COP 1830 Study Guide 2

Quiz 2 will consist of Multiple Choice and True/False (Yes/No) questions covering Chapters E-F in our virtual textbook. Students are advised to review those chapters and to browse the related links on the course home page. Although you do not need to memorize all CSS properties and value options, you are also advised to browse/review the [CSS Examples] and [CSS References] from [W3SCHOOLS.COM] and other online references to be familiar with at least the ones that were demonstrated in class and used in Project 3.

The statements below define the bare minimum that a student should know to be prepared for the assessment.

1. Be able to define the term Cascading Style Sheets.
2. Know what a style sheet is and the difference between inline styles, embedded style sheets, and external style sheets.
3. Know how the different types of styles (mentioned above) interact.
4. Know the meanings of the HTML terms: element, attribute and tag.
5. Know the meanings of the CSS terms: rule, selector, declaration, property, and value.
6. Know the meanings of the terms: parent and child.
7. Know the difference between a block-level element and an inline-level element.
8. Know the purpose of the div and span tags and how they are used.
9. Know how to make a web page employ style rules from an external style sheet.
10. Know the proper format for defining an inline style.
11. Know the MIME type for a style sheet.
12. Know the syntax for defining CSS rules (all levels) and comments.
13. Know how to define and use the following CSS selectors: tag, id, class, pseudo-class, and attribute.
14. Know how to properly group or nest selectors when defining a CSS rule.
15. Know the filename extension used to identify an external style sheet.
16. Know the difference between absolute and relative positioning of images and how they interact with normal flow of text, including use of the "float" and "clear" properties.
17. Describe the possible page background properties and explain how to define them.
18. Know how to style HTML lists using CSS.
19. Know the units of measure used for positioning and spacing in CSS.
20. Be familiar with the "box model", its layers, and their properties.
21. Know the difference between "author styles" and "user styles" and how they relate to each other in CSS1.
22. Remember that there are different versions of CSS and that it is not interpreted equally by all browsers.
23. Know how to validate CSS and how that process relates to HTML validation.
24. Know if an inline style attribute can define more than one property.
25. Know the difference between "relative font sizes" and "absolute (point) sizes" and why one would be used in preference over another.