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CGS 2820: Summer Term 2002
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Tutorial One: Creating A Web Page

Note: This test was based on the 1st edition of your text. The hints may be one page off!

Tutorial 1 Quiz Masters:

John Taylor (jtaylor@masterlinx.net) [Consultant]


Multiple Choice [One Answer Only]

Question 1

Before the development of the World Wide Web, the Internet

a) did not exist
b) was much more difficult to use
c) was used only by the US government
d) was owned and operated by the telephone industry


Question 2

Development of the World Wide Web began at

a) Bell Laboratories in 1947
b) the IBN Watson Research Center in 1970
c) CIA Headquarters in 1982
d) the CERN nuclear research facility in 1989


Question 3

A Web document can contain

a) audio
b) graphics
c) video
d) all of the above
e) none of the above


Question 4

The growth in the number of Web Servers can be best described as

a) negligible.
b) slow but steady.
c) moderate.
d) exponential.


Question 5

Software that displays Web Documents to a computer user is called a

a) word processor.
b) viewer.
c) browser.
d) spreadsheet.
e) data base.


Question 6

The most common markup language is

a) Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
b) Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
c) Document Type Definition (DTD)
d) Unix
e) none of these


Question 7

A Web page is ____ when it works across a range of platforms.

a) portable
b) stable
c) well-formed
d) coherent


Question 8

HTML documents can be created by use of a(n)

a) word processor.
b) HTML converter.
c) HTML editor.
d) Any of the above.


Question 9

HTML extentions

a) are features that are supported by some browsers.
b) can undermine the ability of Web documents to work on different platforms and browsers.
c) provide additional functions to Web authors.
d) All of the above.


Question 10

What are the two elements of every HTML documents?

a) Beginning and end.
b) Title and text.
c) Document content and tegs.
d) Text and graphics.


Question 11

Which of the following is NOT true of HTML tags?

a) Tags are identified by brackets (<>)
b) The slash (/) character signals the close of a two-sided tag.
c) Some tags have additional information called "propertties."
d) Tags are case sensitive.


Question 12

Which of the following tags is required in an HTML document?

a) the opening HTML tag
b) the closing HTML tag
c) the BODY tag
d) None of the above


Question 13

To test an HTML file, the author

a) must first load the file onto a Web server.
b) may open the file locally from a browser.
c) may use any standard word processor.
d) may use any standard graphics program.


Question 14

The HTML statement <H1>My Home Page</H1> instructs the browser to display the enclosed text "My Home Page"

a) using the smallest available heading size.
b) using the largest available heading size.
c) at the center of the screen.
d) at the top of the screen.


Question 15

You use the ____HTML tag to start a paragraph.

a) <STP>
b) </P>
c) <P>
d) <PA>
e) none of the above


Question 16

According to the HTML 3.2 standard, the difference between an unordered list and an ordered list is

a) an ordered list automatically arranges the items in alphabetical order, while an ordered list does not
b) an ordered list automatically labels the items with numbers starting at "1", while an unoreded list places a bullet symbol to the left of each list item.
c) an ordered list indents the list items, while an unordered list does not.
d) an unordeed list allows the Web document author to control the order in which list items appear, while the items of an unordered list are arranged randomly.
e) none of the above


Question 17

In standard HTML, an ordered list is a list in ___order.

a) numeric
b) alphabetic
c) either A or B
d) none of the above


Question 18

If you wanted to write a glossary in which a word or phrase would be followed by its meaning, the most suitable HTML list type would be

a) an ordered list
b) an unordered list
c) a definition list
d) a glossary list


Question 19

The difference between a logical tag and a physical tag

a) is that logical tags indicate how text is to be used, while physical tags indicate exactly how characters are to be formatted.
b) is that physical tags indicate how text is to be used, while logical tags indicate exactly how characters are to be formatted.
c) depends on which browser is used.
d) There are no differences between them.


Question 20

The HTML tag <I>text</I> will be

a) indented on both sides.
b) italicised.
c) converted into upper case characters.
d) none of the above.


