WGU D276 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
XML Tag Formatting - Answers XML tags follow one of two formats; elements tag
(<city>"Daytona"</city>) or self-closing tags (<hierarchy title="United States" />).
Block Element - Answers An element that fills the width of the element's parent container and can
contain other block elements, inline elements, and text.
<div></div> - Answers A generic element for creating block containers to facilitate managing page
content and is the only block element with no semantic meaning.
<span></span> - Answers The generic element for creating inline containers to facilitate managing
content on the page.
<form></form> - Answers Allows the web browser to submit information form the user to the server.
Action Attribute - Answers Indicates the URL where the form data should be sent.
Method Attribute - Answers Indicates the HTTP request type the browser will use to communicate
with the server.
GET Method - Answers A technique used by a web browser to submit information to a web server by
altering the URL of the HTTP request.
POST Method - Answers A technique used by a web browser to submit information to a web server by
sending the information in the HTTP request body.
Enctype Attribute - Answers Used with a value of "multipart/form-data" indicates the web browser
should split a POST request into multiple parts, where each input field is sent as a separate part of the
HTTP request message.
Checkbox - Answers Allows users to check, or select, a value, many values, or no value at all.
Boolean - Answers An attribute that is true when present and false when absent.
Radio Button - Answers A widget for input elements with the type attribute of "radio", which allows
users to select exactly one value from possibly many values.
Fieldset - Answers Groups related form widgets together and draws a box around the related widgets.
The <legend>...</legend> element defines a caption for a fieldset.
Fallback - Answers A mechanism that allows a web page element to function correctly even if the
browser does not support a particular element.
Polyfill - Answers A fallback using JavaScript code that makes certain HTML features work on browsers
that do not natively support those features.
<iframe></iframe> - Answers Allows a web page to be embedded in a rectangular area of the current
web page.
<script></script> - Answers Allows a web page to include executable code, which the browser
assumes to be JavaScript unless indicated otherwise.
<style></style> - Answers Allows the web page to introduce presentational directives, usually CSS.
XML - Answers Extensible Markup Language is a markup language proposed by the W3C. Unlike
HTML, it is case sensitive.
XML Prolog - Answers The XML equivalent to the HTML doctype declaration
Semantic Elements - Answers Clearly describes its meaning to both the browser and the developer.
Example <nav>
- Answers Non-breaking space HTML entity
Entity - Answers A mechanism for writing special characters or symbols in HTML.
Inheritance - Answers A concept where the style declarations from a parent element are applied to
any child elements.
!important - Answers A CSS rule that may be used on a style declaration to override other
declarations and disregard specificity.
Pseudo-Class Selector - Answers A CSS selector, specified with a colon character (:) following by a
pseudo-class name
Universal Selector - Answers A CSS selector, specified using an asterisk (*), that matches ALL HTML
elements in a web page.
Multiple Selector - Answers A CSS selector, specified using a comma (,) to separate selectors, that
matches all listed HTML elements to apply a style rule.
Child Selector - Answers A CSS selector, specified using a greater-than character (>) between two
selectors, that matches any HTML elements where the second element is a direct child of the first
element.
XML Tag Formatting - Answers XML tags follow one of two formats; elements tag
(<city>"Daytona"</city>) or self-closing tags (<hierarchy title="United States" />).
Block Element - Answers An element that fills the width of the element's parent container and can
contain other block elements, inline elements, and text.
<div></div> - Answers A generic element for creating block containers to facilitate managing page
content and is the only block element with no semantic meaning.
<span></span> - Answers The generic element for creating inline containers to facilitate managing
content on the page.
<form></form> - Answers Allows the web browser to submit information form the user to the server.
Action Attribute - Answers Indicates the URL where the form data should be sent.
Method Attribute - Answers Indicates the HTTP request type the browser will use to communicate
with the server.
GET Method - Answers A technique used by a web browser to submit information to a web server by
altering the URL of the HTTP request.
POST Method - Answers A technique used by a web browser to submit information to a web server by
sending the information in the HTTP request body.
Enctype Attribute - Answers Used with a value of "multipart/form-data" indicates the web browser
should split a POST request into multiple parts, where each input field is sent as a separate part of the
HTTP request message.
Checkbox - Answers Allows users to check, or select, a value, many values, or no value at all.
Boolean - Answers An attribute that is true when present and false when absent.
Radio Button - Answers A widget for input elements with the type attribute of "radio", which allows
users to select exactly one value from possibly many values.
Fieldset - Answers Groups related form widgets together and draws a box around the related widgets.
The <legend>...</legend> element defines a caption for a fieldset.
Fallback - Answers A mechanism that allows a web page element to function correctly even if the
browser does not support a particular element.
Polyfill - Answers A fallback using JavaScript code that makes certain HTML features work on browsers
that do not natively support those features.
<iframe></iframe> - Answers Allows a web page to be embedded in a rectangular area of the current
web page.
<script></script> - Answers Allows a web page to include executable code, which the browser
assumes to be JavaScript unless indicated otherwise.
<style></style> - Answers Allows the web page to introduce presentational directives, usually CSS.
XML - Answers Extensible Markup Language is a markup language proposed by the W3C. Unlike
HTML, it is case sensitive.
XML Prolog - Answers The XML equivalent to the HTML doctype declaration
Semantic Elements - Answers Clearly describes its meaning to both the browser and the developer.
Example <nav>
- Answers Non-breaking space HTML entity
Entity - Answers A mechanism for writing special characters or symbols in HTML.
Inheritance - Answers A concept where the style declarations from a parent element are applied to
any child elements.
!important - Answers A CSS rule that may be used on a style declaration to override other
declarations and disregard specificity.
Pseudo-Class Selector - Answers A CSS selector, specified with a colon character (:) following by a
pseudo-class name
Universal Selector - Answers A CSS selector, specified using an asterisk (*), that matches ALL HTML
elements in a web page.
Multiple Selector - Answers A CSS selector, specified using a comma (,) to separate selectors, that
matches all listed HTML elements to apply a style rule.
Child Selector - Answers A CSS selector, specified using a greater-than character (>) between two
selectors, that matches any HTML elements where the second element is a direct child of the first
element.
