WEEK 4

Question 1

It is a simple design language
intended to simplify the process of making web pages presentable. It handles the
look and feel part of a web page. Using this, you can control the color of the text,
the style of fonts, the spacing between paragraphs, how columns are sized and laid

Answer 1

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Question 2

Most commonly, CSS is combined with the
markup languages ___

Answer 2

HTML or XHTM

Question 3

You can write CSS once and then reuse the same sheet in multiple HTML pages. You can define a style for each HTML element and apply it to
as many web pages as you want.

Answer 3

CSS saves time

Question 4

If you are using CSS, you do not need to write HTML tag attributes every time. Just write one CSS rule of a tag and apply it to all the
occurrences of that tag. So, less code means faster download times.

Answer 4

Pages load faster

Question 5

To make a global change, simply change the style, and all the elements in all the web pages will be updated automatically.

Answer 5

Easy maintenance

Question 6

CSS has a much wider array of attributes than
HTML, so you can give a far better look to your HTML page in comparison to HTML
attributes.

Answer 6

Superior styles to HTML

Question 7

Style sheets allow content to be optimized
for more than one type of device. By using the same HTML document, different versions of a website can be presented for handheld devices such as PDAs and cellphones or for printing.

Answer 7

Multiple Device Compatibility

Question 8

Now HTML attributes are being deprecated and it is being recommended to use CSS. So IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO START USING CSS IN ALL THE HTML PAGES TO MAKE THEM COMPATIBLE WITH FUTURE BROWSERS.

Answer 8

Global web standards

Question 9

CSS is created and maintained through a group of people within the ___
called the ___.

Answer 9

W3C, CSS Working Group.

Question 10

The CSS Working Group creates documents called
___. When a specification has been discussed and officially ratified by the
W3C members, it becomes a ___.

Answer 10

Specifications, Recommendation

Question 11

These ratified specifications are called ___ because the W3C has no control over the actual implementation of the language. Independent
companies and organizations create that software.

Answer 11

recommendations

Question 12

The ___ or W3C is a group that makes recommendations about how the Internet works and how it should evolve.

Answer 12

World Wide Web Consortium

Question 13

What are the advantages of CSS?

Answer 13

1. CSS saves time
2. Pages load faster
3. Easy maintenance
4. Superior styles to HTML
5. Multiple device compatibility
6. Global web standards

Question 14

A CSS comprises of ___ that are interpreted by the browser and then applied to the corresponding elements in your document.

Answer 14

Style rules

Question 15

A ___ is an HTML tag at which a style will be applied. This could be any tag like <h1> or <table> etc.

Answer 15

Selector

Question 16

A style rule is made of three parts:

Answer 16

1. Selector
2. Property
3. Value

Question 17

A ___ is a type of attribute of HTML tag. Put simply, all the HTML attributes are converted into CSS properties. They could be color, border, etc.

Answer 17

Property

Question 18

___ are assigned to properties. For example, color property can
have the value either red or #F1F1F1 etc.

Answer 18

Values

Question 19

h1{
color: #36CFFF;
}

Answer 19

Type Selector

Question 20

Suppose you want to apply a style rule to a particular element only when it lies
inside a particular element.

ul em {
color: #000000;
}

Answer 20

Descendant Selectors

Question 20

You can define style rules based on the class attribute of the elements. All the
elements having that class will be formatted according to the defined rule.

h1. black{
color: #000000;
}

Answer 20

Class Selectors

Question 21

black{

You can define style rules based on the id attribute of the elements. All the elements
having that id will be formatted according to the defined rule.

        color: #000000; }

Answer 21

ID Selectors

Question 22

Rather than selecting elements of a specific type, the ___ quite simply
matches the name of any element type:

*{
color: #36CFFF;
}

Answer 22

Universal Selector.