DOM Objects Worksheet

Question 1

In order to use the document.getElementById() method to 'get a handle' on an element, what attribute must that element have?

A document element must have an ID attribute in order to use the document.getElementById() method to get a handle on that element.

Question 2

When you invoke document.getElementById(), you must pass in a string parameter. What does the parameter represent?

The parameter represents the ID of the element you want to get a handle on.

Question 3

What does the document.getElementById() method return?

The document.getElementById() method returns a reference to the element object with the specified ID.

Question 4

What object is at the top of the DOM? In other words, what DOM object contains all other DOM objects?

The document object is at the top of the DOM. It contains all other DOM objects.


Coding Problems

You'll use the following elements to complete the coding problems:

Problem 1


Problem 2
A bald eagle

Problem 3
This is myDiv


Problem 4

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