Maddog's HTML for Real People Chapter 4, Quiz Answers

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[INDEX]         Ch 4, Q UIZ - Quiz on Accenting Text
Here are the answers to this chapter's quiz:

Which of the following is a tag pair for "bolding" text?
[  ] <BOLD></BOLD>
[  ] <EM></EM>
[X] <STRONG></STRONG>
[  ] <CITE></CITE>

Which of the following is NOT a tag pair for italicizing text?
[  ] <EM></EM>
[  ] <CITE></CITE>
[X] <ITALIC></ITALIC>
[  ] <I></I>

TRUE or FALSE: it is acceptable to close the <STRONG> tag using the </B> tag.
[  ] True
[X] False

Which of the following tags allow underlining of text?
[X] <U></U>
[  ] <UL></UL>
[  ] <UNDERLINE></UNDERLINE>
[  ] <STRIKE></STRIKE>

On some browsers, underlined text may be confused with:
[  ] italicized text
[  ] bolded text
[  ] highlighted text
[X] links

Which of the following HTML tags does NOT automatically enable a fixed-spaced font?
[X] <BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
[  ] <PRE></PRE>
[  ] <CODE></CODE>
[  ] <TT></TT>

Which of the following HTML tag pairs allows insertion of text without having to manually insert a '<BR>' tag for line breaks?
[  ] <BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
[X] <PRE></PRE>
[  ] <Code></Code>
[  ] <TT></TT>

TRUE or FALSE: Browser "word-wrapping" is enabled inside the '<BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>' tag pair.
[X] True
[  ] False

Which tag implements the automatic indentation of a text passage?
[  ] <P ALIGN="LEFT">
[X] <BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
[  ] <PRE></PRE>
[  ] <INDENT></INDENT>

Which of the following lines is an example of proper nesting of HTML tags?
[  ] <TAG-A> text1 <TAG-B> text2 <TAG-C> text3 </TAG-A>
[  ] <TAG-A> text1 <TAG-B> text2 <TAG-C> text3 </TAG-A> </TAG-B> </TAG-C>
[X] <TAG-A> text1 <TAG-B> text2 <TAG-C> text3 </TAG-C> </TAG-B> </TAG-A>
[  ] <TAG-A> <TAG-B> <TAG-C> text1 </TAG-A> text2 </TAG-B> text3 </TAG-C>

Which of the following statements is TRUE about tag attributes?
[  ] attributes can be embedded in either the opening or closing tag
[  ] the attribute name must be enclosed in quotation marks.
[  ] the browser has no access to attribute values
[X] attributes usually have a name and a value

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the 'PARAGRAPH' tag?
[  ] the <P> tag will accept a modifying attribute
[  ] the <P ALIGN="RIGHT"> tag reverts to default alignment when it encounters another <P>
[  ] When used with the <P> tag, the 'ALIGN=' feature has limited duration
[X] on most browsers, the <P> tag behaves exactly the same as the <P ALIGN="CENTER"> tag

TRUE or FALSE: the <BIG></BIG> tag pair causes an automatic end-of-line action to be generated by the browser
[  ] True
[X] False

TRUE or FALSE: When using the <FONT><FONT> tag pair with a 'SIZE' attribute, either specific or relative size may be controlled
[X] True
[  ] False

The tag <FONT SIZE=+3> instructs the browser to:
[  ] change the default font to "pico"
[  ] change the current font to numerically specified font size '3'
[  ] change the current font to 3 sizes larger than the previous font
[X] change the current font to 3 sizes larger than the default font

TRUE or FALSE:For the tag <FONT SIZE=95>, the browser responds by providing the font at 'SIZE=7'
[X] True
[  ] False

TRUE or FALSE: for each specific type of HTML tag pair used, there should be an identical number of opening and closing tags
[X] True
[  ] False

Which of the following statements is TRUE about horizontal rules?
[  ] the 'WIDTH' attribute specifies the number of pixels of vertical line width
[  ] the 'SIZE' attribute can be specified as a percentage
[X] When specifying a 'WIDTH' attribute, it's a good idea to also specify the 'ALIGN' attribute
[  ] the horizontal rule states that the browser must abide by the horizontal alignment formula

TRUE or FALSE: When included in the <HR> tag, the 'NOSHADE' attribute requires no '=' sign nor value.
[X] True
[  ] False


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