Principles of Web Design The Web Technologies Series 5th Edition by Joel Sklar - Test Bank
Chapter 1: HTML and the Modern Web
TRUE/FALSE
1. The W3C was founded before HTML was first formalized.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 9-10
2. The various committees that make up the W3C look to expand and set standards for the many new Web technologies that have emerged.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 10
3. XML does not allow you to create your own elements.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 11
4. It is best practice to use all uppercase characters for element and attribute names when writing HTML5.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 20
5. HTML is a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) layout tool.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 29
6. Most recent HTML authoring tools offer syntax validation and code conversion.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 29
7. A page that you create in an editing interface will always look exactly the same in every browser.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 30
8. Following the W3C standards does not mean that your site has to be visually uninteresting, although you may have to sacrifice the latest multimedia enhancements.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 31
9. Standardizing coding practices helps clean up most common coding errors.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 32
10. Migrating from HTML to HTML5 in an existing site should be done as quickly as possible.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 32-33
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The ____ element tag indicates that the text is a top-level heading.
a. |
<h0> |
c. |
<h6> |
b. |
<h1> |
d. |
<h7> |
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 4
2. HTML elements should be used properly to describe each section of the document based on the ____ structure of the document.
a. |
programming |
c. |
coding |
b. |
design |
d. |
logical |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 4
3. Every browser interprets HTML in its own way, based on its ____.
a. |
compiler |
c. |
rendering engine |
b. |
translator |
d. |
interpreter |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 5
4. ____ lets you control the presentation characteristics of an entire Web site with a single style sheet document.
a. |
SGML |
c. |
CSS |
b. |
WYSIWYG |
d. |
HTML |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 6
5. A ____ is a set of rules that describes the display characteristics of a document.
a. |
template sheet |
c. |
template |
b. |
style sheet |
d. |
guide |
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 6
6. Tim Berners-Lee first proposed HTML at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in ____.
a. |
1984 |
c. |
1989 |
b. |
1987 |
d. |
1991 |
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 9
7. The need for new markup languages and standards to address new demands is handled by the ____.
a. |
WC |
c. |
W2C |
b. |
W1C |
d. |
W3C |
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 9-10
8. The W3C released version 4.01 of ____ in 1999.
a.
XHTML