Nettuts+ Quiz #1: Beginner CSS

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In the first of many Nettuts+ quizzes, you’ll be able to test your knowledge by solving some nefarious questions. But don’t worry, we’re starting today by asking you some extremely beginner level CSS questions. Get crackin’ after the jump!

CSS is used to…

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  lend structure to the document
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  mold the presentation of the document
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  script the interactions on the page
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  You’re crafty! This is a trick question.

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The C in CSS stands for?

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  Crysis
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  Crocodile
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  Consistent
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  Cascading

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The correct way to link to a stylesheet in the head is?

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  <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”styles.css” />
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  < stylesheet src=”styles.css”>
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  < link src=”styles.css”>
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  < css href=”styles.css”>

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Which of these is not a valid CSS selector?

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  #x
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  .x
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  x ) y
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  x:first-child

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What’s the effective width of the container?
#container {width: 100px; padding: 10px; margin: 20px;}

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  120px
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  140px
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  100px
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  90px

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How do you define a comment in CSS?

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  <!– Comment –>
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  <* Comment *>
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  // Comment //
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  /* Comment */

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Which of the following is used to display links without an underline?

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  {text-decoration:no underline}
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  {text-decoration:none}
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  {font-style:underlined 0}
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  {hyperlink:no underline}

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How do you center an element horizontally?

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  margin: 0 auto;
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  align: center;
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  margin: 0;
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  center: true;

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The # symbol specifies that the selector is…

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  class
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  tag
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  the boss!
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  id

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Inline styles are defined by which attribute?

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  css
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  style
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  stylesheet
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  stylesheets

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span { font-size: 12px; padding: 2px; color: #fff; display: block;}

In the rule above, which of the declarations is irrelevant?

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  display: block;
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  padding: 2px
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  color: #fff
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  font-size: 12px

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#id {margin: 20px 30px 10px 50px}

The margin-right value will be?

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  10px
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  20px
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  50px
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  30px

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Which property is used to change the size of text?

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  typography
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  text-size
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  font-size
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  font-weight

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p div.selected matches?

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  Div with a class of selected which is a descendant of a paragraph.
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  Paragraph with a class of selected which is a descendant of a div.
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  Div with a class of selected which is an ancestor of a paragraph.
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  Paragraph with a class of selected which is a sibling of a div.

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What is the order of precedence when you’re embedding CSS using different methods?

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  Embedded, then linked, then inline.
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  Inline, then embedded, and then linked.
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  Wait, what?
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  Inline, then linked, then embedded.
  

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The * selector selects…

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  every div element
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  only paragraphs
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  only parent elements
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  every element

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