3.5.2 The Cascade Quiz

Question: Why do we use CSS?

Answer: -CSS allows us to add style (HTML wasn’t intended to be able to style web pages)

-separate the content of a web page from the design of a webpage

-easily modify the look and feel of a web site even at a large scale

Question: In the case that two conflicting rules have the same order and specificity, the rule that is written _____ will be applied.

Answer: last

Question: The _____ property indicates in which direction to display an element.

Answer: float

Question: It is _____ for Web developers to utilize images to call attention to a Web page.

Answer: usual

Question: Write the valid CSS rule to style all h1 tags blue.

Answer: h1{

color: blue;

}

Question: Write the code that will select all HTML elements with the class “alert” and set their color to be red.

Answer: .alert{

color: red;

}

Question: Write the CSS rule that will select the HTML element with the id logo and set the font size for that element to 60 pixels.

Answer: #logo{

font-size: 60px;

}

Question: What is the function of the Cascade in CSS?

Answer: determines which CSS rules will be applied when multiple rules for an item are contradictory

Question: In what order does the Cascade look at factors to determine which CSS rule to follow?

Answer: 1) importance

2) specificity

3) the order the rules are written in

Question: Order the following from highest precedence to lowest:

class name, tag name, id name

Answer: id name, class name, tag name