CSS Fundamentals Quiz — Questions & Answers

This quiz contains 10 questions. Below is a complete reference of all questions, answer choices, and correct answers. You can use this section to review after taking the interactive quiz above.

1. Question 1: CSS Specificity

   Which CSS selector has the highest specificity?

   • An element selector
   • A class selector
   • An ID selector
   • An attribute selector
   • A tag selector
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   Correct answer: An ID selector

2. Question 2: CSS Box Model

   What property controls the space between the element's content and its border?

   • Margin
   • Border
   • Padding
   • Spacing
   • Indent
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   Correct answer: Padding

3. Question 3: CSS Display Property

   Which display property makes an element generate a block element box, filling the entire width available?

   • inline
   • block
   • inline-block
   • none
   • flex
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   Correct answer: block

4. Question 4: CSS Positioning

   What is the default value of the 'position' property in CSS?

   • relative
   • absolute
   • fixed
   • static
   • sticky
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   Correct answer: static

5. Question 5: CSS Selectors

   Which selector is used to select all elements of a specific type?

   • .element
   • #element
   • element
   • *
   • [element]
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   Correct answer: element

6. Question 6: CSS Cascading

   In CSS, what determines which styles are applied when multiple rules conflict?

   • The order they are defined in the HTML
   • The file size of the CSS document
   • The specificity of the selectors
   • The number of properties in the rule
   • The rule declared first
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   Correct answer: The specificity of the selectors

7. Question 7: CSS Font Property

   Which CSS property is used to control the boldness of text?

   • text-weight
   • font-style
   • font-size
   • font-weight
   • line-height
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   Correct answer: font-weight

8. Question 8: CSS Colors

   Which of the following is a valid way to define a color in CSS?

   • color: #00FF00;
   • color: green;
   • color: rgb(0, 255, 0);
   • All of the above
   • None of the above
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   Correct answer: All of the above

9. Question 9: CSS Units

   Which CSS unit is relative to the font size of the root element?

   • em
   • rem
   • vh
   • vw
   • px
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   Correct answer: rem

10. Question 10: CSS Inheritance

    What happens to CSS properties that are not inherited by default?

    • They are ignored
    • They are inherited from the parent element
    • They use the browser's default value
    • They use a predefined 'auto' value
    • They cause an error
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    Correct answer: They use the browser's default value