Web Design Chapter 6 Study Guide
Which of the following characters strings together all of the form responses?
&
It is a good rule of thumb to keep the number of columns in a textarea to ____ or fewer.
50
The ____ attribute of the <form> tag indicates the URL for the action to be completed by the server.
Action
In a radio control each choice is preceded by a radio ____.
Button
Which of the following tags gives you the option of using an image for a Submit button, rather than using the default button style?
Button
Which of the following is a program written in a programming language (such as Perl) that communicates with the Web server?
CGI Script
To select multiple choices in a selection menu, a user first must select one choice and then press and hold the ______ key while clicking other choices in the list.
CTRL
A password always appears as a series of which of the following?
Characters, asterisks, bullets
A(n) __________ control creates a list item in a list from which more than one item can be chosen.
Checkbox
This kind of input control creates a list item.
Checkbox
Which of the following controls creates a list item?
Checkbox, radio
To set a particular radio button as the default, you use the _________ value within the <input> tag.
Checked
With a checkbox control, the default can be changed so a particular check box is preselected as the default, by using the ____ value within the <input> tag.
Checked
The textarea control uses the ______ attribute to specify the number of columns in the textarea field.
Cols
A(n) ____ input control is either a radio button, a check box, a Submit button, a Reset button, or a selection menu.
Data
T/F: A FORM script sends the information input on a Web page form to the Web server for processing.
False
T/F: A Web page form must include a Reset button.
False
T/F: A checkbox control allows a Web page visitor to select only one choice from a list of choices.
False
T/F: A select input control creates a series of check boxes for Web visitors to use.
False
T/F: Few Web sites use CGI scripts to process forms because this is an inefficient way to handle the data that is sent to a form.
False
T/F: If a visitor does not have the font used by the Web developer for a Web page, the Web page will download the font onto the visitor's computer.
False
T/F: If you specify a maximum number of characters that is greater than the number of characters specified in the size attribute, the additional characters will be cut off.
False
T/F: It is a good rule of thumb to use between 50 and 100 columns of text in a textarea field.
False
T/F: It is not necessary to test the buttons and fields on a forms Web page to ensure that they operate correctly.
False
T/F: Multiple radio buttons in the same group can be set to a checked state at the same time.
False
T/F: The <legend> tag within the fieldset tag is required.
False
T/F: The post method is a program written in a programming language that communicates with the Web server.
False
T/F: The resume and send controls create the Reset and Submit buttons.
False
T/F: The value attribute of the <input> tag is optional for radio and checkbox controls.
False
T/F: With check boxes, only one option can be selected at a time.
False
T/F: A Web page form must include a Reset button.
False (Submit)
T/F: The reset input control submits a form for processing.
False (Submit)
T/F: The paragraph input control creates a multiple-line field for a relatively large amount of text.
False (Textarea)
T/F: By default, all check boxes are pre-selected.
False (Unselected)
The ___________ control helps to group related form elements together.
Fieldset
The <_______> tag creates a form that allows user input.
Form
The ____ method sends the name-value pairs to the end of the URL indicated in the action attribute.
Get
There are two primary methods to send the form to the server to be processed: ____
Get and post
Using __________ is especially helpful in cases where some information is required and some is optional.
Grouping
A(n) ____ control is any type of input mechanism on a form.
Input
The <________/ > tag defines the controls used in the form, using a variety of type attribute values.
Input
Which of the following is a main component of a Web page form?
Input controls, form tag, submit button
The <____> tag defines the text that displays in the grouping borders.
Legend
The ____ attribute of the text tag specifies the maximum length of the input field
Maxlength
When the _____________ attribute specifies the same number of characters as the size attribute, so all characters entered by a user will appear in the text box.
Maxlength
The ____ attribute of the <form> tag indicates the HTTP method.
Method
The ____ attribute of the <form> tag specifies the manner in which the data entered in the form is sent to the server to be processed.
Method
If the ____ attribute was not used to create a selection menu, the Web page visitor will be allowed to select only one choice in the menu.
Multiple
The ____ attribute identifies the specific information that is being sent when the form is submitted for processing.
