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CIW Lesson 1 for User Interface Design
Markup Language and Site Development Essentials
Indicate your answer by highlighting with light gray. For True/False questions,
extra credit is available for explaining what would make the question true. Highlight
the explanation in light gray.
1. Creating a web site requires you to work with a team of other individuals
a. True
b. False
2. The standard markup language on the web is HTML.
a. True
b. False
3. The organization that standardizes web languages and protocols is the World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
a. True
b. False
4. Mark up languages define all of the following EXCEPT
a. page structure
b. hyperlinks
c. graphics
d. the language of the text (English, Spanish, German, etc.)
5. GUI is the acronym for Graphical User Interface.
a. True
b. False
6. CSS is the acronym for Cascading Style Sheets.
a. True
b. False
7. If all pages on your site are linked to the same external style sheet, then one
simple change to the style sheet will change all elements across the site.
a. True
b. False
8. Mobile devices have had little to no impact on web design.
a. True
b. False
9. Creating web pages involves using a sophisticated GUI software program for
writing the code.
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a. True
b. False
10. The latest version of HTML is HTML4
a. True
b. False
11. If you use a GUI markup editor you can point and click and the HTML
commands are created for you automatically.
a. True
b. False
12. The inventor of HTML was Tim Berners-Lee of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
a. True
b. False
13. DTD stands for Document Type Definition and is a set of rules that defines
the rules you will be using for your web page.
a. True
b. False
14. HTML 4.0 included all of the following EXCEPT
a. CSS
b. No more SGML
c. Create Web pages for languages that are read from right to left
d. Forms
15. Embedded instructions within a text file that link to another point in the fie,
or to a separate file, are known as
a. Hyperlinks
b. SGML
c. Framesets
d. Web scripting languages
16. XML is a language that is used to format a page’s appearance.
a. True
b. False
17. XML is a language that is used to describe data.
a. True
b. False
18. XHTML merges the benefits of XML and HTML into one language.
a. True
b. False
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19. A server can be defined as a web browser or computer that requests a
service from another computer.
a. True
b. False
20. Successful Web sites have a strong, central theme aimed at a distinct
audience.
a. True
b. False
21. The design elements with which you display information on your site are not
as important at the information itself.
a. True
b. False
22. As you design a site you must communicate regularly with stakeholders and
other members of the design team.
a. True
b. False
23. Web sites should always be tested in multiple browsers and on multiple
devices.
a. True
b. False
24. Explain at least 2 advantages of learning HTML code instead of just using
Dreamweaver or other GUI editor.
a.
b.
25. What is the main differences between viewing a Web page on a computer
verses on a Smartphone? How would that impact a designer. Be as complete
and specific as possible. Highlight your answer in light gray.
26. Place these markup languages in the correct order below. (Drag and drop. If
you need help, see me.)
a. HTML5
b. HTML
c. SGML
d. XHTML
27. The future of web development includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a. HTML5
b. CSS
c. Unity
d. JavaScript
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28. The WAI created guidelines (WCGA) to provide what?
a. a universal set of standards promoting accessibility
b. content for teachers to use to teach web design
c. a set of standards governing the management cycle of web
development
d. a fee-based organization to assist web developers
29. Section 508 is a federal law dealing with
a. Teaching web design concepts
b. Developing technology that is accessible to users with disabilities
c. HTML 2.0 converting to HTML 3.2
d. Push technology
30. Users with vision impairment will benefit from all of the following EXCEPT
a. Text is readable
b. Images have text support
c. Captions for images
d. All pages can be translated by an audio screen reader
31. For users with cognitive or neurological disorders, which of the following
should NOT be done?
a. Navigation aids
b. Flashing strobes
c. Audio transcription of text-based content
d. Low resolution alternatives to large images
32. In 1990 the ADA mandated that electronic information be accessible to
disabled people. One of the problems is video. Why is this an issue, and what
future solution can you envision?
33. Choose one of the requirements below that the latest version of HTML
provides. Give an example of this from your own life, and explain why this is
an important development in our modern web-viewing times.
a. eliminates the need for third-party plug-ins for viewing video
b. allows geolocation
c. gives developers more form validation tools to use on a page
34. Explain why it is more important to consistently apply an older W3C
standard throughout your pages and site than to use the latest standard
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mixed with an older standard. Give at least two reasons, one of which MUST
involve validation or accessibility.
35. What items should be included in your site development plan before you
begin coding?
36. List and discuss 2 ways to obtain feedback on a web site.
37. Evaluate the ethical issues involved with the following scenario: You use an
image of Angelina Jolie that was taken by a famous photographer on your
web site.
38. In Lesson 1 your were assigned Lab 1-1. This lab is shown below. Choose one
of the six items, complete the directions, and report your findings
immediately after the item. Highlight your answer in gray. Be specific, clear,
complete, and write in complete sentences, and DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.
In this lab, you will visit the W3C Web site to learn more about commonly
used markup languages.
1. Learn more about the HTML5 specification. Open a browser
and visit www.w3.org/TR/html5/. Scroll through the
specification to learn more about HTML's relationship to
SGML, as well as HTML elements.
2. L earn more about XML by visiting www.w3.org/XML.
3. Visit www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ to learn more about XHTML 1.0
and
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/ to learn about XHTML 1.1.
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4. Visit the W3C home page at www.w3.org. Review the mission of
the W3C, then browse through the site.
5. Visit the W3C Markup Validation Service at
http://validator.w3.org and learn more about this service.
6. Further familiarize yourself with HTML, XML and XHTML by
accessing Google, Bing or another search engine, and entering
search strings such as the following:
"HTML versus XHTML"
Consider the sources presented in your search results. Link to
some that look reliable, and read the various explanations
that you find to better understand the differences between
HTML and XHTML.