Name: 
 

Vocabulary We Use



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

A _______ tag is a coded command used to indicate how part of a web page should be displayed.
a.
HTML
b.
XML
c.
HTTP
d.
All of the above
 

 2. 

Use the ________ tag to create a horizontal rule line.
a.
<p>
b.
<hr />
c.
<br />
d.
Any of the above
 

 3. 

To make the largest and boldest heading on a web page I would use the _______ tag.
a.
<h2>
b.
<h1>
c.
<h3>
d.
<h4>
 

 4. 

Most tags have two parts: _________ and _________
a.
starting, ending
b.
beginning, ending
c.
start, finish
d.
opening, closing
 

 5. 

Use the  _______ tag to skip a line between paragraphs.
a.
<hr />
b.
<br />
c.
<p>
d.
Any of the above
 

 6. 

Validation is the process of running your pages through a special application that searches for ________ and makes sure your pages follow the strict ________ standard.
a.
errors, XHTML
b.
text, spelling
c.
bugs, HTML
d.
paragraphs, XHTML
 

 7. 

The <title> tag used to identify the title of a page appears within the _______ tag.
a.
<title>
b.
<body>
c.
<html>
d.
<head>
 

 8. 

Element/s and/or tag/s every web page created in this class must have is/are ___________.
a.
<html>
b.
<head>
c.
<title>
d.
<body>
e.
<!DOCTYPE>
f.
<?xml>
g.
All of the above
 

 9. 

Everything between the ________ tag will appear in the main display area of the web browser window.
a.
<html>
b.
<title>
c.
<head>
d.
<body>
 

 10. 

Web browsers display any text between ________ and ________ at the very top of the browser window.
a.
<head>, </head>
b.
<title>, </title>
c.
<html>, </html>
d.
<body>, </body>
 

 11. 

Use the ________ tag to force a line break within a paragraph.
a.
<hr />
b.
<p>
c.
<br />
d.
Any of the above
 

 12. 

The <link> tag is used to reference which of the following style sheets?
a.
Internal Style Sheets
b.
External Style Sheets
c.
Inline Style rules
d.
All of the above
 

 13. 

You control the size of a rectangular area with the width and height properties.  The properties can be specified in which of the following units of measurement?
a.
in - inches
b.
cm - centimeters
c.
mm - millimeters
d.
px - pixels
e.
pt - points
f.
All of the above
 

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 14. 

The </html> tag is the last tag on a web page and indicates that the web page is over.
 

 15. 

The <hr /> tag creates a line break without including the <br /> tag.
 

 16. 

The <body> tag encloses the entire HTML document.
 

 17. 

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) were created as a solution to eliminate many of the formatting tags that turned out to be poorly designed to mark up the information on a web page and specify of how that information is formmated.
 

 18. 

Attributes are special code words used outside and HTML tag to control exactly what the tag does.
 

 19. 

There are only two types of HTML list, the numbered list (<ol>) and the bulleted list (<ul>).
 

 20. 

If you use the <b> (bold) and <i> (italic) font tags in a list you should close the tag (</b>, </i>) at the end of each list <li> item.
 

 21. 

A quick and easy way to make text appear in the browser as it appears in your HTML code is to use the <pre> tag.
 

 22. 

When using the “style” attribute to call out the font family in the <p> tag, the folowing example could be used:
<p style=”font-family:verdana, arial, times roman”>
 

 23. 

It is possible to center everything on an entire page by placing the style=”text-align:center” attribute inside the body <body> tag.
Example <body style=”text-align:center”> ... </body>
 

 24. 

Anchor names specified via the id attribute can only start with an alphanumeric character.
 

 25. 

It is possible to create a mailto: email link that automatically enters the subject in the email once the link is clicked on.
 

 26. 

URL stands for Uniform Resource Label.
 

 27. 

The special code to represent a comma in a link to a web site name is %20C.
 

 28. 

The following HTML code follows XHTML standards is required to start any imagemap:
<map name=”yourmap”>
 

 29. 

The <area /> tag used in imagemaps has 3 attributes; shape, href, and alt.
 

 30. 

A style rule is a formatting instruction that can be applied to an element on a web page, such as a paragraph of text or a link.
 

 31. 

Styles in a CSS style sheet form a hierarch in which more general styles override more specific styles.
 

 32. 

Semicolon (;) is used to separate style rules from each other.  It is customary to end each style rule with a semicolon so that you can easily add another style rule after it.
 

 33. 

The <p> and <div> tags are considered block elements.
 

 34. 

The <span> tag is considered an inline element.
 

 35. 

Absolute positioning is the default positioning approach used by CSS, so if you don’t specify the positions of a style rule, it will default to absolute positioning.
 

 36. 

Relative positioning allows you to set the exact position of HTML content on a page.
 

 37. 

As with most things in life, with freedom comes responsibility.
 

 38. 

Using relative positioning in a div style rule it is possible to overlap several elements.  That is, if you have more than one div style you can have one overlap the other.
 

 39. 

Although the name z-index might sound a little strange, it refers to the notion of a third dimension (Z) that points into the computer screen, in addition to the two dimensions (X and Y) that go across and down the screen.
 

 40. 

Style sheet margins allow you to add empty space around the inside of the rectangular area for an element on a web page.
 

 41. 

If you want to set all the margins (top, right, bottom, left) for a style rule, you’ll probably want to simplify the code and use the margin property, instead of margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, and margin-left.
 

 42. 

Similar to margins, padding is used to add extra space to elements.  However, padding differs from margins in that padding adds space outside the rectangular area of an element as apposed to inside it.
 

 43. 

The text-align property aligns an element horizontally with its bounding area, and it can be set to left, right, center, or justify.
 

 44. 

CSS makes it very straightforward to create web pages that can change appearance based on how they are viewed.
 

 45. 

The main thing to keep in mind as you consider what it takes to make your pages more print-friendly are the limitations imposed by the medium.
 

 46. 

When creating a print-friendly version of your page you should consider removing the background image.
 

 47. 

When creating a print-friendly version of your page you should consider removing link formatting or simply revert to a basic underline link.
 

 48. 

You would use the <link /> tag to specify the type of medium to be used on your pages.
 

 49. 

Because you know that printed pages are a fixed size, it makes sense to use absolute positioning for all the elements on the printed page.
 

 50. 

By using inches (in) instead of pixels (px) as a unit of measure for all of the absolute positioning on your print-friendly page, page layout becomes very straight forward.
 



 
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