HTML Review

Question 1

What does the Body element contain?

Answer 1

Everything inside this element is shown inside the main browser window.

Question 2

What does the Head element contain?

Answer 2

Meta data. Information about the page (title, meta, link)

Question 3

What is HTML and what does it stand for?

Answer 3

Hypertext Markup Language: HTML determines the structure of web pages.

Hypertext: text (often with embeds such as images, too) that is organized in order to connect related items

Markup: a style guide for typesetting anything to be printed in hardcopy or soft copy format
(Typesetting is the way that text is composed using individual types — the symbols, letters, and glyphs in digital systems.)

Language: a language that a computer system understands and uses to interpret commands.

Question 4

What is the purpose of a n html declaration?

Answer 4

To tell the browser which version of HTML the page is using (current version is HTML5)

Question 5

What is the purpose of HTML attributes?

Answer 5

to add information that configures or adjusts the behavior of elements

Question 6

What two attributes are needed for an img element?

Answer 6

src=”This tells the browser where it can find the image file”

alt=”Provides a text description of the image”

(title=”Adds a tool tip when the user hovers over the image”

Question 7

How many HTML headings are there and what is the syntax for each?

Answer 7

Six.

<h1></h1>

<h2></h2>

<h3></h3>

<h4></h4>

<h5></h5>

<h6></h6>

Question 8

Name some escape character examples:

Answer 8

(no spaces)

Accent on letter
&(letter)acute ;
&eaccute ; (the letter e will be accented)

Amersand
& amp ;
& #38 ;

Reg Trademark
& reg ;
& #174 :

Multiplication Sign
& times ;
& #215 ;