Unit 1: Question Bank

This page includes several sample questions that could be used for assessment of students' understanding of the material covered in Unit 1. Questions are organized by module. Questions are coded in fully accessible, standards-compliant HTML and could easily be plugged into an HTML form that students could take online. However, this page itself is not a functional quiz. Use the Options below to display the questions how you need them before printing or copying.

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Module 1

Question 1

List three examples of evaluation criteria that could be used to evaluate a web site.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a useful or desirable criterion for evaluating a web site?

Ease of navigation
Use of multimedia
Blinking text
Current information

Correct answer: c. Blinking text

Question 3

If the goal is to achieve consensus and one group member has a radically different view, the group should—

Ask the group member holding the radical view to explain, then either try to persuade the radical to change their view, make a compromise, or adopt the radical view.
Try to persuade the radical to change their view at all costs.
Make a compromise without requesting an explanation from the group member holding the radical view.
Current information

Correct answer: a. Ask the group member holding the radical view to explain, then either try to persuade the radical to change their view, make a compromise, or adopt the radical view.

Question 4

Submit a screen shot of an actual web site along with another document that contains the rubric your group developed. That rubric should be marked with your scores for the web site you chose. Briefly explain the score you assigned for each trait.

Module 2

Question 1

What are the three basic colors that monitors transmit?

yellow, red, blue
red, green, blue
cayenne, magenta, yellow
orange, purple, green

Correct answer: b. red, green, blue

Question 2

How many colors can be referenced by name (e.g., "red") in HTML 4.01?

Correct answer: b. 16

Question 3

People who are color blind have the following shared characteristic:

They have no ability to perceive any color.
They are unable to perceive the difference between certain color combinations.
They perceive all visual stimuli in gray.
They are unable to distinguish (tell) the color red from other colors.

Correct answer: b. They are unable to perceive the difference between certain color combinations.

Question 4

Which of the following statements is sound advice for designing sites that are accessible to people who are color blind?

Make your colors vibrant.
Choose only colors that compliment one another.
Make color the key to web site navigation, and make sure that colors are the primary method of conveying important information.
Make sure that colors are not your only method of conveying important information.

Correct answer: d. Make sure that colors are not your only method of conveying important information.

Module 3

Question 1

What does the HTML acronym stand for?

Question 2

What does the CSS acronym stand for?

Question 3

What version of HTML does this course use?

Question 4

Describe the difference between HTML and CSS.

Question 5

Describe two computer technologies that are used specifically by people with disabilities.

Question 6

Which of the following is not an important reason for developing web sites that comply with web standards?

There is a lot of diversity in how people access the web
People with websites want visitors to access their content.
Web standards provide a core set of rules to guide developers.
Web standards ensure that consumers will favor one operating system over another.

Correct answer: d. Web standards ensure that consumers will favor one operating system over another.

Question 7

Which of the following statements best describes how HTML has changed over time?

Each newer version of HTML enables developers to include even more types of content.
Each newer version of HTML becomes more restrictive of the type of content developers may include.
Each newer version of HTML has shown greater favoritism toward one particular operating system.
Each newer version of HTML becomes less concerned about W3C standards.

Correct answer: a. Each newer version of HTML enables developers to include even more types of content.

Question 8

Display excerpts from two related W3C specifications (e.g., different versions of HTML) side-by-side. Include a brief statement explaining how the specification has changed over time.

Question 9

What are the four general principles of web accessibility, as defined by the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0?

Perceivable, pleasing, operable, engaging
Perceivable, operable, inexpensive, and robust
Pleasing, operable, popular, robust
Perceivable, operable, understandable, robust

Correct answer: d. Perceivable, operable, understandable, robust

Question 10

Which of the following is required in order for websites to be accessible to users with disabilities?

Users with disabilities must have assistive technology such as a screen reader.
If a user is unable to access a website, they must ask for an alternative version in plain text.
The website must be designed according to accessibility standards.
The website must be designed without modern interactive features.

Correct answer: c. The website must be designed according to accessibility standards.

Question 11

Knowing that some people access information using a screen reader makes us realize the importance of using—

Tables for layout
Hexadecimal color codes
Serif fonts
Alternate text for images

Correct answer: d. Alternate text for images

Question 12

Evaluate the accessibility of a website. Explain in a brief essay how accessible the site would be given the following two scenarios:

A blind person accessing the site using a screen reader
A person who is unable to use the mouse, accessing the site using just the keyboard

Include a screen shot of the website with your essay.

Module 4

Question 1

Which of the following are the five basic steps to organizing information for a website?

Inventory your content; establish a hierarchical outline and controlled vocabulary; divide your content into logical units (chunking); draw diagrams of the site structure; test the organization interactively with real users.
Develop a picture-based outline; establish a hierarchical outline and controlled vocabulary; divide your content into logical units (chunking); draw diagrams of the site structure; test the organization interactively with real users.
Inventory your content; establish a hierarchical outline and controlled vocabulary; divide your content into logical units (chunking); draw diagrams of the site structure; begin coding the web site.

Correct answer: a. Inventory your content; establish a hierarchical outline and controlled vocabulary; divide your content into logical units (chunking); draw diagrams of the site structure; test the organization interactively with real users.

Question 2

Which of the following are considered basic structural themes for a website?

Sequences
Hierarchies
Webs
All of the above

Correct answer: d. All of the above

Question 3

A hierarchical organization involves—

Creating categories for your information and ranking the importance of each piece of information by how general or specific that piece is relative to the whole.
Establishing levels of authority and enabling access to only a few visitors to the most sensitive information.
Placing information of the least importance toward the top level of the web site so that visitors can quickly navigate past it.
All of the above

Correct answer: a. Creating categories for your information and ranking the importance of each piece of information by how general or specific that piece is relative to the whole.

Question 4

Which of the following is a benefit of chunking information for web site visitors?

People generally find content to be more readable and easier to process if it's organized into chunks.
Organizing information into chunks helps with the design and layout of content so it fits well on the user's screen.
Visitors can more easily print and save small portions of information.
All of the above

Correct answer: d. All of the above

Question 5

Site diagrams have many benefits, one being–

They support communication among developers.
They provide a mental model of the site's organization for developers.
They provide a blueprint for the actual construction of the site.
All of the above

Correct answer: d. All of the above