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University of Wisconsin-Madison Web Accessibility 101 - Policy, Standards, and Design Techniques

Please take the following quiz to test your understanding. Select the best answer.

When is a D-link or longdescription attribute necessary to make an image accessible?

a) If an image's function in the web page is to occupy space. It doesn't convey content or meaning.

b) If an image is difficult to see because its physical dimensions are too small.

c) If an image or its purpose in the site is very complex and needs to be explained in a paragraph or several paragraphs.

d) If an image also acts a hyperlink.

For accessibility purposes, videos that are used on the web should be:

a) Accompanied by a link to a text transcription of any audio used in the video file.

b) Captioned so that the text transcription of all audio content can be viewed from within the video player.

c) Mailed to users on a CD.

d) All of the above.

Which of the following statements about formatting is true?

a) HTML headings should be used to provide document structure rather than formatting text to be large, bold and appear to look like headers.

b) Colors should have sufficient contrast between background and text color.

c) Text should be sized so that it can be increased by the users of your web page.

d) All presentational formatting rules should be established in either a style sheet or embedded within the HTML, but not both.

e) All of the above.

True or False. All image maps are inaccessible.

a) True. Image maps pose unique challenges to screen readers and should never be used.

b) False. Image maps should be client side image maps and contain alt-text for each map region.

What is the WAVE?

a) A popular crowd pleasing event at major sporting events.

b) A non-verbal gesture used by the human race to say hello.

c) An HTML editor that ensures that a designer is compliant with Section 508 as they produce web pages.

d) An HTML validation tool that evaluates the compliance of a web page.

Identify the function of the HTML NOSCRIPT tag.

a) NOSCRIPT is a tag that holds content summarizing the functionality of a programming script. This content is displayed only by browsers that don't support scripting.

b) NOSCRIPT is a tag that disables the scripting capability of a web browser.

c) NOSCRIPT is a tag that designers can use to indicate whether their web page uses programming scripts. If NOSCRIPT is implemented, a browser will process the web page more efficiently than it would otherwise.

d) All of the above.

Which characteristic of a data table should you consider for accessibility?

a) The number of columns in the table.

b) The number of rows in the table.

c) The linear order of the table. How will it be read by a screen reader?

d) The background color and text color used in the table

e) Both C and D.

Which mandate is part of the UW policy?

a) All web pages must be designed using Macromedia Dreamweaver

b) All web pages must contain the UW logo.

c) Every web site must contain a link or contact information for users to reach if they need to do so.

d) All web pages must provide a link to the University's home page.

e) Every web page must have an accompanying text-only version.

True or False. The UW's web accessibility policy was enacted in January 2000 and has not been changed.

a) True.

b) False.

Which definition best explains the concept of the skip navigation link?

a) A skip navigation link allows a user to bypass all site navigation and proceed directly to the page content.

b) A skip navigation link allows a user to bypass all page content and proceed directly to the site navigation.

c) A skip navigation link allows a user to skip from one navigation bar in a web page to another.