CIS Midterm Review

Which of the following are influenced by the intended or target audience of the site?

All of the above: -the amount of color used on the site -the font size and styles used on the site -the overall look and feel of the site

Which of the following graphic types is best suited for photographs?

JPG

Which is the default alignment for elements on a web page?

Left

Which of the following is a sketch or blueprint of a web page that shows the structure )but not the detailed design) of basic page elements?

Wireframe

Which attribute specifies text that is available to browsers and other user agents that do not support graphics?

alt

The ____________ is used to place a nonbreaking space on a webpage.

 

Which of the following is an example of using a contextual selector to configure the anchor tags within the .nav class?

.nav a

Which of the following configures a class called nav to float to the left?

.nav {float: left;}

Which of the following uses CSS to configure a class called news with red text, large font, and QArial or a sans-serif font?

.news {color: red; font-size: large; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; }

CSS was first proposed as a standard by the W3C in ____________.

1996

The ____________ pseudo-class can be used to modify the display of a hyperlink when a mouse pointer passes over it.

:hover

Which of the following pseudo-classes is the default state for a hyperlink that has been clicked?

:visited

Which of the following creates an image link to the index.html page when the home.gif graphic is clicked?

<a href="index.html"><img href="home.gif" alt=Home></a>

Which tag configures the next element or portion of text to display on a new line?

<br>

Which tag pair configures a structural area on a web page?

<div> </div>

Use the ____________ element to configure text to be emphasized and displayed in an italtic font style.

<em>

Which tag pair is used to create the largest heading?

<h1> </h1>

Which HTML tag configures a horizontal line on a webpage?

<hr>

Which tag pair contains the items in an ordered or unordered list?

<li> </li>

Which of the following associates a web page with an external style sheet?

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">

Which tag is used to link web pages to each other?

<link>tag

Use the ____________ element to configure text to have strong importance and display in a bold font weight.

<strong>

Which of the following would a consistent website design not have?

A different background color on each page

Which of the following is a reason that the text contained by the title tag should be descriptive and include the name of the business or organization?

All of the above: -The title is saved by default when a visitor bookmarks a web page -The title may be printed when a visitor prints a web page -The title may be listed in search engine results

Which of the following can be a CSS selector?

All of the above: -an HTML element name -a class name -an id name

Which HTML5 element has the purpose of providing tangential consent?

Aside

Which CSS property configures the background color?

Background-color

Which of the following properties can be used to clear a float?

Clear or overflow

Which of the following is not a web design recommended practice?

Colorful pages appeal to everyone

All browsers and browswer versions ____________ display web pages in exactly the same way.

Do not

What is a unique text-based Internet address corresponding to a computer's unique IP address called?

Domain name

Which of the following is true if a web page contains both a link to an external style sheet and embeddedd styles?

External styles will be applied first, and then the embedded styles will be applied.

T or F: A domain name that ends in .net indicates that the website is for a networking company

False

T or F: The World Wide Web was developed to allow companies to conduct e-commerce over the internet.

False

Which of the following is the declaration property used to set the font typeface for an area of a web page?

Font-family

Which of the following graphic types can be made transparent?

GIF

____________ is the set of markup symbols or codes placed in a file intended for display on a web browser.

HTML

The newest version of HTML is called ____________.

HTML5

The most common structure used for commercial websites is ____________ organization.

Hierarchical

Which of the following are the three most common methods for organizing websites?

Hierarchical, linear, and random

Where do you place the code to associate a web page with an external style sheet?

In the head section of the web page document

The <meta> tag is used to ____________

Indicate character coding

Which type of CSS is coded in the body of the web page as an attribute of an HTML tag?

Inline

Of the following organizations, which one coordinates applications for new TLDs?

Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN)

Which of the following is a network that covers a small area, such as a group of buildings or campus?

LAN

What does an email link do?

Launches the default email application for the visitor's browser, which your e-mail address as the recipient

If an element is configured with float: right; , the other content on the page will appear to its ____________.

Left

Which of the following is the design technique used to create pages that stretch to fill the browser window?

Liquid

Which of the following, from outermost to innermost, are components of the box model?

Margin, border, padding, content

The ____________ element displays a visual gauge of a numeric value within a known range.

Meter

Frequently communicating by posting brief messages at a social networking site is called ____________.

Microblogging

Which of the following is the rendering flow used by a browser by default?

Normal flow

Which type of HTML list will automatically number the items for you?

Ordered list

Which of the following recommended design practices apply to a website that uses images for its main site navigation?

Provide alternate text for the images Place text links at the bottom of the page

Which of the following is used to change the location of an element slightly in relation to where it would otherwise appear on the page?

Relative positioning

A standard language used for specifying a markup language or tag set is ____________

SGML

Which of the following describe two components of CSS rules?

Selectors and declarations

The ____________ element is useful for creating areas on a webpage that are embedded within paragraphs or other block display elements.

Span

____________ can be used to display characters such as the copyright symbol.

Special characters/entity characters

The purpose of ____________ is to ensure the integrity of network communication.

TCP

If your web page uses graphic links, include ____________ at the bottom of the page to increase accessibility.

Text links

The ____________ CSS property can be used to center text within a block display element.

Text-align

The ____________ CSS property can be used to indent the first line of text.

Text-indent

Which of the following is known as white space?

The empty screen area around blocks of text and images

Why should you include height and width attributes on an <img> tag?

They help the browser render the page faster because it reserves the appropriate space for the image.

A ____________ image is a smaller version of a larger image that usually links to the larger image.

Thumbnail

A background image will automatically be repeated, or ____________, by a web browser.

Tiled

T or F: A URL is one type of URI.

True

T or F: Markup languages contain sets of directions that tell the browser software how to display and manage a web document.

True

Which of the following should you do when creating text hyperlinks?

Use a key phrase as a hyperlink

The ____________ is a group whose mission is to create guidelines and standards for web accessibility.

W3C

When do you need to use a fully qualified URL in a hyperlink?

When linking to a web page on an external site

Which of the following organizations takes a proactive role in developing recommendations and prototype technologies related to the Web?

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Which of the following markup languages is intended to extend the power of HTML by separating data from presentation?

XML

Which of the following is the CSS property used to set the background color of a web page?

background-color

Which of the following configures a graphic to repeat vertically down the side of the web page?

background-repeat: repeat-y;

Which of the following configures a background color of #FFF8DC for a web page using CSS?

body {background-color: #FFF8DC; }

In ____________ CSS3 property configures a drop-shadow effect on text.

box-shadow

Which of the following causes an element to display as a block of content with white space above and below?

display: block;

What is the term used to describe a square icon that is associated with a web page and is displayed in the broswer address bar or tab?

favicon

Use the HTML5 ____________ element to configure a web page heading area.

header

Configure a style with a(n) ____________ if the style will only apply to one element on a page.

id

Which of the following do you configure to apply a style to only one area of a web page?

id

Which property and value are used to configure an unordrered list item with a square list market?

list-style-type: square;

Which of the following configures empty space between the content of the HTML element (usually text) and the border?

padding property

Which of the following are the four principles of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines?

perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust