CSS-Cascade

Question 1

What are the four components of “the Cascade”.

Answer 1

importance, origin, specificity, source-order

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Order that css rules are written

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Inhertiance

Question 4

List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity

Answer 4

type, class, ID

Question 5

Why is using !important considered bad practice?

Answer 5

Makes debugging more difficult because ti breaks the natural cascade of CSS