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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does float allow you to do?
When linking to a web page on another site.
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link

2. Use of regular expressions in PHP development
inner join
Provides information about a website
validation
POST

3. Which tag has the largest size?
h6
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
colon (":")
XML

4. This stops processing the page if they cannot retrieve the resource.
Includes information about a web page.
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>
Require
The list matters

5. When using CSS what separates a property and value?
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
a img {border: none}
colon (":")
.css

6. When is FTP used?
Information about a web page title and links
Determines the width and height of computer screen
list-item
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this

7. What is the purpose of the <meta> tag?
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>
/Hello/
DOM (Document Object Model)
Provides information about a website

8. When do you use the "a: visited"?
Change color after the link was visited
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
If the list isn't important
Inline→embedded→external

9. How do you remove a border from an image (using css)?
a img {border: none}
semi-colon (";")
relative
Provides information about a website

10. Why is "alt" used?
.css

remotely
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off

11. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?
Includes information about a web page.
.css
a img {border: none}
/Hello/

12. Which heading tag has the smallest size?
Right joint
h1
Include
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.

13. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?
GET
Includes information about a web page.
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
800 by 600

14. What separates the padding and the margin area in CSS?
Border
Information about a web page title and links
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
Provides information about a website

15. How do you write a comment in an CSS document?
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
/Hello/
POST
Used to place a web page name into the title bar of the web browser

16. Web apps can interact with server without changing anything on the page - uses the XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data asynchronously with the web server.
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
When linking to a web page on another site.
semi-colon (";")
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)

17. When do you use the "a: link"?
Border
h6
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link

18. What are the correct naming standards for web pages?
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
Include
Information about a web page title and links
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)

19. Use the following lowest screen resolution when designing a site for a target audience?
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
Require
800 by 600
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.

20. A way of matching strings of text given a defined set of parameters.
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
Information about a web page title and links
regular expression
h6

21. What does float allow you to do?
Include
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
Determines the width and height of computer screen
XML

22. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?
The list matters
period (".")
External sheet
cookie

23. How do you write a comment in an HTML document?
inner join
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>

inline style

24. Pushes an element far left - allows other elements to wrap around it.
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
/Hello/
float left
GET

25. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?
period (".")
.jpg
/Hello/
a img {border: none}

26. What is the hierarchy for CSS code?
a img {border: none}
.css
Inline→embedded→external


27. A ____ is a Document Type Definition - also know as DOCTYPE. In a document served as text/html the DOCTYPE informs the browswer how to interpret the content of the page.
Includes information about a web page.
If the list isn't important
XHTML DTD
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>

28. The _____ for table A and B always contains all records of the "left" table (A) even if the join-condition does not find any matching record in the "right" table (B)
Determines the width and height of computer screen
Left join
Includes information about a web page.
.css

29. Define resolution.
Determines the width and height of computer screen
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.

30. What is a box model?
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
javascript
Right joint
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)

31. When is best to use the <ol> tag?
GET
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>
The list matters
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off

32. A piece of text stored on a user's computer by their web browser - used for authentication or storing site preferences or shopping cart contents or the identifier for a server-based session or anything else that can be accomplished through storing t
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
Right joint
cookie
Frameset

33. Define dithering

34. Define "web safe colors".
global variable
Provides information about a website
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.

35. Write an example of a named anchor.
Includes information about a web page.
To separate paragraphs
h1
<a name="top"> link</a>

36. When do you use an absolute link?
The list matters
JSON
When linking to a web page on another site.
inner join

37. Data gets transferred via the URL - used for safe actions
Require
cookie
GET
colon (":")

38. Write the code to link to a folder named "school" within the website "basicversity".
To place an important section of text.
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this

39. When is best to use the <ul> tag?

40. When is best to use the <ol> tag?
h1
float left
The list matters
DOM (Document Object Model)

41. A way to make elements inline but preserving their block capabilities.

inline style
h1
Right joint

42. What is the definition of an internal link?
When linking to a web page on another site.
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
A named anchor that jumps to an area in the same page

43. Define a .gif image.
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format

To place an important section of text.

44. (Extensible Markup Language) A set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form - used to send data from one application to another.
cookie
XML
h6
Information about a web page title and links

45. A CSS document is saved with the _____ extension?
list-item
Information about a web page title and links
.css
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.

46. Recognized natively by JavaScript. No need for parsing an XML document to extract the data and get it throught the net.
JSON
Information about a web page title and links
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page

47. Where is a session variable stored?
remotely
External sheet
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
inner join

48. What is included within the <head> tag?
Include
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
Information about a web page title and links
800 by 600

49. How do you write a comment in an CSS document?
/Hello/
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
Require
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.

50. Where should you place a navigation bar?

When linking to a web page on another site.
period (".")
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.