Maddog's HTML for Real People Chapter 2, Quiz Answers

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[INDEX]         Ch 2, Q UIZ - Quiz on Simple Text Documents
Here are the answers to this chapter's quiz:

Which of the following is NOT true about tag pairs?
[  ] the opening tag tells the browser to "turn this feature ON"
[X] 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
[X] </FONT>

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

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

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

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

How does the browser handle HTML whitespace?
[  ] it ignores it
[  ] it inserts it as an end-of- line action
[X] 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
[X] False

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

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

Which of the following statements is NOT true?
[X] 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
[X] False

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

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

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

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

TRUE or FALSE: The <CENTER></CENTER> tag pair centers text, but not headlines
[  ] True
[X] 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>
[ X ] any comment should be embedded between the double dashes in <!-- -->
[  ] HTML comments are prominently displayed by the browser


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