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1. The XHTML standard defines three Document Type Definitions: Strict and Transitional and _______
body {background-color: #123456;}
remotely
Frameset
When linking to a web page on another site.

2. How do you write a comment in an CSS document?
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off
/Hello/
Padding
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>

3. Which tag has the largest size?
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
h6
body {background-color: #123456;}
GET

4. Use the following lowest screen resolution when designing a site for a target audience?
GET
800 by 600
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
To list a series of terms and their definitions

5. What is the purpose of the "div" tag?
h6
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
Divide pages

6. This stops processing the page if they cannot retrieve the resource.
Information about a web page title and links
relative
POST
Require

7. Use the following lowest screen resolution when designing a site for a target audience?
Padding
.css
/Hello/
800 by 600

8. 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)
800 by 600
Left join

9. 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
javascript
DOM (Document Object Model)
.jpg
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>

10. (Extensible Markup Language) A set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form - used to send data from one application to another.
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
colon (":")
XML
Require

11. How do you remove a border from an image (using css)?
a img {border: none}
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
Information about a web page title and links
POST

12. What is included within the <head> tag?
regular expression
Border
Information about a web page title and links
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected

13. Define dithering

14. What is the purpose of the <meta> tag?
Provides information about a website
Used to place a web page name into the title bar of the web browser
.css
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.

15. Data transferred via the body of the POST request - used for unsafe actions
Change color after the link was visited
Require
POST
list-item

16. A CSS document is saved with the _____ extension?
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
.css
remotely
.jpg

17. 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
Left join
External sheet
cookie
body {background-color: #123456;}

18. Define "web safe colors".
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
body {background-color: #123456;}
Includes information about a web page.
/Hello/

19. What are the correct naming standards for web pages?
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
Border
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
External sheet

20. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?
Frameset
Includes information about a web page.
body {background-color: #123456;}
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page

21. Define resolution.
When linking to a web page on another site.
To separate paragraphs
Determines the width and height of computer screen
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)

22. Write the code to link to a folder named "school" within the website "basicversity".
body {background-color: #123456;}
DOM (Document Object Model)
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>

23. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com
XML
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)
External sheet
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>

24. What is included within the <head> tag?
Inline→embedded→external
regular expression
Left join
Information about a web page title and links

25. How do you write a comment in an HTML document?
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
XML
javascript


26. Which heading tag has the smallest size?
h1
h6

Border

27. Web apps can interact with server without changing anything on the page - uses the XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data asynchronously with the web server.
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)
The list matters
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
.css

28. A CSS document is saved with the _____ extension?
colon (":")
To place an important section of text.
POST
.css

29. Why is "alt" used?
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off
cookie
GET

30. What is the hierarchy for CSS code?
Inline→embedded→external
To place an important section of text.
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off
Includes information about a web page.

31. 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)
Left join
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.

colon (":")

32. What is a box model?
h6
relative
h1
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.

33. Define a .gif image.
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
h1
period (".")

34. When do you use the "a: visited"?
Determines the width and height of computer screen
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
Change color after the link was visited
XHTML DTD

35. What does float allow you to do?
Includes information about a web page.
Border
GET
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page

36. Recognized natively by JavaScript. No need for parsing an XML document to extract the data and get it throught the net.
GET
colon (":")
JSON
remotely

37. What is the purpose of the <title> tag?
Includes information about a web page.
Information about a web page title and links
Used to place a web page name into the title bar of the web browser
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected

38. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
The list matters
Includes information about a web page.

39. What does float allow you to do?
inner join
If the list isn't important
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
remotely

40. When using CSS what ends a style rule?
XHTML DTD
semi-colon (";")
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
javascript

41. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?
period (".")
Provides information about a website
semi-colon (";")
When linking to a web page on another site.

42. While using CSS what type of css file can modify multiple things at once to an entire site?
colon (":")
External sheet
regular expression
validation

43. What is a box model?
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page

Left join
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.

44. When do you use the "a: hover"?
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
Determines the width and height of computer screen
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>

45. What is the definition of an internal link?
Border
semi-colon (";")
POST
A named anchor that jumps to an area in the same page

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

47. Which heading tag has the smallest size?
To place an important section of text.
h1
Border
Information about a web page title and links

48. In CSS the five possible values for "position" are:static - _____ - absolute - fixed - inherit
remotely
relative
body {background-color: #123456;}
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>

49. In CSS the possible values for the display attribute that are supported by all browsers are none - block - inline - _____ - run-in
/Hello/
list-item
A named anchor that jumps to an area in the same page
To place an important section of text.

50. 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.
period (".")
Divide pages
/Hello/
XHTML DTD