WGU D276 WEB DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONS CORE
EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the ability of users with disabilities to access and use a webpage with
reasonable effort? - ✔✔Web Accessibility
✔✔What is a network sniffer? - ✔✔Software that monitors network traffic and allows
users to inspect HTTP requests and responses.
✔✔What is a browser cache? - ✔✔An area on a computer hard drive where web
content can be stored by the web browser for quick retrieval later.
✔✔What is a protocol suite that governs how data packets are transferred over the
internet from one machine to another? - ✔✔ransmission Control Protocol / Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP)
✔✔What is a networking protocol that runs over TCP/IP and governs communication
between web browsers and web servers? - ✔✔HTTP
✔✔What is Linkrot? - ✔✔The general name for a once valid link that now returns a 404
status code.
✔✔Regarding a URL, what is a Query String? - ✔✔Optional characters to the right of
the question mark (?) in a URL that provide data for the web server.
✔✔Five potential parts of a URL - ✔✔Fragment, Hostname, Path, Scheme, Query
String
✔✔What is the Third-level domain in the following multi-level domain name?
cs.stanford.edu - ✔✔cs
✔✔What is the most popular top-level domain (TLD)? - ✔✔.com
✔✔Websites have either an IP address or a domain name, but not both. - ✔✔False
✔✔How many root Domain Name System (DNS) servers currently exist in the world? -
✔✔13
✔✔A scripting language used to provide interactivity within a webpage - ✔✔JavaScript
✔✔A style sheet language that provides the formatting and "look" of a Webpage or
document written in a markup language. - ✔✔CSS
,✔✔Which of the following are HTML5 semantic tags? - ✔✔<footer> <header> <nav>
✔✔Which HTML element is used to allow a web page to include executable code,
which the browser assumes to be JavaScript unless indicated otherwise? - ✔✔<script>
✔✔True or false? The use of self-closing element tags (i.e., <br />) should be avoided -
✔✔True
✔✔Three valid methods of implementing CSS for a web page - ✔✔embedded, external,
inline
✔✔XML simplifies the coding process regarding which of the following? - ✔✔Data
availability, Date Sharing, Data Transport, Platform Changes
✔✔Can XML tags be invented? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔True of false? XML does not use predefined tags? - ✔✔True
✔✔How does XML provide a software- and hardware-independent way of storing,
transporting, and sharing data? - ✔✔By storing data in plain text format
✔✔What does proper nesting mean in the XML context? - ✔✔When a nested XML
element is opened inside the parent element, it must be closed inside the parent
element.
✔✔True or false? All XML elements must have a closing tag - ✔✔True
✔✔True or false? XML documents must contain one root element that is the parent of
all other elements. - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the XML equivalent to the HTML Doctype declaration? - ✔✔The XML prolog
✔✔True or false? UTF-8 is not the default character encoding for XML documents. -
✔✔False
✔✔True or false? XML tags are case sensitive - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the W3C markup validation service? - ✔✔a service that takes an HTML
document as an input, goes through it, and gives you a report to tell you what is wrong
with your HTML
✔✔How do you access browser devtools? - ✔✔there are different ways to open
devtools in different browsers and platforms
, ✔✔What is the rules view? - ✔✔a devtools view where you should be able to see the
CSS properties and values applied to an HTML element
✔✔How do you add a new property? - ✔✔using rules view of devtools, you can click the
closing curly brace in the rule to start entering a new declaration into it
✔✔What are the three (3) components of the debugging process? - ✔✔find it, fix it,
identify it
✔✔What languages can the Chrome devtools help debug? - ✔✔CSS, HTML,
JavaScript
✔✔How can you open the Chrome devtools commandment menu? - ✔✔by clicking the
menu button on the top right of the devtools window
✔✔What is a difference between HTML and the DOM? - ✔✔when the DOM is
manipulated using devtools, the HTML source code does not change
✔✔Which devtools panel shows how the DOM currently looks in the web page? -
✔✔the Elements panel
✔✔What does the elements panel represent on the website? - ✔✔a textual
representation of the DOM for the selected webpage
✔✔Which pane displays where CSS styles are being applied to an element? - ✔✔the
Styles pane
✔✔What is a root folder for a website? - ✔✔the folder where the website files are stored
✔✔Which indicator is used to signify that files are successfully mapped to files on a
disk? - ✔✔green circle next to file name
✔✔Which keyboard shortcut can you use to save changes in workspaces? - ✔✔control
+s
✔✔What is CSS cascading? - ✔✔how a style applied to a parent element will also apply
to all children elements within the parent
✔✔What is the difference between viewing HTML via the page source versus the
inspector? - ✔✔the inspector displays HTML as represented by the rendered DOM
✔✔A CSS rule consists of which three (3) of the following parts? - ✔✔declaration,
declaration block, selector
EXAM MANUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the ability of users with disabilities to access and use a webpage with
reasonable effort? - ✔✔Web Accessibility
✔✔What is a network sniffer? - ✔✔Software that monitors network traffic and allows
users to inspect HTTP requests and responses.
