Introduction to CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

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Who is credited with developing Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) while working at CERN?

  • Jonas Salk
  • HÃ¥kon Wium Lie (correct)
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Robert Cailliau

What is the primary purpose of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)?

  • To create interactive web pages
  • To define the syntax of a programming language
  • To describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language (correct)
  • To describe the structure of a document written in HTML or XML

What does the term 'cascading' in CSS refer to?

  • The order in which CSS rules are written
  • The use of multiple stylesheets in a single document
  • The process of styling a single HTML element
  • The way styling rules are applied in a hierarchical manner (correct)

What is the purpose of a CSS selector?

<p>To 'find' or select the HTML elements to style (A)</p>
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What is the syntax of a CSS declaration?

<p>Property: value (D)</p>
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What is the purpose of a CSS declaration block?

<p>To group multiple CSS declarations together (A)</p>
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What is the main difference between pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements?

<p>Pseudo-classes use a single colon (:), while pseudo-elements use a double colon (:) (B)</p>
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What is the purpose of the margin in the CSS box model?

<p>To clear an area outside the border (B)</p>
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What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic sizing?

<p>Intrinsic sizing refers to the size of the content, while extrinsic sizing refers to the natural size of an element (D)</p>
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What is the purpose of the ID selector in CSS?

<p>To select a specific element using its id attribute (B)</p>
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What is the purpose of the universal selector in CSS?

<p>To select all elements on a page (B)</p>
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What is the purpose of the attribute selector in CSS?

<p>To select elements based on their attribute or attribute value (C)</p>
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