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CSS Quiz Questions Flashcards

1
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What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?

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A selector, declaration block, property, value

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How are key/value pairs related to CSS?

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They allow you to edit elements on an HTML page

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3
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What are three important considerations for choosing fonts?

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Readability, theme, fallback fonts

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4
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Why must you have backup fonts assigned when selecting custom fonts?

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Incase the computer does not have the selected font

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5
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What CSS properties make up the box model?

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margin, border, padding, content

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6
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Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?

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margin

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7
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Which CSS property pushes box content away from its border?

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padding

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What purpose does the CSS Cascade serve?

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What styling will take priority

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What is source order?

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The order the css has been written

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10
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In what situations might you need to apply styling to a single element multiple times in one stylesheet?

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Mobile responsiveness (Phones)

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11
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What is inheritance?

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When a child of an element gets a computed value that has been declared in the parent element

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12
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Why might CSS include the inheritance feature?

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Timeliness

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13
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Is inheritance a good tool to use for styling? If so, on what occasions?

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Yes. It cuts down on the amount of code you have to use, which saves time

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14
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What is the purpose of !important?

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To override every style that has taken place prior

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When is !important a good tool to use?

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When it is crucial, but it is almost never to be used

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16
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What is specificity?

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The strength of a specific css selector

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How is specificity calculated?

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through the weight of a css selector in the specificity hierarchy

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18
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Why might CSS include this feature?

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To be more specific in choosing an element to style.

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19
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What is the order of selector strengths for CSS specificity (commonly referred to as the Specificity Hierarchy)?

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id, class, element from greatest specificity to least

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20
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What is the CSS Cascade?

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inheritance, source order, specificity, and importance

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21
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What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?

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added to a selector that specifies a special state of the selected element(s)

22
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What does the transform property do?

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It allows you to adjust how an element will look on the DOM

23
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What is the difference between the first-child pseudo selector and the last-child pseudo selector?

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The first-child represents the first element among a group of sibling elements where as last represents the last element

24
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What is the LVHA order?

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Link, visit, hover, active

25
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What are 3 examples of what can be done with CSS transitions?

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color slowly changing into different color, make an image grow or shrink, rotation of an element

26
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Why might transitions be a helpful effect for styling?

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Helping your UI feel more comfortable for your user

27
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Are all properties able to be transitioned?

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No not all properties are animatable

28
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What is the initial display property of divs?

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block element

29
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What is the difference between display: none and visibility: hidden?

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display none is not visible on the page and doesn’t take up any space. Visibility hidden can’t be seen, but still takes up space on the document

30
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What is the difference between the block, inline block, and inline display properties?

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block starts on a new line, inline starts on same line, and inline block is the same as inline, but can be resized

31
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Why are CSS resets helpful for cross browser compatibility?

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It will make css more consistent with other browsers

32
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Why is it important to be mindful of what you reset with your CSS resets?

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It can change your page in ways you wouldn’t want

33
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What is an argument against using CSS resets?

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It can slow down pages

34
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What is the default value for the position property of HTML elements?

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Static positioning

35
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How does setting position relative on an element affect document flow and where the element appears on the page?

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It moves it relative to where it would have started out. It does not affect document flow entirely.

36
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How does setting position absolute on an element affect document flow and where the element appears on the page?

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It gets removed from the page completely and snaps to the first non-static object.

37
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What are the box offset properties?

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Top, bottom, left, and right

38
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What were floats originally designed for?

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Float was originally designed to allow developers to float text around image elements similar to the way newspapers and magazines would display text.

39
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What are clears for with floats?

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The clear property allows you to say that no element (within the same containing element) should touch the left or righthand sides of a box, which will start a new line

40
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What are some of the downsides for using floats in layout design?

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Floats are a lot of work and its complicated.

41
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What is the default flex-direction of a flex container?

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row

42
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What is the default flex-wrap of a flex container?

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nowrap

43
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Why should flexbox not be used for building complete web page layouts?

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Flexbox should be used for smaller design items rather than the whole webpage.

44
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Why is it important to use a grid system for CSS layouts?

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Code is easier to read in a grid system.

45
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What are the three core parts of a grid system?

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Container, row, column

46
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Why is it a good idea to use percentages for grid column widths?

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Percentages are useful for mobile responsiveness.

47
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What is a modal?

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modal box is a scripted effect that allows you to overlay a small element over a website

48
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What are some use cases for modals?

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Error: To alert users of an error.
Warning: To warn users of potentially harmful situations.
Data: To collect data from users.
Confirm or Prompt: To remind users to do something before moving on.
Helper: To inform users of important information.

49
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Why does a modal usually need to occupy the entire height and width of the viewport?

A

So it can’t be scrolled past

fun fact: you can sometimes delete the modal in the dev tools

50
Q

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

A

width and color

51
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Which HTML meta tag is used in mobile-responsive web pages?

A

meta viewport tag

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