CSS

Question 1

What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?

Answer 1

Selector {
Property: Value
}

Question 2

In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?

Answer 2

.classname

Question 3

In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?

Answer 3

element name

Question 4

In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?

Answer 4

idname

Question 5

Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.

Answer 5

Hexcode, RGB, RGBA, Color name

Question 6

What CSS properties make up the box model?

Answer 6

Border Margin Padding

Question 7

Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?

Answer 7

Margin

Question 8

Which CSS property add space between a box’s content and its border?

Answer 8

Padding

Question 9

What is a pseudo-class?

Answer 9

Specifies a special state of an element

Question 10

What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?

Answer 10

To be more direct and efficient

Question 11

Name at least two units of type size in CSS.

Answer 11

px em rem

Question 12

What CSS property controls the font used for the text inside an element?

Answer 12

Font Family

Question 13

What is the default flex-direction of a flex container?

Answer 13

Row

Question 14

What is the default flex-wrap of a flex container?

Answer 14

No wrap

Question 15

Why do two div elements “vertically stack” on one another by default?

Answer 15

They’re block elements

Question 16

What is the default flex-direction of an element with display: flex?

Answer 16

Row

Question 17

What is the default value for the position property of HTML elements?

Answer 17

Static

Question 18

How does setting position: relative on an element affect document flow?

Answer 18

Does not affect document flow

Question 19

How does setting position: relative on an element affect where it appears on the page?

Answer 19

” “

Question 20

How does setting position: absolute on an element affect document flow?

Answer 20

It is removed from the document flow entirely

Question 21

How does setting position: absolute on an element affect where it appears on the page?

Answer 21

” “

Question 22

How do you constrain an absolutely positioned element to a containing block?

Answer 22

Position relative

Question 23

What are the four box offset properties?

Answer 23

Top, Bottom, Left and Right

Question 24

What are the four components of “the Cascade”

Answer 24

Source Order, Inheritance Specificity Important

Question 25

What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?

Answer 25

Multiple rules that were to affect the same element the last rule would apply

Question 26

How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?

Answer 26

Inheritance where child can use styling from parent elements if it hast been used

Question 27

List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.

Answer 27

Type, Class, ID

Question 28

Why is using !important considered bad practice?

Answer 28

No reason to use it when there are selector types to use

Question 29

What does the transform property do?

Answer 29

It modifies the coordinate space of the CSS

Question 30

Give four examples of CSS transform functions.

Answer 30

Rotate, Scale, Translate, Skew

Question 31

The transition property is shorthand for which four CSS properties?

Answer 31

transition-property , transition-duration , transition-timing-function , and transition-delay

Question 32

Give two examples of media features that you can query in an @media rule.

Answer 32

min-width,max-height

Question 33

Which HTML meta tag is used in mobile-responsive web pages?

Answer 33

Viewport

Question 34

What is a breakpoint in responsive Web design?

Answer 34

When the content and design starts to adapt in a certain to fit the user experience

Question 35

What is the advantage of using a percentage (e.g. 50%) width instead of a fixed (e.g. px) width for a “column” class in a responsive layout?

Answer 35

Adapts to exact dimensions of page

Question 36

If you introduce CSS rules for a smaller min-width after the styles for a larger min-width in your style sheet, the CSS rules for the smaller min-width will “win”. Why is that?

Answer 36

Bottom would win cause of source order