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Computer Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Web Publishing 1 (Questions)

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Web publishing involves advertising on the internet. Most businesses have a website these days. Constructing a website can be great fun (and sometimes frustrating!).

See how much you know in our first quiz in the series on the design and construction of web pages, also known as Web Publishing.

1. The letters WWW stand for what?
[ ] Wet Wet Wet
[ ] What When Where
[ ] Wide World Web
[ ] World Wide Web
2. The web is made up of 'pages' which are read by .......
[ ] web browsers
[ ] web bruisers
[ ] web dowsers
[ ] web wowsers
3. Which is not an advantage of using the web?
[ ] Can provide cheap advertising
[ ] It can be hard to find the information you need
[ ] Offers a wide range of sources on many topics
[ ] Provides a huge potential audience
4. Some software documentation is web based only .......
[ ] because it can reach a wider audience
[ ] because it is better for the user
[ ] because it is cheaper to produce
[ ] because it is what all users want
5. Web pages are made using HTML - what does this stand for?
[ ] Hard To Makeout Language
[ ] Hyper Tough Makeup Language
[ ] HyperText Madeup Language
[ ] HyperText Markup Language
6. HTML tells the web browser .......
[ ] how to display information on the page
[ ] which document to search for
[ ] which ISP to use
[ ] which search engine to use
7. Which is not a reason for using web page headers?
[ ] To indicate important text in a document
[ ] To improve chances of being found by a search engine
[ ] To make the document content more interesting
[ ] To structure a document
8. Web pages usually contain text. The text should .......
[ ] use a few font styles
[ ] use a lot of different font colors
[ ] use lots of different font sizes
[ ] use lots of different font styles
9. Web pages often have a background color or image.
[ ] Any background is OK so long as text remain easy to read
[ ] Any interesting background is good
[ ] Backgrounds are unnecessary and should be avoided
[ ] The more detailed and colorful, the better
10. Young children often prefer web pages with .......
[ ] lots of adverts for banks
[ ] lots of images
[ ] lots of popups
[ ] lots of text
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Computer Science: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Web Publishing 1 (Answers)
1. The letters WWW stand for what?
[ ] Wet Wet Wet
[ ] What When Where
[ ] Wide World Web
[x] World Wide Web
Wet Wet Wet is the name of a pop group!
2. The web is made up of 'pages' which are read by .......
[x] web browsers
[ ] web bruisers
[ ] web dowsers
[ ] web wowsers
3. Which is not an advantage of using the web?
[ ] Can provide cheap advertising
[x] It can be hard to find the information you need
[ ] Offers a wide range of sources on many topics
[ ] Provides a huge potential audience
The huge amount of material takes time to sift
4. Some software documentation is web based only .......
[ ] because it can reach a wider audience
[ ] because it is better for the user
[x] because it is cheaper to produce
[ ] because it is what all users want
Printed documentation costs much more to produce
5. Web pages are made using HTML - what does this stand for?
[ ] Hard To Makeout Language
[ ] Hyper Tough Makeup Language
[ ] HyperText Madeup Language
[x] HyperText Markup Language
6. HTML tells the web browser .......
[x] how to display information on the page
[ ] which document to search for
[ ] which ISP to use
[ ] which search engine to use
7. Which is not a reason for using web page headers?
[ ] To indicate important text in a document
[ ] To improve chances of being found by a search engine
[x] To make the document content more interesting
[ ] To structure a document
8. Web pages usually contain text. The text should .......
[x] use a few font styles
[ ] use a lot of different font colors
[ ] use lots of different font sizes
[ ] use lots of different font styles
Text needs to be easy to read!
9. Web pages often have a background color or image.
[x] Any background is OK so long as text remain easy to read
[ ] Any interesting background is good
[ ] Backgrounds are unnecessary and should be avoided
[ ] The more detailed and colorful, the better
10. Young children often prefer web pages with .......
[ ] lots of adverts for banks
[x] lots of images
[ ] lots of popups
[ ] lots of text
Web page design should consider the target viewer