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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When is best to use the <dl> tag?
Left join
GET
Information about a web page title and links
To list a series of terms and their definitions

2. Why is "alt" used?
Padding

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

3. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?
Used to place a web page name into the title bar of the web browser
colon (":")
Includes information about a web page.
period (".")

4. When do you use an absolute link?
POST
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
Includes information about a web page.
When linking to a web page on another site.

5. This provides a warning if the resource being asked for is not present...still tries to display data.
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
Include
period (".")
GET

6. What is the purpose of the <meta> tag?
Provides information about a website
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected
body {background-color: #123456;}
Determines the width and height of computer screen

7. Which tag has the largest size?
<a name="top"> link</a>
Determines the width and height of computer screen
regular expression
h6

8. In CSS the five possible values for "position" are:static - _____ - absolute - fixed - inherit
relative
h6
Require
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)

9. What separates the padding and the margin area in CSS?
Border
.css
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.

10. Which heading tag has the smallest size?
h1
/Hello/
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
period (".")

11. Define dithering

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

12. This stops processing the page if they cannot retrieve the resource.
800 by 600
<a name="top"> link</a>
Require
regular expression

13. Write the line of code to insert an image.
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
Border

14. What separates the element content and the border in CSS?
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
Padding

15. Creates a new result table by combining column values of two tables (A and B) based upon the join-predicate
list-item
inner join
h1
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link

16. Use the following lowest screen resolution when designing a site for a target audience?
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
/Hello/
semi-colon (";")
800 by 600

17. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com
To list a series of terms and their definitions
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
h1

18. How do you remove a border from an image (using css)?
Includes information about a web page.
relative
a img {border: none}
period (".")

19. When should you use a <span> tag?
Includes information about a web page.
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
To place an important section of text.
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>

20. What is the purpose of the <p> tag?
To separate paragraphs
period (".")
800 by 600
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.

21. Define "web safe colors".
Border
Provides information about a website
800 by 600
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.

22. When do you use the "a: link"?
list-item
JSON
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>

23. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?
Left join
semi-colon (";")
Includes information about a web page.
XML

24. How do you remove a border from an image (using css)?
a img {border: none}
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
h1

25. What is the purpose of the <title> tag?
XML
/Hello/
POST
Used to place a web page name into the title bar of the web browser

26. A cross-platform and language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML and XHTML and XML documents.
The list matters
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
DOM (Document Object Model)
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this

27. Data gets transferred via the URL - used for safe actions
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
GET
/Hello/
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this

28. Recognized natively by JavaScript. No need for parsing an XML document to extract the data and get it throught the net.
JSON
The list matters
Frameset
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.

29. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)
period (".")
body {background-color: #123456;}

30. What are the correct naming standards for web pages?
period (".")
regular expression
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
POST

31. To extract data from a web service if it returns JSON use ________ to return an object then iterate through it to get what you want
h6
The list matters
javascript
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format

32. What are the correct naming standards for web pages?
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
h1
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
XML

33. Define "web safe colors".
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
Border
GET
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this

34. Define dithering

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

35. Which heading tag has the smallest size?
period (".")
GET
h1
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.

36. Web apps can interact with server without changing anything on the page - uses the XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data asynchronously with the web server.
body {background-color: #123456;}
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)
inner join

37. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?
To place an important section of text.
Includes information about a web page.
Provides information about a website
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this

38. What is a box model?
<a name="top"> link</a>
Border
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
list-item

39. While using CSS what type of css file can modify multiple things at once to an entire site?
To list a series of terms and their definitions
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)
Change color after the link was visited
External sheet

40. (Extensible Markup Language) A set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form - used to send data from one application to another.
XML
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
h1
colon (":")

41. Pushes an element far left - allows other elements to wrap around it.
Includes information about a web page.
float left
semi-colon (";")
h6

42. What separates the padding and the margin area in CSS?
If the list isn't important
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
Information about a web page title and links
Border

43. Use the following lowest screen resolution when designing a site for a target audience?
period (".")
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
800 by 600
GET

44. Define a .gif image.
javascript
Information about a web page title and links
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format

45. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
h1
External sheet
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page

46. 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.
Border
XHTML DTD
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)

47. Where should you place a navigation bar?
/Hello/
validation
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
To list a series of terms and their definitions

48. When is FTP used?
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
.css
semi-colon (";")
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this

49. A CSS document is saved with the _____ extension?
.css
Divide pages
Border
Inline→embedded→external

50. When using CSS what separates a property and value?
list-item
Border
colon (":")
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)