Thursday, October 8, 2009

Study Questions Set One

Week 1 Study Questions

1. What is meant by accessibility standards?
2. How can color create a barrier to content?
3. Why is it important to provide a way for users to skip the navigation list?
4. What is meant by providing “ALT Text” to the user?
5. What is the difference between Section 508 and WCAG 1.0?
6. How does design differ from style?
7. Why is it important to separate content from presentation?
8. Why is it important to validate our mark-up & CSS?
9. What are the two major parts of a CSS rule?
10. Define these CSS properties: float, margin, padding, and border.
11. Define these CSS properties: font-family, font-size, line-height, letter-spacing.
12. What is the “Box Model?”
13. What is the difference between a CSS class and an ID?
14. What is the difference between a DIV and a SPAN?
15. How does the “Cascade” relate to the conflicts in CSS rules?
16. What is the purpose of the Document Type Declaration?
17. What is the difference between a browser’s “quirks” mode and it’s “standards” model?
18. Define inline, embedded, and external (aka. local, global, and linked) stylesheets?