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CS1033 final exam Practice Questions and
Answers
why communicate via the world wide web? - ANSWER✔✔-its fast, cheap/free, usually current,
accessible by millions
What is the difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet? - ANSWER✔✔-WWW: software
that runs on the computer
Internet: The hardware/ computer that connects everything together
****When was the internet created - ANSWER✔✔-•1969 - ARPANET (eventually the Internet) is
established by the U.S. Department of Defence
Who and when was the world wide web developed by? - ANSWER✔✔-•1991- Tim Berners Lee has
finished developing the World Wide Web(http) and html and URL. World Wide Web makes its debut
What is a monitor? - ANSWER✔✔-A monitor is just a rectangular area (the screen) broken down into
very small pieces or dots where each piece/dot can take on a particular colour.
What is a pixel? - ANSWER✔✔-The dots/pieces on a monitor/screen.
We can use pixels to represent ANYTHING (images, text, drawing) that we want to display visually on the
screen (paper, fabric)
What is the terminology for the number of pixels across by the number of pixels down? - ANSWER✔✔-
The resolution
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On a 17 inch monitor, we could have 800 pixels (width) by 600 pixels (height) OR 1024 pixels by 768
pixels. What happens to the pixels in the second case - ANSWER✔✔-They have to be much smaller, in
order to fit in the monitor's size
If we displayed this "E", on which screen would it look bigger: the 800by600 resolution or the 1024by768
resolution? - ANSWER✔✔-The 800 by 600 (lower resolution --> less refined)
When printing text or images, we use ink to create the pixel but in printing, the pixels are called ____ -
ANSWER✔✔-Dots: They can take on different colour. They can be big, creating big images, or small,
creating smaller images.
Which one will have bigger dots - 72dpi or 300dpi (where dpi means dots per inch)? - ANSWER✔✔-72
dpi --> bigger to fill the inch
Assume my font size for all my text is 12 pixels and my monitor size is 22 inches. Which resolution will
have the text "Hello World" looking bigger?
A) 1024 by 768
B) 1920 by 1080
C) The text will look the same size no matter what the resolution - ANSWER✔✔-A
Text can be used to serve purposes: - ANSWER✔✔-1.It conveys information
2.It can be used as a graphical element of the page
3. Set a mood
What is a Websafe font? - ANSWER✔✔-Font that will work anywhere, on any computer
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What can you do if you really want to use an unusual font on your website? - ANSWER✔✔-1. Use an
image 2. Google Fonts and put into the website
Humans can read based off looking at the shape of the text T/F - ANSWER✔✔-True
What is kerning - ANSWER✔✔-Kerning: Adjusting the distance between pairs of letters
What is adjusting the space between all the letters? - ANSWER✔✔-Tracking - measured in ems
What is Leading - ANSWER✔✔-- Amount of vertical space between lines of text
- As the length of a line increases, it is harder for the reader to jump to the next line, thus wide columns
require greater leading.
Loose track = a lot or not a lot of leading? - ANSWER✔✔-A lot
What is a monospaced font? - ANSWER✔✔-Every letter (no matter what shape) are the same width
Proportional fonts? - ANSWER✔✔-Each letter has their own proportional font
Points (absolute length) (print) - ANSWER✔✔-Absolute length --> will always be the same
72 points is 1 inch tall when printed
-not rlly for webpages
Pixels, ems, % (Relative length) - ANSWER✔✔-For webpage
-Relative to the default font size for the browser and to the screen resolution.
- 1 em is equal to the width of an M in the default font type and size of the brows
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Assume you build a webpage and set the font size to be 2ems. A user in New Zealand who has set their
default font size to be 20pixels visits your page. How tall will the text on your page appear to the user? -
ANSWER✔✔-40 pixels
How are font colours represented? - ANSWER✔✔-- Hexadecimal representation
What are hex digits - ANSWER✔✔--0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F
-With TWO space holders 99 in decimal is big, 19 is small
With TWO space holders FF in hex is big, 1F is small
How are #_ _ _ _ _ _ split up with colours - ANSWER✔✔--1. You need 2 hex digits for Red
2. 2 hex digits for Green
3. 2 hex digits for Blue
FF is the ___ and 00 is ___ - ANSWER✔✔-most, nothing
FFFFFFFF is - ANSWER✔✔-white
000000 is - ANSWER✔✔-black (absence of colour)
What colour do you think the hex code #7A7A7A would be?
White
Dark Red
Light Red
Yellow
Green
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