Name
A radio button typically displays as which of the following?
Open circle
In a(n) _______ text box, a visitor may enter a password.
Password
The use of asterisks, for example, to mark the entered text in this kind of field is designed to help protect text from being observed as it is being entered.
Password
Which of the following controls is identical to text fields used for single-line data entry?
Password
The <form method=post action=mailto:[email protected]> tag designates that the ____ method will be used to send data to the appropriate location for processing.
Post
The _______ method sends a separate data file with the name-value pairs to the URL (or e-mail address) indicated in the action attribute.
Post
Form controls are useless unless the information entered in the form can be submitted for ____
Processing
A(n) ____ control creates a list item in a list from which only one item can be chosen.
Radio
A(n) _______ button typically appears as an open circle.
Radio
The type="____" attribute specifies that the type of control is the radio button.
Radio
When one of these is selected, all of the other ones in the list are deselected automatically.
Radio button
A(n) ________ control returns all input controls to the default status.
Reset
The _________ button clears any input that was entered in the form, restoring the input controls back to the initial values.
Reset
Which of the following buttons deletes any data previously typed into text or textarea fields?
Reset
Which of the following controls resets the form?
Reset
The textarea control has two primary attributes: ____.
Rows and cols
To select several consecutive choices in a selection menu, a user first must select one choice and then press and hold the _______ key while selecting the last choice.
SHIFT
A(n) ____ control creates a drop-down list or menu of choices from which a visitor can select an option or options.
Select
The use of which of the following controls eliminates the visitor's having to type information into a text field?
Select
This category of control eliminates a visitor's having to type information into a text or textarea field.
Select
Which of the following controls creates a menu of choices from which a visitor chooses?
Select
If no ____ attribute value is specified, a selection menu initially displays only one option, along with a list arrow to view other choices in the list.
Size
The _______ attribute of the text control determines the number of characters that display on the form.
Size
Which of the following attributes, when used with the text tag, determines the number of characters that display on a form?
Size
The text control has two attributes: ____.
Size and maxlength
A(n) _________ control tells the browser to send the data on the form to the server.
Submit
The _________ button sends the information to the appropriate location for processing.
Submit
Which of the following controls sends a form to a server for processing?
Submit
A(n) _______ input control is either a text box, a textarea box, or a password text box
Text
In a(n) ____ box, a visitor may enter small amounts of text.
Text
The default type for the <input /> tag is a ____ field.
Text
In a(n) _________ box, a visitor may enter larger amounts of data.
Textarea
This kind of field is useful when an extensive amount of input from the Web page visitors is required or desired.
Textarea
____ controls are similar to text controls, except that they allow multiple lines of text input.
Textarea
If a selection menu includes the size attribute with a value of 3, ____ choice(s) will appear in the menu.
Three
T/F: A text control creates a text field that is used for a single line of input.
True
T/F: All options in a selection menu are contained within the <select> and </select> tags.
True
T/F: Although gathering survey responses from respondents via e-mail can work, a better approach is to create an HTML form that contains the capability for online submission.
True
T/F: Each choice in a check box list either can be on or off.
True
T/F: For a textarea field, no value attribute is possible because of the variability of the input.
True
T/F: If a selection menu uses the size attribute default of one option only, only one option will display, along with a list arrow to view other available choices on the menu.
True
T/F: Information on forms can be sent by e-mail to a central e-mail address or can be used to update a database.
True
T/F: The get method sends the name-value pairs to the end of the URL indicated in the action attribute.
True
T/F: The maximum length of a text field may exceed the size of the field that displays on the form.
True
T/F: The tabindex attribute of the <input> tag sets tabbing order among control elements.
True
T/F: You should validate the code after the form is completed and view and test it using your browser.
True
Which of the following attributes specifies a reset button?
Type="reset"
All controls except one have a(n) ____ attribute.
Value
When a Web page visitor clicks the Submit button on the form, which of the following is sent to be processed?
Value of data contained within the control, name of the control
A text input control is a ____ box.
text, textarea, password
The size="2" attribute means which of the following?
two characters will appear, but more may be entered, depending on the maxlength attribute
