WGU C777 WEB DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATIONS EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The web development trifecta - ANS HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
HTML5 tag defining the main body of a document. Cannot be the child of the header, nav,
article, aside, or footer elements. - ANS main
These elements can also be included in article, aside, nav, main, and section elements, not just
on the page itself - ANS header and footer
This element identifies the file(s) to use in a video or audio element - ANS source
A set of standards for the writing and/or design of documents - ANS style guide
This version of IE is the first to support HTML5 - ANS IE9
What should you do to support HTML5 elements in pre-IE9 browsers. - ANS Add them via JS,
make them block via CSS
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, The term for the part of CSS code that refers to the element you want to style - ANS selector
In CSS, the term for a property and value pair. It must always end with a semicolon -
ANS declaration
In CSS, the name for a selector, property and value all grouped together - ANS rule
The word "cascading" in CSS refers to this concept - ANS inheritance
The cascading order of CSS style sheets, ordered from lowest priority to highest -
ANS External, embedded, inline
Linking to a CSS file requires these attributes in the link element - ANS rel, type, href
Embedded CSS should be placed in a block defined by this element - ANS style
Inline CSS should be placed in an attribute with this name - ANS style
The arrangement of content elements on a page and how the space is used. Does it fall from
top to bottom in stacks, or does some content float to one side or the other? -
ANS document flow
These are not used when defining inline CSS styles - ANS curly braces
Use this CSS property to avoid having floating elements before/after another element -
ANS clear
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In CSS, the "normal, or default", position of block elements within a page - ANS static
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, In CSS, positioning a block element relative to another element - ANS relative
In CSS, this causes the element to appear to float above the document and can be positioned as
needed. It is completely removed from the rest of the page flow. - ANS absolute
In CSS, this causes the element to remain in the same position when the page is scrolled -
ANS fixed
In CSS, this causes the element to inherit its parent's position - ANS inherit
In the box model, this is the space between the content and the border - ANS padding
In the box model, this is the space between the border and surrounding elements -
ANS margin
Add all of these up to get the full size of an element in the box model - ANS content,
padding, border, and margin
This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified element whose specified attribute ends
with the specified value - ANS element[attribute$=value]
This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified element whose specified attribute
contains the specified substring value - ANS element[attribute*=value]
This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified element whose specified attribute
begins with the specified value - ANS element[attribute^=value]
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APPLICATIONS EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The web development trifecta - ANS HTML5, CSS, JavaScript
HTML5 tag defining the main body of a document. Cannot be the child of the header, nav,
article, aside, or footer elements. - ANS main
These elements can also be included in article, aside, nav, main, and section elements, not just
on the page itself - ANS header and footer
This element identifies the file(s) to use in a video or audio element - ANS source
A set of standards for the writing and/or design of documents - ANS style guide
This version of IE is the first to support HTML5 - ANS IE9
What should you do to support HTML5 elements in pre-IE9 browsers. - ANS Add them via JS,
make them block via CSS
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Page
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, The term for the part of CSS code that refers to the element you want to style - ANS selector
In CSS, the term for a property and value pair. It must always end with a semicolon -
ANS declaration
In CSS, the name for a selector, property and value all grouped together - ANS rule
The word "cascading" in CSS refers to this concept - ANS inheritance
The cascading order of CSS style sheets, ordered from lowest priority to highest -
ANS External, embedded, inline
Linking to a CSS file requires these attributes in the link element - ANS rel, type, href
Embedded CSS should be placed in a block defined by this element - ANS style
Inline CSS should be placed in an attribute with this name - ANS style
The arrangement of content elements on a page and how the space is used. Does it fall from
top to bottom in stacks, or does some content float to one side or the other? -
ANS document flow
These are not used when defining inline CSS styles - ANS curly braces
Use this CSS property to avoid having floating elements before/after another element -
ANS clear
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Page
In CSS, the "normal, or default", position of block elements within a page - ANS static
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, In CSS, positioning a block element relative to another element - ANS relative
In CSS, this causes the element to appear to float above the document and can be positioned as
needed. It is completely removed from the rest of the page flow. - ANS absolute
In CSS, this causes the element to remain in the same position when the page is scrolled -
ANS fixed
In CSS, this causes the element to inherit its parent's position - ANS inherit
In the box model, this is the space between the content and the border - ANS padding
In the box model, this is the space between the border and surrounding elements -
ANS margin
Add all of these up to get the full size of an element in the box model - ANS content,
padding, border, and margin
This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified element whose specified attribute ends
with the specified value - ANS element[attribute$=value]
This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified element whose specified attribute
contains the specified substring value - ANS element[attribute*=value]
This CSS3 selector selects every instance of a specified element whose specified attribute
begins with the specified value - ANS element[attribute^=value]
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