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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What separates the padding and the margin area in CSS?
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
Border
Inline→embedded→external
inner join

2. What is the purpose of the "div" tag?
Divide pages
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
semi-colon (";")
global variable

3. What is included within the <head> tag?
/Hello/
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
Information about a web page title and links

4. 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
remotely
period (".")
To list a series of terms and their definitions

5. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com
body {background-color: #123456;}
validation
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
To place an important section of text.

6. When using CSS what ends a style rule?
semi-colon (";")
Change color after the link was visited
The list matters
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)

7. When should you use a <span> tag?
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
/Hello/
To place an important section of text.
When linking to a web page on another site.

8. Write the code to link to a folder named "school" within the website "basicversity".
XHTML DTD
/Hello/
list-item
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>

9. Which heading tag has the smallest size?
Divide pages
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>
h1
Inline→embedded→external

10. What are the correct naming standards for web pages?
Provides information about a website
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
Includes information about a web page.
Border

11. How do you write a comment in an HTML document?
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.

When linking to a web page on another site.
period (".")

12. Write the line of code to insert an image.
Change color after the link was visited
POST
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>
GET

13. What separates the padding and the margin area in CSS?
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
Padding
Border
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link

14. A cross-platform and language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML and XHTML and XML documents.
GET
h6
DOM (Document Object Model)
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off

15. 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
cookie
/Hello/
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>

16. What is the purpose of the <p> tag?
period (".")
validation
a img {border: none}
To separate paragraphs

17. What is the hierarchy for CSS code?
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>
Right joint
Inline→embedded→external
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.

18. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
To list a series of terms and their definitions
Includes information about a web page.
Frameset

19. What does float allow you to do?
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
Padding
External sheet

20. 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.
Used to place a web page name into the title bar of the web browser
h1
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
XHTML DTD

21. How do you remove a border from an image (using css)?
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
a img {border: none}
JSON

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

23. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?
javascript
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
validation
Includes information about a web page.

24. Web apps can interact with server without changing anything on the page - uses the XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data asynchronously with the web server.
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
global variable
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)
h6

25. Use the following lowest screen resolution when designing a site for a target audience?
800 by 600
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected
Determines the width and height of computer screen

26. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com
When linking to a web page on another site.
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>

GET

27. When is FTP used?
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
/Hello/
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>
The list matters

28. When do you use the "a: active"?
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
period (".")

29. When do you use the "a: visited"?
800 by 600
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected
Change color after the link was visited
Information about a web page title and links

30. This provides a warning if the resource being asked for is not present...still tries to display data.

Include
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page

31. What are the correct naming standards for web pages?
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
Divide pages
To place an important section of text.

32. (Extensible Markup Language) A set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form - used to send data from one application to another.
XML
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
remotely

33. What is the definition of an internal link?
A named anchor that jumps to an area in the same page
Border
list-item
Left join

34. What is the purpose of the <meta> tag?
.jpg
XML
Provides information about a website
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)

35. A CSS document is saved with the _____ extension?
Includes information about a web page.
Right joint
.css
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>

36. How do you write a comment in an CSS document?
/Hello/
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
If the list isn't important
Inline→embedded→external

37. What is included within the <head> tag?
To separate paragraphs
Information about a web page title and links
colon (":")
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format

38. In CSS the five possible values for "position" are:static - _____ - absolute - fixed - inherit
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
When linking to a web page on another site.
XML
relative

39. Data transferred via the body of the POST request - used for unsafe actions
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
POST
800 by 600
cookie

40. A way to make elements inline but preserving their block capabilities.
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off
inline style

41. To destroy the session Unregister a _____________ from the current session
Divide pages
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>
global variable
Require

42. While using CSS what type of css file can modify multiple things at once to an entire site?
External sheet
colon (":")
body {background-color: #123456;}
/Hello/

43. Recognized natively by JavaScript. No need for parsing an XML document to extract the data and get it throught the net.
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
JSON
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)

44. While using CSS what type of css file can modify multiple things at once to an entire site?
If the list isn't important
colon (":")
body {background-color: #123456;}
External sheet

45. What is a box model?
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
body {background-color: #123456;}
<a name="top"> link</a>
Information about a web page title and links

46. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?
Determines the width and height of computer screen
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
period (".")

47. When is best to use the <ol> tag?
External sheet
remotely
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
The list matters

48. When is FTP used?
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
When linking to a web page on another site.
XML
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.

49. When do you use the "a: hover"?
body {background-color: #123456;}
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
Used to place a web page name into the title bar of the web browser

50. Pushes an element far left - allows other elements to wrap around it.
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
Provides information about a website
float left
global variable