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HTML Interview Questions & Answers

1. What is HTML?
Answer: HTML is the abbreviation for Hypertext Markup Language. It is the typical
documents’ markup language for developing web pages to display on the web
browser.
The extensions used to save HTML pages are .html and .htm.

2. What is a Tag in HTML?


Answer: In an HTML page, tags used are to place the content and format the pages.
They always defined between (<) and (>) symbols. For example, <h1>text</h1>.
An opening tag must be preceded with a closing tag and indicated with a ‘/’ symbol.
A tag instructs the browser to format the HTML. Tags have many uses, such as
changing the appearance of text, displaying a graphic, or linking another page.

3. What is the key difference between HTML Elements and Tags?


Answer: This is one of the most asked HTML interview questions.

HTML Elements
The sections of the web page, such as a paragraph, an image, or a link is an element,
and an element has a certain way of execution. For example, the link is used to be
clicked, and the text boxes can be used to input text.

HTML Tags
HTML elements communicate with the browser how to represent the text and
become HTML tags when enclosed within angular brackets <>.

4. If you want to display some HTML data in a table in tabular format, which HTML
tags will you use?
Answer: The HTML has a specific tag, i.e., the table tag to display data in tabular form.
Below is the list of the HTML tags used to display data in tabular form in HTML:
Tag
Description
<table>
For defining a table.
<caption>
For mentioning a caption to the table.
<tr>
For defining a row in a table.
<td>
For defining a cell in a table.
<th>
For defining a header cell in a table.
<tbody>
For grouping the body’s content in a table.
<col>
For specifying the column properties for each column of the table.

5. What are Attributes in HTML?


Answer: An additional attribute is given to each tag to alter the behavior of the tag.
Attributes are defined directly after the tag name, inside the angular brackets. They
appear in opening tags and can never appear in closing tags.
For example: You can define an attribute for the <input> tag, such as a text field,
checkbox, radio button, or many more ways.

6. What is an Anchor tag in HTML?


Answer: An anchor tag is used to link two sections, web pages, or website templates
in HTML.
Its format is:
<a href=”#” target=”link”></a>
Where ‘href’ is an attribute of the anchor tag used to identify the sections in a
document, the ‘link’ is defined in the target attribute, which is to be linked.

7. What are Lists in HTML?


Answer: HTML lists are used to group a set of related items in lists. It is defined with
an <li> tag.
Some commonly used HTML lists:
• Ordered List (HTML tag: <ol>)
• Unordered List (HTML tag: <ul>)
• Description List (HTML tag: <dl>)
• Menu List (HTML tag: <menu>)
• Directory List (HTML tag: <dir>)

8. Define HTML Layout.


Answer: An HTML web page is arranged in a specific layout (format). Here are the
sections of an HTML webpage to specify the different parts of a webpage:
The primary sections of the layout are:
• Header to define a document or a section header.
• Main content where the entire web page content is included.
• Footer to define a document or a section footer.
There are also sections such as articles and the navigation bar that are the parts of a
layout.

9. What are Forms in HTML?


Answer:
Forms are used to collect the user information when they are filled, and details are
provided to save into the database.

10. What is the Use of Comments in HTML?


Answer:
Comments are used in an HTML document to make important notes and help
developers mention any modification to be incorporated afterward. They are not
displayed in the browser when the code is executed. A comment is always written in
between the ‘—‘ symbol at the beginning and end of the angular brackets.
Syntax:
<!—‘Comment’ !–>

Five Additional HTML Interview Questions and Answers


11. What is HTML5?
Answer:
HTML5 is the improved HTML version released in 2014 by the World Wide Web
consortium. Nowadays, every employer wants to put this as one of the HTML
interview questions.
It has set forth the following new characteristics to be learned by professionals:
• DOCTYPE declaration: To declare the HTML document type to instruct the web
browser about the markup language.
• Main: The main tag defines the primary section in the document related to the
central content of a document with a <main> tag.
• Section: It is used to define specific sections in a document such as a chapter,
header, footer, or any other section, and is specified with the <section> tag.
• Header: The header tag defines the title or heading of a document or its section.
It is specified with the <header> tag.
• Footer: The footer tag defines the section of a document that contains
information such as copyright or author’s information. It is designated with the
<footer> tag.
• Article: The article tag represents an independent or self-contained part of the
content of a document with the tag <article>.

12. What is Semantic HTML?


Answer:
Semantic HTML is one style of coding, where the tags convey the meaning of the text.
HTML uses semantics to reinforce the semantics or purpose of the content.
For Example:
<b> </b> and <i> </i> tags which are used to bold and italic statements in HTML are
replaced with <strong></strong> and <em></em> tags in semantic HTML.
This is because they represent formatting and provide no meaning or structure.
13. What is an Image Map?

Answer:
An Image map lets you link different web pages with a single image. It is represented
with the <map> tag. Every employer expects the applicant to know about this, and this
has been one of the most commonly asked HTML interview questions.

14. Why is the Embed Tag Used in HTML?


Answer:
An Embed Tag is used for including a Video or Audio in an HTML Document. A source
of audio or video file to be displayed on the webpage is defined within an Embed tag
as:
<EMBED> Source </EMBED>.

15. What is a ‘Marquee’ Tag in HTML?


Answer:
You can put scrolling text with a Marquee tag. With the help of this tag, an image or
text can be scrolled up, down, left, or right.

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