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1. What is Doctype?

Junior
  1. A.the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode
  2. B.the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text
  3. C.the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present
  4. D.the section that contains all the visible, rendered content of the page

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2. Which term means: "the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode"?

Junior
  1. A.quirks mode
  2. B.html element
  3. C.Doctype
  4. D.head element

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3. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.Doctype — the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present
  2. B.Doctype — the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute
  3. C.Doctype — the section holding metadata, title, links and scripts that is not rendered as page content
  4. D.Doctype — the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode

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4. What is html element?

Junior
  1. A.the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode
  2. B.the section holding metadata, title, links and scripts that is not rendered as page content
  3. C.the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute
  4. D.the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text

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5. Which term means: "the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute"?

Junior
  1. A.quirks mode
  2. B.lang attribute
  3. C.html element
  4. D.body element

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6. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.html element — the value on the root element that declares the natural language of the document for screen readers and translation
  2. B.html element — the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute
  3. C.html element — the section that contains all the visible, rendered content of the page
  4. D.html element — the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present

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7. What is head element?

Junior
  1. A.the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode
  2. B.the value on the root element that declares the natural language of the document for screen readers and translation
  3. C.the section holding metadata, title, links and scripts that is not rendered as page content
  4. D.the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute

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8. Which term means: "the section holding metadata, title, links and scripts that is not rendered as page content"?

Junior
  1. A.head element
  2. B.lang attribute
  3. C.charset declaration
  4. D.body element

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9. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.head element — the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute
  2. B.head element — the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text
  3. C.head element — the section holding metadata, title, links and scripts that is not rendered as page content
  4. D.head element — the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present

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10. What is body element?

Junior
  1. A.the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text
  2. B.the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode
  3. C.the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute
  4. D.the section that contains all the visible, rendered content of the page

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11. Which term means: "the section that contains all the visible, rendered content of the page"?

Junior
  1. A.head element
  2. B.body element
  3. C.Doctype
  4. D.charset declaration

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12. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.body element — the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present
  2. B.body element — the section that contains all the visible, rendered content of the page
  3. C.body element — the value on the root element that declares the natural language of the document for screen readers and translation
  4. D.body element — the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text

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13. What is lang attribute?

Mid
  1. A.the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text
  2. B.the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode
  3. C.the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present
  4. D.the value on the root element that declares the natural language of the document for screen readers and translation

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14. Which term means: "the value on the root element that declares the natural language of the document for screen readers and translation"?

Mid
  1. A.head element
  2. B.lang attribute
  3. C.Doctype
  4. D.charset declaration

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15. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.lang attribute — the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute
  2. B.lang attribute — the value on the root element that declares the natural language of the document for screen readers and translation
  3. C.lang attribute — the section that contains all the visible, rendered content of the page
  4. D.lang attribute — the section holding metadata, title, links and scripts that is not rendered as page content

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16. What is charset declaration?

Mid
  1. A.the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode
  2. B.the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text
  3. C.the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present
  4. D.the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute

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17. Which term means: "the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text"?

Mid
  1. A.Doctype
  2. B.charset declaration
  3. C.quirks mode
  4. D.body element

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18. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.charset declaration — the section that contains all the visible, rendered content of the page
  2. B.charset declaration — the section holding metadata, title, links and scripts that is not rendered as page content
  3. C.charset declaration — the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode
  4. D.charset declaration — the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text

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19. What is quirks mode?

Senior
  1. A.the value on the root element that declares the natural language of the document for screen readers and translation
  2. B.the single root container that wraps every other tag in the page and carries the lang attribute
  3. C.the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text
  4. D.the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present

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20. Which term means: "the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present"?

Senior
  1. A.head element
  2. B.Doctype
  3. C.charset declaration
  4. D.quirks mode

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21. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.quirks mode — the section holding metadata, title, links and scripts that is not rendered as page content
  2. B.quirks mode — the meta tag with a UTF-8 value that tells the browser how to decode the document's bytes into text
  3. C.quirks mode — the <!DOCTYPE html> declaration that puts the browser in standards mode rather than quirks mode
  4. D.quirks mode — the legacy rendering behavior a browser falls back to when no valid document type declaration is present

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