Chapter 6 Quiz

Question 1

What is the difference between a frameset and a frame?

Answer 1

A frameset is a layout, frame is the content

Question 2

The idea behind frames is that parts of a page can be fixed while other portions can be what?

Answer 2

scrollable

Question 3

Frameset tag replaces what html tag?

Answer 3

body

Question 4

What is the main difference between a frame-based and a table-based window?

Answer 4

Frame-based has different files displayed, while tables are one single file.

Question 5

What tells the browser what content to put in a particular area?

Answer 5

frame tag

Question 6

What tag defines how to divide the window?

Answer 6

frameset

Question 7

Framesets define a set of what?

Answer 7

Frames/rows and columns

Question 8

How is the asterisk used in a frameset?

Answer 8

it tells it to use the remaining space for a frame in a frameset

Question 9

What attribute is used in the frame tag to specify the URL for the page?

Answer 9

src

Question 10

Can framesets be combined?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

How can you keep visitors from changing the size of your frames?

Answer 11

noresize=”noresize” or border=”0”

Question 12

What does the border tag do?

Answer 12

It gives the frames borders dimensions to give them a view

Question 13

What does the frameborder tag do?

Answer 13

It lets you choose to fill the space with a border or not

Question 14

By, default, are borders displayed around frames?

Answer 14

yes-5 px wide

Question 15

What attribute is used to change the color of the borders surrounding your frames?

Answer 15

border color

Question 16

What attribute adjusts the space between the frame content and the top and bottom edges of the frame?

Answer 16

marginheight

Question 17

To adjust the space between the left and right edges of the frame and the frame content, what attribute is used?

Answer 17

marginwidth

Question 18

When do scroll bars appear in frames?

Answer 18

Only when necessary or if we set it to yes/no

Question 19

How do control the appearance of the scroll bars?

Answer 19

scrolling=”no” or scrolling=”yes”

Question 20

What is a target?

Answer 20

It tells the browser where to put the content

Question 21

Why is it important to name your frames?

Answer 21

So it knows what frame to reference for that particular target

Question 22

Without a specified target, a link will open where?

Answer 22

Wherever the link was placed originally

Question 23

What is a base target?

Answer 23

Changes all the links to a default target for the link to one place

Question 24

Where do you put the base target tag?

Answer 24

the head

Question 25

What do you set target equal to in order to have a link open in a new blank window?

Answer 25

target="_blank"

Question 26

If target is set to _self, where will the link open?

Answer 26

Same frame as the link

Question 27

How can you use the entire window for the link thus breaking out of frames?

Answer 27

target="_top"

Question 28

What tag do you use to offer visitors alternative content if their browser does not support frames?

Answer 28

noframes

Question 29

Does the alternative content appear in browsers that support frames?

Answer 29

no

Question 30

Name an advantage of using frames.

Answer 30

You can place other files inside of them, very dynamic and flexible; faster to upload

Question 31

Name a disadvantage of using frames.

Answer 31

Not always supported by all platforms on the internet and is hard for search engines to index a page.