Quiz Questions Flashcards
Where do you put non-visible content about the HTML document?
In the head element
Where do you put visible content about the HTML document?
In the body element
Where do the and tags go in a valid HTML document?
between the tags
What is the purpose of a declaration?
to let web browser know what version of HTML the page is written in
Give five examples of HTML element tags.
<p> </p>
<h1> <a></a></h1>
What is the purpose of HTML attributes?
to modify element type / provide functionality
Give an example of an HTML entity (escape character).
©
How do block-level elements affect the document flow?
contained by row, takes full width of page
How do inline elements affect the document flow?
contained within the element’s dimensions
What are the default width and height of a block-level element?
height is the element’s height, width is page width
What are the default width and height of an inline element?
width and height of the element
What is the difference between an ordered list and an unordered list in HTML?
OL is in order by ABC, 123, etc. and UO is bulleted list
Is an HTML list a block element or an inline element?
Block
What HTML tag is used to link to another website?
<a></a>
What is an absolute URL?
an address to a specific link on the web
What is a relative URL?
an address relative to the file currently in on local
How do you indicate the relative link to a parent directory?
”..”
How do you indicate the relative link to a child directory?
child folder name then file
How do you indicate the relative link to a grand parent directory?
../../
How do you indicate the relative link to the same directory?
file name
What is the purpose of an HTML form element?
to group all part of a single form (inputs, buttons, etc.) together
Give five examples of form control elements.
Give three examples of type attributes for HTML elements.
radio, checkbox, text
Is an HTML element a block element or an inline element?
inline
What are the six primary HTML elements for creating tables?
table, tr, td, thead, tbody, tfoot
What purpose do the thead and tbody elements serve?
separates between the head and body components of the table
Give two examples of data that would lend itself well to being displayed in a table.
grades, population distribution
What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?
rule set and declaration block
In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?
”.”
In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?
p{
In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?
”#”
Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.
keywords, RGB, hexadecimal
What CSS properties make up the box model?
border, margin, padding
Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?
margin
Which CSS property add space between a box’s content and its border?
padding
What is a pseudo-class?
a “subsidiary” of a class that depends on an action or state of that class
What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?
style changes depending on what happens to that class
Name at least two units of type size in CSS.
pixel, em, percentages
What CSS property controls the font used for the text inside an element?
font-family
What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?
order that CSS rules are written in stylesheet
How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?
inheritance
List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.
type, class, ID
Why is using !important considered bad practice?
makes debugging difficult and breaks natural cascading
What is the default flex-direction of a flex container?
row
What is the default flex-wrap of a flex container?
nowrap
Why do two div elements “vertically stack” on one another by default?
because they’re box elements
