*Web Authoring* – Theory Review Questions

1. Explain the following (2 marks each):

a. Html –Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font,
colour, graphic, and hyperlink effects
b. Css – is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written
in a markup language
c. Aspect ratio -  Is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced
Photo System
d. Serif –a slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter in certain typefaces
e. Sans serif –a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol.
f. Cell-padding – is a term used in the computer language HTML.
g. Cell-spacing –The cellspacing attribute of <table> is not supported in HTML
h. Hexadecimal –Hexadecimal makes it easier to write these large binary numbers.
i. Pixel –a minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is
composed.
j. Alternate text –is a word or phrase that can be inserted as an attribute in an HTML

2. Give examples of three browsers you might use to test a website (3 marks).
Internet Explorer , Safari , Mozilla FIrefox

3. What is a web browser (2 marks)?

A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources
on the World Wide Web.

4. Explain three alternative approaches that somebody might take to design a website (6 marks).
Put true information for the people that read

5. Describe what you would put on a test plan to test a new website (6 marks).
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6. Write four questions you might ask when testing hyperlinks on a website (4 marks).
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7. Name three image file formats (3 marks):

Gif
Bmp
Bat
8. Give an example of a moving image format (1 mark):

Gif

9. Why is it important to add alternate text to images on a webpage (3 marks)?

To explain the images on the webpage for people to understand it

10. Give three examples of image editing software (3 marks)

Sumo paint , blender , polarr
11. Evaluate three different approaches you might take when editing or resizing images for a website (6
marks).
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12. What comment tag would you use if you wanted to add a comment to your html code? (2 marks)
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13. Identify and describe the three web development layers. (6 marks).
Html,css,pixel
14. Complete the following (4 marks) :
a. The layout of a webpage is created in the ________________ layer.
b. The ________________ layer contains coding.
c. Hyperlinks are placed in the ________________ layer.
d. The ________________ layer contains the colour definitions for a webpage.
15. Explain the difference between internal styling and external styling (3 marks).
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16. Explain what <li>, <ol> and <ul> stand for in html and css? (3 marks)
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17. What happens when we set default target window to (4 marks):
a. _blank - ______________________________________________________________________
b. _self - ________________________________________________________________________
c. _top - ________________________________________________________________________
d. _parent - ______________________________________________________________________
18. Explain how anchors are used in the making of websites (3 marks).

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19. When evaluating the “efficiency of the markup” of a website, explain what you might be looking out for?
( 4 marks)
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20. When uploading and publishing a website to the internet, you can use ftp. What does ftp stand for?
(2 marks)
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21. Explain the difference between absolute and relative file paths (4 marks).
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22. Name at least three things you need to be able to upload and publish the contents of a website? (2
marks)
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23. Explain what is meant by a URL. (2 marks)
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24. HTTP is an internet protocol.Explain what is meant by HTTP. (2 marks)
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25. Explain the differences between HTTP and HTTPS. (2 marks)
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26. Explain how FTP differs from HTTP. (4 marks)
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27. A student wishes to use the internet to research a topic. Discuss how the studentcan assess the reliability
and bias of a website. (6 marks)
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28. Here is an extract from some HTML markup:

<h1>Support these animals!</h1>
<h2>Click on an image for further details</h2>
</td>
<td><h2>Giraffe</h2>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.cie.org.uk/gcseict/giraffe.htm" target="_giraffe">
<imgsrc="J1432img2.jpg" alt="giraffe" height="120px"></a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><h2>Tiger</h2>
</td>
<td><imgsrc="J1432img7.jpg" alt="tiger" height="120px"></td>
</tr>

Identify the URL in this extract and explain why it is included in this line in the markup. (3 marks)

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29. The following is an external stylesheet which contains a number of mistakes.

h1 {
colour: #000040;
font-family: Arial, sans serif;
font-size: 18 px;
text-align: center;
}
h2 {
color: 000000;
font-family: Times New Roman, serif;
font-size: 15px;
text-align: centre;
}
body {
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}
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border-width: 4px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #000000;
}
td {
border-width: 2px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #000000;
}

Write down five mistakes which would prevent this stylesheet from working properly and, for
each,give the correction. (5 marks)
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30. Describe what an ISP is and, apart from security measures, describe what it offers its customers. (3 marks)
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31. In the following section of HTML markup there are a number of mistakes.
<td>
<p>Manta conservation workshops and holidays can be booked through
the Xtreme Adventure Holiday Company or by <a href=http://www.xahc.co.uktarget="_manta">
clicking here.</p>
<td>
<p><href="mailto:[email protected]">Email</a> us for details of our
Manta Education Packs or <a href="mailto,[email protected],subject=Donation by
John>">click on this link<a> to discover how to donate to help us preserve
these disappearing species.</p>
</td>
Identify six mistakes which prevent this from working as intended. (6 marks)
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32. Uniform Resource Locators (URL) are used to locate web addresses and resources. In order toget to the
weather forecast for Auckland, New Zealand, you would enter:http://www.bbc.com/weather/2193733
Describe each of the following elements in the web address (4 marks).
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 www.bbc.com ________________________________________________________________
 Weather _____________________________________________________________________
 2193733 _____________________________________________________________
33. A picture is an element of a web page. Name three other elements that could be used in aweb page. (3
marks).
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34. A student is designing a web page about herself which she plans to publish on the internet.The web page
will contain a picture of herself as well as other details.She wants to place a picture ‘‘sport.jpg’’ on
it.Write the line of HTML markup to display the picture or to display the words ‘‘play sport’’ if thebrowser
cannot locate the picture.
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35. Explain the difference between a static and a dynamic website.

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