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Introduction to HTML5

By University of Michigan

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.

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