of a form?

Answer 22

Defines where data will be sent

Question 23

What is the purpose of an HTML form element?

Answer 23

Defines a set of elements to collect data from users

Question 24

Give five examples of form control elements.

Answer 24

< form >
< input >
< select >
< option >
< button >
< label >
< datalist >

Question 25

Give three examples of type attributes for HTML < input > elements.

Answer 25

< input type=”text”, “radio”, “password”, “file”

Question 26

Why would we choose specific element types when we have elements such as div and span which can be used for anything?

Answer 26

To be more descriptive and to make it more intuitive to edit and style different elements

Question 27

What factors contribute to a well-designed HTML document?

Answer 27

Well organized/structured code.
Separation of concerns.
Proper use of elements for context and descriptions.