Part 3 - HTML

Question 1

What is markup?

Answer 1

Markup is a way to indicate information about the content that is syntactically different from the content, and will not be displayed when the content it rendered

Question 2

What does an HTML element contain?

Answer 2

• Element name in angled brackets (tag)
• Content within the tag
• Elements may contain attributes

Question 3

Identify the element name, attribute and content in the following HTML element:
<a>Central Park</a>

Answer 3

• Element name: a
• Attribute: href=”http://www.centralpark.com”
• Content: Central Park

Question 4

What is an empty element?

Answer 4

An empty element does not contain any text content; instead, it is an instruction to the browser to do something.

Question 5

Is the following HTML line nested correctly? Explain.

<h1>Share Your <strong>Travels</strong></h1>

Answer 5

No. The closing <strong> tag should be nested within the header tag</strong>

Question 6

What is semantic markup?

Answer 6

Semantic markup focusses on the structure of the document, not the visual

Question 7

What are the advantages of using semantic markup?

Answer 7

• Maintainability
• Performance
• Accessibility
• Search Engine Optimisation

Question 8

What is the function of the following line?

Answer 8

Tells the browser what type of document it is about to process

Question 9

How many levels of heading does HTML allow?

Answer 9

6

Question 10

Shortly explain the use of the <p> and </p><div> tags</div>

Answer 10

• <p> tag is a container for text and other HTML elements
  
  </p>

- </p><div> also a container element and is used to create a logical grouping of content</div>

Question 11

How would you reference the parent directory in an HTML link?

Answer 11

<a></a>

Question 12

What HTML tag would you use to create a list that looks like the one below?

1. Webdev is not supposed to be on Friday
2. I have to write telecomms on Friday
3. Why is life like this?

Answer 12

<ol></ol>

Question 13

How would the tag <div class="story"> look in HTML5?</div>

Question 14

What is the purpose of in HTML5?

Answer 14

is meant to contain the main unique content of the document. Replaces the old <div></div>

Question 15

Explain the difference between GET and POST HTML requests

Answer 15

GET - All required data encoded in URL

POST - Info transferred from the browser client to the server in <strong>message body</strong> HTTP request