✔✔What is a browser cache? - ✔✔An area on a computer hard drive where web
content can be stored by the web browser for quick retrieval later.
✔✔What is a protocol suite that governs how data packets are transferred over the
internet from one machine to another? - ✔✔ransmission Control Protocol / Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP)
✔✔What is a networking protocol that runs over TCP/IP and governs communication
between web browsers and web servers? - ✔✔HTTP
✔✔What is Linkrot? - ✔✔The general name for a once valid link that now returns a 404
status code.
✔✔Regarding a URL, what is a Query String? - ✔✔Optional characters to the right of
the question mark (?) in a URL that provide data for the web server.
✔✔Five potential parts of a URL - ✔✔Fragment, Hostname, Path, Scheme, Query
String
✔✔What is the Third-level domain in the following multi-level domain name?
cs.stanford.edu - ✔✔cs
✔✔What is the most popular top-level domain (TLD)? - ✔✔.com
✔✔Websites have either an IP address or a domain name, but not both. - ✔✔False
✔✔How many root Domain Name System (DNS) servers currently exist in the world? -
✔✔13
✔✔A scripting language used to provide interactivity within a webpage - ✔✔JavaScript
✔✔A style sheet language that provides the formatting and "look" of a Webpage or
document written in a markup language. - ✔✔CSS
,✔✔Which of the following are HTML5 semantic tags? - ✔✔<footer> <header> <nav>
✔✔Which HTML element is used to allow a web page to include executable code,
which the browser assumes to be JavaScript unless indicated otherwise? - ✔✔<script>
✔✔True or false? The use of self-closing element tags (i.e., <br />) should be avoided -
✔✔True
✔✔Three valid methods of implementing CSS for a web page - ✔✔embedded, external,
inline
✔✔XML simplifies the coding process regarding which of the following? - ✔✔Data
availability, Date Sharing, Data Transport, Platform Changes
✔✔Can XML tags be invented? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔True of false? XML does not use predefined tags? - ✔✔True
✔✔How does XML provide a software- and hardware-independent way of storing,
transporting, and sharing data? - ✔✔By storing data in plain text format
✔✔What does proper nesting mean in the XML context? - ✔✔When a nested XML
element is opened inside the parent element, it must be closed inside the parent
element.
✔✔True or false? All XML elements must have a closing tag - ✔✔True
✔✔True or false? XML documents must contain one root element that is the parent of
all other elements. - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the XML equivalent to the HTML Doctype declaration? - ✔✔The XML prolog
✔✔True or false? UTF-8 is not the default character encoding for XML documents. -
✔✔False
✔✔True or false? XML tags are case sensitive - ✔✔True
✔✔What is the W3C markup validation service? - ✔✔a service that takes an HTML
document as an input, goes through it, and gives you a report to tell you what is wrong
with your HTML
✔✔How do you access browser devtools? - ✔✔there are different ways to open
devtools in different browsers and platforms
, ✔✔What is the rules view? - ✔✔a devtools view where you should be able to see the
CSS properties and values applied to an HTML element
✔✔How do you add a new property? - ✔✔using rules view of devtools, you can click the
closing curly brace in the rule to start entering a new declaration into it
✔✔What are the three (3) components of the debugging process? - ✔✔find it, fix it,
identify it
✔✔What languages can the Chrome devtools help debug? - ✔✔CSS, HTML,
JavaScript
✔✔How can you open the Chrome devtools commandment menu? - ✔✔by clicking the
menu button on the top right of the devtools window
✔✔What is a difference between HTML and the DOM? - ✔✔when the DOM is
manipulated using devtools, the HTML source code does not change
✔✔Which devtools panel shows how the DOM currently looks in the web page? -
✔✔the Elements panel
✔✔What does the elements panel represent on the website? - ✔✔a textual
representation of the DOM for the selected webpage
✔✔Which pane displays where CSS styles are being applied to an element? - ✔✔the
Styles pane
✔✔What is a root folder for a website? - ✔✔the folder where the website files are stored
✔✔Which indicator is used to signify that files are successfully mapped to files on a
disk? - ✔✔green circle next to file name
✔✔Which keyboard shortcut can you use to save changes in workspaces? - ✔✔control
+s
✔✔What is CSS cascading? - ✔✔how a style applied to a parent element will also apply
to all children elements within the parent
✔✔What is the difference between viewing HTML via the page source versus the
inspector? - ✔✔the inspector displays HTML as represented by the rendered DOM
✔✔A CSS rule consists of which three (3) of the following parts? - ✔✔declaration,
declaration block, selector
