CSS

Question 1

What does CSS stand for?

Answer 1

Cascading Style Sheets

Question 2

What is the purpose of CSS?

Answer 2

To specify styles for how HTML elements should be displayed.

Question 3

What are the three ways to apply CSS to an HTML document?

Answer 3

Inline styles applied directly to HTML elements using style attribute
(e.g.<p style="color: blue; ">)
used for temporary fixes

Document-level styles defined in the <style> tag in HTML documents
(e.g. <style>)
Applied to the entire document</style></style>

External stylesheets defined in seperate .css file and linked to HTML documents using <link></link> tag
(e.g. <link></link>
Applied to multiple pages making it reusable

Question 4

What is an element selector in CSS?

Answer 4

selector targets elements by tag name (e.g., p { color: red; })

Question 5

What is a class selector in CSS?

Answer 5

selector targets elements with specific class attribute (e.g., .menu-item { color: blue; })

Question 6

What is an ID selector in CSS?

Answer 6

selector targets unique element with specific ID attribute (e.g., #mainheading { font-size: 24px; })

Question 7

What is the universal selector in CSS?

Answer 7

*, which targets all elements

Question 8

How do you combine multiple selectors in CSS?

Answer 8

Separate them with commas (e.g., h1, h2, h3 { color: green; })

Question 9

use for style sheets

Answer 9

separate content from presentation.
allows for consistent styling across multiple pages, allows change to appearance without changing content, and easy to maintain

Question 10

cascading

Answer 10

how styles are applied to HTML elements based on a hierarchy of priority rules (source order, specify, importance)