Structures And Links (Web Based)

Question 1

What is a homepage?

Answer 1

The first page on a website - it will include an introduction and links to all other pages on that website

Question 2

Explain the difference between a linear and hierarchical structure

Answer 2

Linear - Pages must be accessed in specific order

Horizontal - Pages can be accessed in random order

Question 3

What is a multi level structure?

Answer 3

Several levels in a hierarchical structure which can be navigated between

Question 4

Why are breadcrumbs useful in multi level navigation structures?

Answer 4

Assists navigation by showing the user where heir current page sits within a multi level structure
Allows for easy navigation to pages never visited previously easily

Question 5

What is contained in the head tag?

Answer 5

The head tag can contain metadata which describes a document and its contents

Question 6

Where would you find the title tag?

Answer 6

Within the head tag - It contains the title that will appear in the top right of web pages

Question 7

What does the body tag include?

Answer 7

Anything to be displayed on the webpage. Images videos etc.

Question 8

Name three advantages of using a style sheet in a website

Answer 8

Multiple webpages can have the same style sheet
Format pages identically from 1 file
Multiple CSS rules/style sheets can be attached to HTML files for different media (Screen,print)

Question 9

Where does a selector go in a CSS rule?

Answer 9

At the beginning to identify what parts of the HTML page the rule will be applied to

Question 10

What is metadata?

Answer 10

Data which describes other data - on a webpage this is used to describe the contents of the webpage, author, date created, link to style sheet, software used etc

Question 11

Why should webpages use metadata and meta tags?

Answer 11

In order to improve search engine ranking as meta tags are are keywords picked up by search engines

Question 12

Where would you find metadata?

Answer 12

In the head section

Question 13

What is keyword stuffing?

Answer 13

When companies add irrelevant words to the website meta tags which are popular in searches in order to improve search engine results

Question 14

Why is it more accurate to create metadata manually instead of automatically?

Answer 14

Users have a say - and so reflects the websites content

Automatic usually only contains simple details and may not reflect content of that website

Question 15

Why might some companies choose to manipulate their webpages metadata?

Answer 15

In order to improve search engine ranking and hence more visitors to their website

Question 16

The difference between a static and a dynamic webpage is

Answer 16

A static webpages content stays the same all the time where as a dynamic webpage will alter its contents based on the conditions e.g Updating bank account details

Question 17

How does a database driven website allow webpages to be dynamic?

Answer 17

Every time data in the database is changed - the linked webpage will change its data accordingly
This prevents the need for users to manually edit the webpage - as this would be time consuming considering this may involve a large bank who will have to update bank balances multiple times daily

Question 18

An interactive website is one which contains;

Answer 18

Anything which allows the user to become involved such as clicking buttons, playing quizzes etc.

Question 19

Cascading Style Sheets consist of

Answer 19

A selector followed by attributes with values

Question 20

The metadata for a webpage could contain;

Answer 20

Information for search engines
The date created
The author

Question 21

Dynamic webpages have data which

Answer 21

Changes every time it is loaded

Question 22

Interactive websites are a way of

Answer 22

Involving the user on a webpage and encouraging them to spend time on the website

Question 23

Meta Tags can include

Answer 23

Keywords that are picked up by search engines

Question 24

Explain the difference between a website and a webpage

Answer 24

A website is a collection of webpages grouped together and the webpage is a single page on its own

Question 25

Which navigation structure would be difficult to use with a website containing a large number of pages and why?

Answer 25

Web navigation because each page would be linked to all other pages
Limits usefulness to sites requiring a small number of pages

Question 26

What does CSS stand for?

Answer 26

Cascading Style Sheets

Question 27

What does HTML stand for?

Answer 27

Hypertext Markup Language

Question 28

What is the structure of a HTML page like?

Answer 28

Made up of two sections known as the head section and the body section

Question 29

Where are meta tags placed within a web page?

Answer 29

Head section

Question 30

What is a cascading style sheet?

Answer 30

Allows a user to quickly make changes to font size, borders, table styles etc across an entire website

Question 31

What must the entire source code and text of a web page be enclosed by?

Answer 31

Beginning -

End -

Question 32

What are meta tags?

Answer 32

Special HTML tags placed in the head section of a webpage

Do not provide information about how to display a web page

Question 33

Give an example of a dynamic web page

Answer 33

A database driven web page

Question 34

What is a database driven website?

Answer 34

A web page that grabs information from a database and inserts that information into the web page each time it is loaded