HTML and Web Pages Basics Quiz

Grade 5 · Technology · Quiz

Test your knowledge of HTML tags, page structure, and how web pages are built.

Questions

1. Which tag is used to create the largest heading on a web page?

   1. <heading>
   2. <h6>
   3. <h1>
   4. <title>
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   Answer: <h1>

   <h1> is the largest heading. Headings go from <h1> (biggest) to <h6> (smallest).

2. What is the correct way to write a closing tag for a paragraph?

   1. <p/>
   2. </p>
   3. <close p>
   4. p>
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   Answer: </p>

   Closing tags use a forward slash before the tag name, like </p>.

3. Which part of an HTML page contains information NOT shown directly on the page, like the page title?

   1. <body>
   2. <footer>
   3. <head>
   4. <main>
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   Answer: <head>

   The <head> section holds metadata like the page title, which appears in the browser tab but not on the page itself.

4. What does the href attribute do in an <a> tag?

   1. Sets the font color of the link text
   2. Specifies the URL the link points to
   3. Creates a new browser tab
   4. Defines the image to display
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   Answer: Specifies the URL the link points to

   The href attribute (short for hypertext reference) tells the browser where to navigate when the link is clicked.

5. Which tag is used to add an image to a web page?

   1. <picture>
   2. <photo>
   3. <image>
   4. <img>
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   Answer: <img>

   <img> is the correct HTML tag for embedding images. It is a self-closing tag that uses a src attribute for the image path.

6. What should appear at the very beginning of every HTML document?

   1. <head>
   2. <!DOCTYPE html>
   3. <html>
   4. <start>
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   Answer: <!DOCTYPE html>

   <!DOCTYPE html> must be the first line of an HTML document so the browser knows it is an HTML5 page.

7. HTML alone can make a web page interactive, like responding to a button click.

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   Answer: False

   HTML structures content but is not interactive on its own. JavaScript is needed for interactivity like button clicks.

8. The <b> tag makes text appear ________ on a web page.

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   Answer: bold

   The <b> tag makes text bold. The <i> tag makes text italic, and <u> makes text underlined.

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