Deck 10: Data Tables

Question 1

Since CSS page layouts are broadly supported, tables should be used only to present which of the following?

A) images
B) page organization
C) columns and rows
D) data

Answer 1

D

Question 2

HTML tables are designed not only to present data properly in the browser window, but to be read sequentially by screen readers and other assistive devices.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A table will be more legible if you do which of the following?

A) collapse the borders
B) give each cell its own border
C) present the cell content centered
D) separate the borders

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Unlike other block-level elements, tables cannot be floated.

Question 5

Borders can be applied to the whole table, to individual rows, and to individual cells.

Question 6

Which element lets you create a table header cell that presents the cell content as bold and centered by default?

A) < theader >
B) < th >
C) < table-head >
D) < thead >

Question 7

The < tr > tag marks the beginning and end of table rows.

Question 8

Which element contains the table cells?

A) < table >
B) < td >
C) < tr >
D) < th >

Question 9

After which tag must the < caption > element appear if you want to include a caption for the table?

A) tbody
B) table
C) tfoot
D) col

Question 10

Which element do you use if you want to specify a header for a column of data?

A) < table >
B) < td >
C) < tr >
D) < th >

Question 11

Which element contains table data?

A) < table >
B) < td >
C) < tr >
D) < th >

Question 12

When you build column spans,start from the right side of the table since column spans always span from right to left.

Question 13

Which element establishes the table?

A) < table >
B) < td >
C) < tr >
D) < th >

Question 14

Column groups are always applied left to right in the table.

Question 15

What does the < tr > tag contain?

A) table cells
B) table data
C) images
D) table title

Question 16

Each table cell should have its own border to make the table data easier to read.

Question 17

Both < colgroup > and < col > elements must appear  immediately before the opening < table > element or before the < caption > element if the table
contains a caption.

Question 18

If you add a rowspan to a table, you will need to reduce the number of cells to accommodate the span.

Question 19

Rows can be grouped into head, body, and footer sections.

Question 20

Which tag marks the beginning and end of each row of a table?

A) < table >
B) < td >
C) < tr >
D) < th >

Question 21

In which direction do rows span?

A) down
B) left to right
C) right to left
D) up

Question 22

The___________ attribute lets you create cells that span multiple rows of a table.

Question 23

Which attribute do you use with the < colgroup > element to set the number of columns specified in the group?

A) span
B) class
C) max
D) cols

Question 24

By default, tables are displayed in the browser with ____.

A) borders turned off
B) borders turned on
C) dotted borders
D) dashed borders

Question 25

Use the _________________ property to position the caption on the top or bottom of the table.

Question 26

Rows can be grouped into head, body, and ____ sections.

A) column
B) title
C) page
D) footer

Question 27

To which elements can you apply padding values?

A) < table >, < cell >
B) < th >, < td >
C) < cell >, < tr >
D) < td >, < table >

Question 28

Which of the following is a property that can be applied to  to the < colgroup > and < col > elements?

A) height
B) text-color
C) width
D) shadow

Question 29

The ____ element lets you specify style characteristics for individual columns.

A) < column >
B) < indcol >
C) < colgroup >
D) < col >

Question 30

You can style the caption with CSS to position the caption on the top or bottom of the table using the ____ property.

A) caption
B) caption-location
C) caption-side
D) caption-loc

Question 31

The ________ element lets you create a table header cell that presents the cell content as bold and centered by default.

Question 32

Which pseudo-class can you use to cause the background or font to change when the user points to a cell or row?

A) :hover
B) :apply
C) :change
D) :alter

Question 33

The < colgroup > element has a(n) ________ attribute  that lets you set the number of columns specified in the group.

Question 34

When you ____ a table next to a block of text, you can provide white space around the table with the margin properties.

A) place
B) float
C) span
D) divide

Question 35

In the < col > element, what attribute can you use that can be used as selectors in the style sheet?

A) name
B) style
C) span
D) class

Question 36

Using the ____ element as a selector applies a border only to the outside of a table.

A) table
B) td
C) tr
D) th

Question 37

By default, tables are displayed in the browser without ____________.

Question 38

Both < colgroup > and < col > elements must appear immediately after the opening ____ element, or after the < caption > element if the table contains a caption.

A) < table >
B) < td >
C) < tr >
D) < th >

Question 39

You can select and style individual tables by giving them a class or ____ name to apply style rules only to the selected table.

A) header
B) span
C) background
D) id

Question 40

What can you apply to alternate rows of a table to make table data easier to read?

A) Padding
B) Margins
C) Background colors
D) Borders

Question 41

Use the ________________ property to remove the extra space between borders.

Question 42

You can activate cell highlighting when a user points at a cell by using the ____________ pseudo-class.

Question 43

Describe how HTML tables are used and the most commonly used table elements.

Question 44

Explain how you can group and style columns in a table. Show a coding example.

Question 45

The ____________________ element does not accept the padding property, so you have to apply it to the < th > and < td > elements.

Question 46

Explain how you can style table borders.

Question 47

You can style individual row and cell borders using _____________ or ids to make specific selections in the table.

Question 48

Table data becomes much easier to read when alternate rows have a distinguishing ____________________ color.

Question 49

Explain how you can style the caption of a table.

Question 50

Give a code example of a basic table that uses a caption, a table header row, five columns and 6 total rows.