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Web Development

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This provides a warning if the resource being asked for is not present...still tries to display data.






2. When is best to use the <dl> tag?






3. (Extensible Markup Language) A set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form - used to send data from one application to another.






4. What is the code to change the background in a CSS page using a hexadecimal number?






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






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






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






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






9. Pushes an element far left - allows other elements to wrap around it.






10. When do you use the "a: link"?






11. Opposite of left join






12. Define "web safe colors".






13. Where should you place a navigation bar?






14. How do you write a comment in an CSS document?






15. What type of image is best if a web page requires a photograph?






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






17. Define dithering


18. When do you use an absolute link?






19. Define resolution.






20. Define dithering


21. Web apps can interact with server without changing anything on the page - uses the XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data asynchronously with the web server.






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






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






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






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






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






27. Define a .gif image.






28. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?






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






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






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






32. 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)






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






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


35. Where is a session variable stored?






36. When do you use the "a: active"?






37. What does float allow you to do?






38. How do you write a comment in an CSS document?






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






40. When using CSS what ends a style rule?






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






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






43. Why is "alt" used?






44. Which heading tag has the smallest size?






45. 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.






46. Which heading tag has the smallest size?






47. What is the purpose of the <!doctype> tag?






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






49. Which tag has the largest size?






50. 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