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Web Development

Subject : it-skills
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1. Define dithering


2. What is included within the <head> tag?






3. What is the purpose of the <meta> tag?






4. When is best to use the <ol> tag?






5. 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.






6. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?






7. What is the purpose of the <p> tag?






8. Creates a new result table by combining column values of two tables (A and B) based upon the join-predicate






9. When do you use an absolute link?






10. Data gets transferred via the URL - used for safe actions






11. Define dithering


12. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?






13. What does float allow you to do?






14. What is a box model?






15. What separates the padding and the margin area in CSS?






16. Which heading tag has the smallest size?






17. 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)






18. How do you remove a border from an image (using css)?






19. What are the correct naming standards for web pages?






20. In CSS the possible values for the display attribute that are supported by all browsers are none - block - inline - _____ - run-in






21. What is a box model?






22. Recognized natively by JavaScript. No need for parsing an XML document to extract the data and get it throught the net.






23. What is the purpose of the <title> tag?






24. Define a .gif image.






25. When do you use the "a: visited"?






26. What does float allow you to do?






27. When using CSS what separates a property and value?






28. When should you use a <span> tag?






29. What separates the element content and the border in CSS?






30. Define resolution.






31. How do you write a comment in an HTML document?






32. Use the following lowest screen resolution when designing a site for a target audience?






33. Where should you place a navigation bar?






34. When is FTP used?






35. A way of matching strings of text given a defined set of parameters.






36. Why is "alt" used?






37. What is the definition of an internal link?






38. Which heading tag has the smallest size?






39. Use of regular expressions in PHP development






40. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com






41. What is the purpose of the "div" tag?






42. 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






43. While using CSS what type of css file can modify multiple things at once to an entire site?






44. A CSS document is saved with the _____ extension?






45. When is FTP used?






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


47. The XHTML standard defines three Document Type Definitions: Strict and Transitional and _______






48. Write an example of a named anchor.






49. This stops processing the page if they cannot retrieve the resource.






50. Write the line of code to insert an image.