HTML

Question 1

Where do you put non-visible content about the HTML document?

Answer 1

In between the head tags.

Question 2

Where do you put visible content about the HTML document?

Answer 2

In the body tags.

Question 3

Where do the head and body tags go in a valid HTML document?

Answer 3

In the html tags.

Question 4

What is the purpose of a !DOCTYPE declaration?

Answer 4

Tells browser which version of html it is using.

Question 5

What is the purpose of HTML attributes?

Answer 5

To provide additional info about the contents of an element/tag.

Question 6

Give five examples of HTML element tags.

Answer 6

a, b, p, h1, img, body, head

Question 7

Give an example of an HTML entity (escape character).

Answer 7

® ©

Question 8

How do block-level elements affect the document flow?

Answer 8

Always start on a new line.

Question 9

How do inline elements affect the document flow?

Answer 9

Do not force a new line to begin; stays within the same line.

Question 10

What are the default width and height of a block-level element?

Answer 10

width: 100%
height: auto

Always takes up the full width available

Question 11

What are the default width and height of an inline element?

Answer 11

width: auto
height: auto

Inline only takes up as much width as necessary.

Question 12

What is the difference between an ordered list and an unordered list in HTML?

Answer 12

Ordered lists use numbers. Unordered lists use bullets.

Question 13

Is an HTML list a block element or an inline element?

Answer 13

It is a block element.

Question 14

What HTML tag is used to link to another website?

Answer 14

a tag

Question 15

What is an absolute URL?

Answer 15

An absolute URL is a ‘full’ URL or one that contains the entire address of the page.

Question 16

What is a relative URL?

Answer 16

Link between folders and pages within our own website.

Question 17

How do you indicate the relative link to a parent directory?

Answer 17

Use ../ to indicate the folder above the current one,
then follow it with the file name.
Ex: ../index.html

Question 18

How do you indicate the relative link to a child directory?

Answer 18

use the name of the child folder,
followed by a forward slash, then the file name.
Ex: music/listings.html

Question 19

How do you indicate the relative link to a grand parent directory?

Answer 19

Repeat the ../ to indicate that you want to go up
two folders (rather than one), then follow it with the
file name.
Ex: ../../index.html

Question 20

How do you indicate the relative link to the same directory?

Answer 20

Just use name of the file.

Question 21

What is the purpose of an HTML form element?

Answer 21

The HTML element represents a document section containing interactive controls for submitting information.

Question 22

Give five examples of form control elements.

Answer 22

radio buttons, Text Input, password input, text area, check box, drop down list, multiple select box, file input box, submit button, image button (an image as a button), label

Question 23

Give three examples of type attributes for HTML elements.

Answer 23

radio, checkbox, text, submit, password, button,

Question 24

Is an HTML input element a block element or an inline element?

Answer 24

inline

Question 25

What specific tag is used to start a new line?

Answer 25

br

Has no closing tag.

Question 26

What are the six primary HTML elements for creating tables?

Answer 26

table, thead, tbody, tr, th, td

Question 27

What purpose do the thead and tbody elements serve?

Answer 27

the thead is used to group the head content in an html table.
the tbody is used to group the body content in an html table.

Question 28

Give two examples of data that would lend itself well to being displayed in a table.

Answer 28

Financial reports, tv schedules, grades, anything really…