CSS Cascade

Question 1

What are the four components of “the Cascade”?

Answer 1

Source order, Inheritance, Specificity, and !important

Question 2

List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.

Answer 2

Element > Class > Id

Question 3

Why is using !important considered bad practice?

Answer 3

Breaks the natural cascading in stylesheet which makes debugging more difficult

Question 4

How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?

Answer 4

Yes, through properties that can be inherited.

Question 5

What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?

Answer 5

Order that the CSS rules are written in your stylesheet.

CSS rules that are lower in the stylesheet has more priority .