Em vs i tag in HTML - Practice Questions

Challenge - 5 Problems

🧠 Conceptual

intermediate

Difference between and tags

Which statement best describes the difference between the and tags in HTML?

A <em> is deprecated and should not be used, while <i> is the modern tag for emphasis.

B <i> is used for emphasis and affects screen readers, while <em> is for text styling without emphasis.

C <em> is used for emphasis and affects screen readers, while <i> is for text styling without emphasis.

D <em> and <i> tags are completely interchangeable with no difference.

💡 Hint

Think about how screen readers treat these tags differently.

marks text that should be emphasized and is read with emphasis by screen readers. is for text that is stylistically different but not emphasized, like foreign words or technical terms.

❓ rendering

intermediate

Visual output of vs

What will the browser visually display for this HTML snippet?

<p>This is <em>important</em> and this is <i>italic</i>.</p>

A The words 'important' and 'italic' are both shown in italic style.

B The word 'important' is bold and 'italic' is italicized.

C Only 'important' is italicized; 'italic' is normal text.

D Both words are bold and underlined.

💡 Hint

Both tags usually render text in italics by default.

By default, browsers render both and text in italics, so both words appear italicized.

❓ accessibility

advanced

Screen reader behavior with and

When a screen reader reads this HTML:

<p>This is <em>very important</em> and <i>just styled</i> text.</p>

How does it treat the and parts?

A It reads both 'very important' and 'just styled' with vocal emphasis.

B It adds vocal emphasis to 'very important' but reads 'just styled' normally.

C It ignores both tags and reads all text the same.

D It skips the <em> text and only reads the <i> text.

💡 Hint

Consider which tag conveys meaning beyond style.

Screen readers add emphasis to text to convey importance, but treat text as normal since it is only stylistic.

📝 Syntax

advanced

Correct nesting of and tags

Which HTML snippet is correctly nested and valid?

A <p>This is <em>very <em>important</i></em> text.</p>

B <p>This is <i>very <em>important</i></em> text.</p>

C <p>This is <i>very <i>important</em></i> text.</p>

D <p>This is <em>very <i>important</i></em> text.</p>

💡 Hint

Tags must open and close in the correct order.

Option D correctly nests inside and closes tags in reverse order. Others have mismatched or overlapping tags causing invalid HTML.

❓ selector

expert

CSS selector targeting inside

Given this HTML:

<p><i>This is <span><em>special</em></span> text</i>.</p>

Which CSS selector will style only the tag inside the tag?

A i em { color: red; }

B i > em { color: red; }

C em i { color: red; }

D p em { color: red; }

💡 Hint

Think about descendant vs direct child selectors.

Selector 'i em' targets any inside at any depth. 'i > em' targets only direct children, which is not. 'em i' and 'p em' target wrong elements.