Question 21

When using a graphical browser, the HTML tags <B><I>text</I></B> will ___the enclosed text.

a) italicise
b) bold
c) Both A & B
d) Neither A nor B


Question 22

The ___tag indeicates that text should be used with a font that allots the same width to each character.

a) <I>
b) <FIX WIDTH>
c) <COURIER>
d) <TT>


Question 23

When a browser encounters ____, it interprets the numbers that follow a special character.

a) &&#
b) #&&
c) #*
d) *#


Question 24

The HTML tag <HR> creates a(n) ___in a file.

a) horizon option
b) heading of size "R" to be used
c) horizontal line
d) None of the above


Question 25

You use the Size property to specify a line's width in

a) bits
b) bytes
c) pixils
d) points
e) none of the above


Question 26

Which of the following is NOT true of inline images?

a) They are loaded when the page is loaded.
b) Some browsers do not support them.
c) They are automatically centered on the page.
d) They are specified in HTML by means of the <IMG SRC="filename">tag.
e) none of the above


Question 27

Which of the following sequences of HTML statements will center the inline image "firmlogo.gif"?

a) <P><ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="firmlogo.gif"></P>
b) <P><IMG SRC="firmlogo.gif" ALIGN=CENTER></P>
c) <P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="firmlogo.gif"></P>
d) <P CENTER><IMG SRC="firmlogo.gif"></P>


Question 28

Which of the following graphic formats is NOT supported by the WORLD WIDE WEB?

a) BMP
b) GIF
c) JPEG
d) None of the above


Question 29

In order for a browser to display an external image, the browser must have a(n)

a) inline image
b) file viewer
c) JPEG format
d) GIF format


Question 30

The sequence of HTML tags of the form <OL>...<UL>...</UL>...</OL> is an example of

a) a sublist within a list
b) how to place list items in ascending order.
c) how to place list items in descending order
d) a syntactically incorrect list structure.



True/False Questions

Question 31

An HTML document will appear the same way on every computer, regardless of the browser being used.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 32

HTML documents can be created by means of a simple text editor.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 33

All HTML tags have opening and closing tags.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 34

A HTML document can be tested without accessing the Internet.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 35

The <H1>...</H1> two-sided tag specifies the most prominent heading level

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 36

The ALIGN=CENTER property is used to vertically center text on a page.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 37

Although GIF (.gif)and JPEG (.jpg) files are graphic types used for inline images, the Web will support many other graphic types for inline images.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 38

The use of the <PRE>text</PRE> tag will result in text being displayed by the browser exactly as it was originally prepared.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 39

HTML formatting ignores extra blank spaces, blank lines, and tabs.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Question 40

Without extentions, you can use the <HR> tag to specify the size, width, and alignment of the line.

a) The statement above is TRUE.
b) The statement above is FALSE.



Fill-in-the-Blank


Fill in the Blank with the word(s) that best fits the definition:

Question 41. A program that generates HTML tags based on the user's selections is called an HTML .


Question 42. are the HTML codes that instruct the browser on how text and images should be displayed on the user's screen


Question 43. All HTML files should have the BODY and tags.


Question 44. The <P>text</P> two-sided tag is used to specify a(n) .

Question 45. HTML ignores extra blank spaces, blank lines, and .

Question 46. HTML supports three types of list structures: ordered lists, unordered lists, and lists.

Question 47. <EM>, <STRONG>, and <CODE> are examples of character tags.

Question 48. The character tags indicate how you want to use text, not necessarily how you want it displayed.

Question 49. The property specifies a line's width in pixils.

Question 50. The World Wide Web supports inline images of two graphic file types: GIF and .


Essay Question

What is the difference between logical character tags and physical character tags. Give an example of each:(Reference text pages 1.26- 1.29)



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The 'Muddy Water' Issues that I need help on are as follows:




I need class review on the following vocabulary words from this tutorial:

internet network World Wide Web hypertext document link

web server web browser Hypertext Markup Language syntax HTML editor

document content tags tag properties opening tag closing tag


one-sided tags alignment property ordered list unordered list definition list


inline image external image file viewer pixil


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