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Final Exam: How to Start a Website

10 questions, 15 minutes, 7 to pass. This tests whether the core concepts stuck — not memorization, judgment. Good luck.

1. A visitor lands on your homepage, looks for five seconds, and leaves. What's the most likely problem?

The colors aren't trendy or modern enough The site doesn't make its one job obvious fast enough The logo is too small and hard to read There just aren't enough pages on it

2. Where should your domain be registered?

In your web designer's account for convenience In your own account that you control It doesn't matter as long as it works Through your hosting company only

3. Your site's 'one job' is booking consultation calls. Where should the booking button appear?

Only on the Contact page On every page, especially the homepage hero In the footer only On a popup that appears after 30 seconds

4. What's the main purpose of a page map?

To impress clients with a polished deliverable To decide every page and its job before building To plan your colors and overall color scheme To list keywords for Google

5. A customer searches 'emergency plumber near me' on their phone. What matters most?

A beautiful desktop layout Tap-to-call button visible immediately A long list of services The company's founding story

6. Your images are 4MB each and the site loads slowly on phones. What's the fix?

Buy faster hosting Compress and resize images before uploading Remove all images Add more pages to distribute the load

7. What does HTTPS/SSL do for your site?

Makes it rank #1 on Google automatically Encrypts visitor data and avoids browser warnings Speeds up the site 10x Backs up your files

8. Which of these is a good homepage headline for a bookkeeping service?

Welcome to Johnson Financial Services Bookkeeping for Small Businesses Quality, Integrity, Excellence Since 2004 Click Here for More Information

9. After launch, which three numbers are worth watching?

Total pages, image count, font choices Visitors, where they come from, what they do next Domain age, hosting cost, plugin count Social followers, likes, shares

10. Your site gets hacked. What's your first move?

Delete everything and start over Restore from your backup, then fix the vulnerability Ignore it and hope it goes away Change your logo