Week One - HTML/Web basics Quiz and Answers

Question 1
What does HTML stand for?
Answer: hyper text markup language

Question 2
Unlike earlier versions of HTML, HTML5 produces pages that look the same across all
browsers.
True
False
Answer: False

Correct!! Browsers can independently determine how to format the different tags.
Some use different sizes for headings and/or blank space.

Question 3
FTP stands for
File Transmission Pipe
File Transfer Protocol
Files to Push
Answer: File Transfer Protocol

Question 4
HTTP stands for
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Hyper Transfer Translation Program
Hyper Text Text Program
Answer: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

Question 5
Which of the following is part of a URL?
protocol
editor
hosting service
Answer: protocol

Question 6
The Internet is a type of
Local Area Network
Wide Area Network
Hypertext Network
Answer: wide area network

Question 7
What is the Request/Response Cycle?
The process that happens when a client requests a page and a server responds with
the appropriate files
The process that happens when a HTML5 is created with an editor
The process that happens when a server requests a page and a client responds with
the appropriate files
Answer: The process that happens when a client requests a page and a server
responds with the appropriate files
Question 8
A ________________________ is a computer that is in charge of handling resource
requests from multiple computers.

Answer: server

Question 9
Which of the following is an example of a top-level domain?
.biz
umich.edu
mysite
Answer: .biz

Question 10
The Domain Name Service looks up the domain and returns the
IP address
server
host
document
Answer: IP address

Question 11
Which organization is responsible for assigning top-level domain names?
Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Answer: Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN)

Question 12
A single web page may require several iterations of the Request-Response Cycle.
True
False
Answer: True

Question 13
What does LAN stand for?

Answer: local area network

Question 14
What does WAN stand for?

Answer: wide area network

Question 15
Which is the correct file extension for a web page?
.txt
.html
.doc
.ppt
Answer: .html
Question 16
HTML uses _________ to annotate documents. This is a way of marking up the content
to identify specific HTML elements.

Answer: tags

Each HTML element has a corresponding tag to explain to the browser how the content
should be displayed.

Question 17
Which of the following best explains the difference between syntax and semantics.
A browser may have trouble displaying a page if the syntax is incorrect.
Syntax and semantics are interchangeable.
A browser may have trouble displaying a page if the semantics is incorrect.
Answer: A browser may have trouble displaying a page if the semantics is incorrect.

Question 18
The first graphical browser was.... (please use one word answer)

Answer: 1993.

Question 19
What are proprietary tags?
Tags that work only on certain browsers
Tags used to define ownership of the content
Tags that displayed copyright information
Answer: Tags that work only on certain browsers

Question 20
Which of these tags breaks the tenet of the separation of content and layout?
br
p
center
Answer: p

Question 21
Which of the following are browsers?
Chrome, Firefox, Safari
Firefox, Windows, Chrome
Safari, Mac, Sublime, Chrome
Answer: Chrome, Firefox, Safari

Question 22
HTML5 should not...
be device-independent
use markup instead of scripting where appropraite
take advantage of the most up-to-date plugins.
Answer: use markup instead of scripting where appropraite

Question 23
A basic functionality of browsers is to translate HTML documents into viewable
webpages.
True
False
Answer: True

Question 24
Which version of HTML introduced different document types?
HTML5
HTML 4.01
HTML 2.0
HTML 3.2
Answer: HTML 4.01

Question 25
The predecessor of the internet was
DARPA
CompuServe
Arpanet
Al Gore
Answer: Arpanet

Question 26
URL stands for
Unordered Resource Location
Universal Relation Locator
Uniform Resource Locator
Answer: Uniform Resource Locator

Question 27
CSS stands for
Cascading Hypertext Style Script
Cascading Style Sheet
Cascading Color Scheme
Answer: Cascading Style Sheet

Question 28
CSS1 was introduced for public use in

Answer: 1996

Question 29
What editor are you using?

Answer: notepad

If you aren't already, consider using Sublime. This is the editor I will be using
in lectures. I will include supplementary information on how to set up Sublime to
use special tools to fill in part of your code for you.

Question 30
What browser(s) are you using?

Answer: chrome

Make sure to have at least two different browsers to test your code. This will help
you to see the differences in HTML5 implementation. Many developers like to use
Firefox since it has so many built in tools. I will be using Chrome in lectures.