Maddog's HTML for Real People Chapter 2, Quiz

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[INDEX] Ch 2, Q UIZ - Quiz on Simple Text Documents

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Which of the following is NOT true about tag pairs?
[ ] the opening tag tells the browser to "turn this feature ON"
[ ] the closing tag is optional
[ ] both elements of the tag pair are framed by '< >'
[ ] whoever is "IT" last, loses.

Only one of the following is a valid closing tag; which is it?
[ ] <CLOSE>
[ ] &end;
[ ] /HTML
[ ] </FONT>

Which of the following is NOT part of the minimal HTML document?
[ ] <HTML></HTML>
[ ] <BODY></BODY>
[ ] <HEADER></HEADER>
[ ] <TITLE></TITLE>

TRUE or FALSE: Your HTML "title" may be placed anywhere in the HTML document.
[ ] True
[ ] False

TRUE or FALSE: The browser is responsible for selecting the default font of the HTML document
[ ] True
[ ] False

Which of the following is NOT "whitespace"?
[ ] four "spaces"
[ ] a tab, 5 spaces long
[ ] &nbsp;
[ ] a carriage return

How does the browser handle HTML whitespace?
[ ] it ignores it
[ ] it inserts it as an end-of- line action
[ ] it substitutes one space for each series of whitespace
[ ] it substitutes one space for carriage returns, and ignores the rest

TRUE or FALSE: It is the HTML author's responsibility to see that end-of-line actions are properly placed in text.
[ ] True
[ ] False

TRUE or FALSE: You never have to worry about too many spaces in HTML.
[ ] True
[ ] False

Which of the following implements paragraphs in HTML?
[ ] <PARA>
[ ] <P></P>
[ ] <P>
[ ] <PARA></PARA>

Which of the following statements is NOT true?
[ ] the browser ignores the <BR> tag
[ ] the browser inserts one hard EOL for each <BR> tag
[ ] no matter how many <P> tags you insert in a row, the browser responds to only one.
[ ] the browser ignores all carriage returns in the HTML text

TRUE or FALSE: The headline function is implemented with a standalone tag.
[ ] True
[ ] False

Which is a valid tag for the largest headline?
[ ] <H1>
[ ] <H6>
[ ] <HEAD2>
[ ] <HEAD5>

TRUE or FALSE: Closing the headline function causes an automatic double end-of-line action
[ ] True
[ ] False

Which of the following implements an explicit space?
[ ] <nbsp>
[ ] <SPACE>
[ ] &nbsp;
[ ] &nbsp

TRUE or FALSE: The <NOBR> tag disables word-wrapping at the browser.
[ ] True
[ ] False

TRUE or FALSE: The <CENTER></CENTER> tag pair centers text, but not headlines
[ ] True
[ ] False

Which of the following statements about comments is TRUE?
[ ] any text after '//' is considered a "comment"
[ ] the HTML tag pair for an embedded comment is <C></C>
[ ] any comment should be embedded between the double dashes in <!-- -->
[ ] HTML comments are prominently displayed by the browser


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