WGU C777 Web Development Applications questions
and answers with solutions
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript - ANSWER The web development trifecta
main - ANSWER HTML5 tag defining the main body of a document. Cannot be the child of the
header, nav, article, aside, or footer elements.
header and footer - ANSWER These elements can also be included in article, aside, nav, main,
and section elements, not just on the page itself
source - ANSWER This element identifies the file(s) to use in a video or audio element
style guide - ANSWER A set of standards for the writing and/or design of documents
IE9 - ANSWER This version of IE is the first to support HTML5
Add them via JS, make them block via CSS - ANSWER What should you do to support HTML5
elements in pre-IE9 browsers.
selector - ANSWER The term for the part of CSS code that refers to the element you want to
style
declaration - ANSWER In CSS, the term for a property and value pair. It must always end with a
semicolon
rule - ANSWER In CSS, the name for a selector, property and value all grouped together
,inheritance - ANSWER The word "cascading" in CSS refers to this concept
External, embedded, inline - ANSWER The cascading order of CSS style sheets, ordered from
lowest priority to highest
rel, type, href - ANSWER Linking to a CSS file requires these attributes in the link element
style - ANSWER Embedded CSS should be placed in a block defined by this element
style - ANSWER Inline CSS should be placed in an attribute with this name
document flow - ANSWER The arrangement of content elements on a page and how the space
is used. Does it fall from top to bottom in stacks, or does some content float to one side or the
other?
curly braces - ANSWER These are not used when defining inline CSS styles
clear - ANSWER Use this CSS property to avoid having floating elements before/after another
element
static - ANSWER In CSS, the "normal, or default", position of block elements within a page
relative - ANSWER In CSS, positioning a block element relative to another element
absolute - ANSWER In CSS, this causes the element to appear to float above the document and
can be positioned as needed. It is completely removed from the rest of the page flow.
, fixed - ANSWER In CSS, this causes the element to remain in the same position when the page is
scrolled
inherit - ANSWER In CSS, this causes the element to inherit its parent's position
padding - ANSWER In the box model, this is the space between the content and the border
margin - ANSWER In the box model, this is the space between the border and surrounding
elements
content, padding, border, and margin - ANSWER Add all of these up to get the full size of an
element in the box model
element[attribute$=value] - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified
element whose specified attribute ends with the specified value
element[attribute*=value] - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified
element whose specified attribute contains the specified substring value
element[attribute^=value] - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified
element whose specified attribute begins with the specified value
element:checked - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every checked instance of a specified
element
element:disabled - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every disabled instance of a specified
element
and answers with solutions
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript - ANSWER The web development trifecta
main - ANSWER HTML5 tag defining the main body of a document. Cannot be the child of the
header, nav, article, aside, or footer elements.
header and footer - ANSWER These elements can also be included in article, aside, nav, main,
and section elements, not just on the page itself
source - ANSWER This element identifies the file(s) to use in a video or audio element
style guide - ANSWER A set of standards for the writing and/or design of documents
IE9 - ANSWER This version of IE is the first to support HTML5
Add them via JS, make them block via CSS - ANSWER What should you do to support HTML5
elements in pre-IE9 browsers.
selector - ANSWER The term for the part of CSS code that refers to the element you want to
style
declaration - ANSWER In CSS, the term for a property and value pair. It must always end with a
semicolon
rule - ANSWER In CSS, the name for a selector, property and value all grouped together
,inheritance - ANSWER The word "cascading" in CSS refers to this concept
External, embedded, inline - ANSWER The cascading order of CSS style sheets, ordered from
lowest priority to highest
rel, type, href - ANSWER Linking to a CSS file requires these attributes in the link element
style - ANSWER Embedded CSS should be placed in a block defined by this element
style - ANSWER Inline CSS should be placed in an attribute with this name
document flow - ANSWER The arrangement of content elements on a page and how the space
is used. Does it fall from top to bottom in stacks, or does some content float to one side or the
other?
curly braces - ANSWER These are not used when defining inline CSS styles
clear - ANSWER Use this CSS property to avoid having floating elements before/after another
element
static - ANSWER In CSS, the "normal, or default", position of block elements within a page
relative - ANSWER In CSS, positioning a block element relative to another element
absolute - ANSWER In CSS, this causes the element to appear to float above the document and
can be positioned as needed. It is completely removed from the rest of the page flow.
, fixed - ANSWER In CSS, this causes the element to remain in the same position when the page is
scrolled
inherit - ANSWER In CSS, this causes the element to inherit its parent's position
padding - ANSWER In the box model, this is the space between the content and the border
margin - ANSWER In the box model, this is the space between the border and surrounding
elements
content, padding, border, and margin - ANSWER Add all of these up to get the full size of an
element in the box model
element[attribute$=value] - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified
element whose specified attribute ends with the specified value
element[attribute*=value] - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified
element whose specified attribute contains the specified substring value
element[attribute^=value] - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified
element whose specified attribute begins with the specified value
element:checked - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every checked instance of a specified
element
element:disabled - ANSWER This CSS3 selector selects every disabled instance of a specified
element
