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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Where should you place a navigation bar?
.css
When linking to a web page on another site.
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
colon (":")

2. What is the hierarchy for CSS code?
a img {border: none}
DOM (Document Object Model)
a img {border: none}
Inline→embedded→external

3. When should you use a <span> tag?
The list matters
To place an important section of text.
regular expression
The list matters

4. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com
To place an important section of text.
inner join
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>

5. When is FTP used?
h6
remotely
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this

6. What separates the padding and the margin area in CSS?
remotely
Border

When linking to a web page on another site.

7. 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)
Inline→embedded→external
<a name="top"> link</a>
Left join
800 by 600

8. While using CSS what type of css file can modify multiple things at once to an entire site?
External sheet
Provides information about a website
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off
To list a series of terms and their definitions

9. What are the correct naming standards for web pages?
Place the word together (eliminating spaces or using underscore or dash)
GET
Left join
colon (":")

10. 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
To place an important section of text.
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page

11. Where should you place a navigation bar?
If the list isn't important
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
XML
/Hello/

12. When using CSS what ends a style rule?
DOM (Document Object Model)
semi-colon (";")
External sheet
800 by 600

13. When do you use the "a: hover"?
<a name="top"> link</a>
Wants the link to be a certain color when the mouse is moved over the link.
XHTML DTD
inner join

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

To show the visitor the linked had not been selected
The list matters

15. What is a box model?
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
body {background-color: #123456;}
800 by 600
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.

16. Write the line of code to insert an image.
Includes information about a web page.
float left
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>
.css

17. How do you remove a border from an image (using css)?
h6
POST
a img {border: none}
XHTML DTD

18. What is a box model?
cookie
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
Change color after the link was visited
To separate paragraphs

19. (Extensible Markup Language) A set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form - used to send data from one application to another.
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>
800 by 600
XML

20. While using CSS what type of css file can modify multiple things at once to an entire site?
Includes information about a web page.
period (".")
Padding
External sheet

21. A way of matching strings of text given a defined set of parameters.
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
regular expression
list-item

22. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?
Border
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
800 by 600
period (".")

23. What is the code to change the background in a CSS page using a hexadecimal number?
body {background-color: #123456;}
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
cookie

24. In CSS the five possible values for "position" are:static - _____ - absolute - fixed - inherit
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
relative

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

Frameset
To list a series of terms and their definitions
Padding

26. How do you write a comment in an HTML document?
External sheet

float left
Inline→embedded→external

27. What does float allow you to do?
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
Includes information about a web page.
Provides information about a website

28. This stops processing the page if they cannot retrieve the resource.
Padding
h6
Border
Require

29. Data gets transferred via the URL - used for safe actions
Frameset
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
GET
Occurs when a computer mixes several colors because a certain color doesn't fit into the standard color palette.

30. Web apps can interact with server without changing anything on the page - uses the XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data asynchronously with the web server.
<a href = "basicversity/school.html">School</a>
inline style
a img {border: none}
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML)

31. How do you write a comment in an CSS document?
remotely
XML
External sheet
/Hello/

32. What is the purpose of the <p> tag?
.jpg
To separate paragraphs
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
To place an important section of text.

33. A CSS document is saved with the _____ extension?
javascript
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
.css
body {background-color: #123456;}

34. What is included within the <head> tag?
POST
Information about a web page title and links
To place an important section of text.
global variable

35. When should you use a <span> tag?
To place an important section of text.
Is used to transfer files from a computer to a web server; a user needs a "user name" and "password" to complete this
h1
cookie

36. How do you remove a border from an image (using css)?
semi-colon (";")
a img {border: none}
External sheet
h6

37. Define a .gif image.
period (".")
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format

<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>

38. When do you use the "a: link"?
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
An 8 bit---256 color graphic format
Require
Provides information about a website

39. 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
semi-colon (";")
Padding
The list matters
javascript

40. What symbol is used in a CSS document to denote code that is considered a class?
If the list isn't important
Left join
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
period (".")

41. What type of image is best if a web page requires a photograph?
If the user has a text only browser or has the graphics turned off
Wants a hyperlink not to be underlined when the user clicks down on the link
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
.jpg

42. Write the code to link to: www.basicversity.com
float left
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
Right joint
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>

43. What is the purpose of the <meta> tag?
Provides information about a website
Position an element to the left or right of other content on a page
<a href= "http://www.basicversity.com"> Basicversity</a>
.jpg

44. When do you use an absolute link?
When linking to a web page on another site.
h1
Should be placed in its own division of a web page.
<img src="basicversity.jpg" alt="basicversity"/>

45. What is the purpose of the <title> tag?
GET
.css
float left
Used to place a web page name into the title bar of the web browser

46. Define resolution.
If the list isn't important
regular expression
Describes the relationship (in CSS) between margins and borders and padding and height.
Determines the width and height of computer screen

47. Creates a new result table by combining column values of two tables (A and B) based upon the join-predicate
XHTML DTD
inner join
is the common name used that guarantees that almost all colors will properly be displayed on a computer.
To show the visitor the linked had not been selected

48. To destroy the session Unregister a _____________ from the current session
Right joint
To place an important section of text.
Includes information about a web page.
global variable

49. What is the code to change the background in a CSS page using a hexadecimal number?
h6
body {background-color: #123456;}
relative


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.
float left
A named anchor that jumps to an area in the same page

XHTML DTD