Deck 4: Cascading Style Sheets

Question 1

The !important keyword allows you to specify that a rule should take precedence no matter what the order in the style sheet.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

It is necessary to use the < style > element in an external style sheet.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Comments are embedded directly in the style sheet.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Style rules express the style characteristics for an HTML element.

Question 5

In a style rule, the ____ is a quality or characteristic, such as color, font size, or margin.

A) value
B) selector
C) declaration
D) property

Question 6

External style sheets have a(n) ____ extension.

A) .ess
B) .ss
C) .cs
D) .css

Question 7

How many parts compose a style rule?

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five

Question 8

The id selector lets you write rules, give each a name, and then apply that name to any  elements you choose.

Question 9

CSS rules that are included earlier in a style sheet take precedence over later rules.

Question 10

A declaration is enclosed by which of the following character pairs?

A) ()
B) < >
C) []
D) {}

Question 11

The difference between an id attribute and a class attribute is that an id should refer to only one occurrence within a document.

Question 12

In a style rule, what determines the element to which a rule is applied?

A) style tag
B) selector
C) declaration
D) style sheet

Question 13

An external style sheet affects a single page on a web site.

Question 14

By default, CSS property inheritance is disabled.

Question 15

Which element in the document's < head > section points to an external style sheet named styles.css.

A) < styles >
B) < link >
C) < external >
D) < embed >

Question 16

In a style rule, what details the exact property values?

A) selector
B) style sheet
C) style tag
D) declaration

Question 17

Which of the following is a text document that contains the style rules?

A) An internal style sheet
B) The < style > element
C) The style attribute
D) An external style sheet

Question 18

Which attribute of the < link > element states the relative URL of the style sheet?

A) style
B) href
C) sheet
D) rel

Question 19

Which element is used to create an internal style sheet?

A) < link >
B) < internal >
C) < style >
D) < sheet >

Question 20

You can combine CSS rules with HTML code using an external style sheet.

Question 21

____________________ is the order of CSS rules dictating that child elements receive properties from parent elements.

Question 22

Which type of selector is based on the hierarchical structure of the elements in the document tree?

A) universal
B) combination
C) type
D) descendant

Question 23

Which pseudo-class can be used to have underlines appear or change the color of text when the user points at an element?

A) :alter
B) :select
C) :hover
D) :transform

Question 24

Which feature of CSS means that multiple style sheets and style rules can apply to the same document?

A) join
B) stack
C) cascade
D) coincide

Question 25

Which UI element states selector matches any option button that is in a selected state?

A) enable
B) selected
C) disabled
D) checked

Question 26

Which type of selector lets you quickly select groups of elements and apply a style rule?

A) universal
B) combination
C) type
D) descendant

Question 27

Which attribute has become the selector of choice when identifying layout sections of the page?

A) flag
B) id
C) div
D) class

Question 28

Which element can be used with the class and id attributes to create content containers on a web page?

A) < span >
B) < div >
C) < class >
D) < paragraph >

Question 29

To make your style rules more concise, you can group____________ to which the same rules apply.

Question 30

The __________ element lets you establish document relationships.

Question 31

Style rules contained in ____ affect only the document in which they reside.

A) an internal style sheet
B) an inline style
C) the < body > tag
D) an external style sheet

Question 32

____ elements contain nested elements called ____ elements.

A) Child, parent
B) Parent, sibling
C) Sibling, child
D) Parent, child

Question 33

Because ______________ is the parent element  of the content area of the HTML file, it is the selector to use whenever you want to apply a style across the entire document.

Question 34

CSS comments begin with ____.

A) /?
B) */
C) /*
D) ?/

Question 35

The ____ element lets you specify inline elements within a document that have their own name and style properties.

A) < span >
B) < div >
C) < class >
D) < paragraph >

Question 36

The symbol for the universal selector is the ____.

A) asterisk ( * )
B) comma ( , )
C) period ( . )
D) apostrophe ( ' )

Question 37

The ____ selector lets you write rules, give them a name, and then apply that name to any elements you choose.

A) div
B) class
C) core
D) span

Question 38

Which term can be defined as CSS properties that are passed from one level of hierarchy to a lower level?

A) aggregation
B) inheritance
C) distribution
D) relational

Question 39

In a style rule, the ____________________ is the precise specification of the property.

Question 40

Which type of selector is the simplest?

A) grouping
B) combining
C) type
D) descendant

Question 41

What are the three ways that you can combine CSS style rules with HTML code? Describe each method, along with an example of using the method.

Question 42

The CSS cascading mechanism determines which rules are applied to document elements by assigning a(n) ____________________ to each rule.

Question 43

The ____________________ is useful for testing styles during development.

Question 44

What are the two components of a style rule? Describe them.

Question 45

The __________________ pseudo-element can only be applied to a block-level content and does not support padding, margin, or border properties.

Question 46

CSS applies weight to a rule based on its ____________________ within a style sheet.

Question 47

Explain pseudo-elements.

Question 48

The ____________________ element is a block-level element, and < span > is its inline equivalent.

Question 49

Explain inheritance as it applies to writing simpler style rules.

Question 50

Define "cascade" as it relates to CSS and explain the CSS cascading mechanism.