1D0-510 · Question #61
LizAn created her Web site using XHTML frames. She adds an inline frame into one of her existing frames. Which of the following will result?
The correct answer is C. A floating frame that allows a separate document to be inserted in the browser. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Options
- AA page that will validate to XHTML 1.0 Strict standards
- BA page that will not validation because it is not user-friendly
- CA floating frame that allows a separate document to be inserted in the browser
- DA new borderless frame that appears in a separate pop-up browser window
How the community answered
(31 responses)- A3% (1)
- B10% (3)
- C84% (26)
- D3% (1)
Community Discussion
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Imani T.Jun 10, 2026C is your answer, and here is why it matters. An inline frame, created with the iframe element, is essentially a floating frame that lets you embed a separate HTML document directly inside another page, without needing a frameset. It sits wherever you place it in the document flow, like a window within a window, and the content inside it is completely independent from the parent page. The other options fall apart fast: iframes are not valid in XHTML 1.0 Strict (that requires Frameset or Transitional to even use frames), user-friendliness has nothing to do with validation rules, and iframes absolutely do not open pop-up windows.
Prof. SaraJun 15, 2026B trips up students who half-remember that iframes have accessibility concerns, but validation failure has nothing to do with user-friendliness, and that reasoning is simply not how the W3C validator works. Lock in C, because an inline frame (iframe element) is precisely a floating, embedded viewport that pulls a separate document into the current page without spawning any new window.
Grace U.Jun 16, 2026The name itself does the heavy lifting here, because iframe literally stands for inline frame, and once you let that word inline sink in, any answer hinting at new windows or pop-ups just stops making sense on its own.
Lena V.May 30, 2026I kept reading "inline" as layout-related, but iframe literally floats a separate doc inside the page.
Prof. SaraMay 31, 2026That framing clicks, though the deeper gotcha is that the iframe does not just float a separate document, it spins up a fully isolated browsing context with its own session storage, JavaScript scope, and origin, which is why cross-frame scripting trips up so many candidates on the security domains of both CompTIA and CEH exams.
Grace U.Jun 21, 2026Saw this exact wording on my test and almost talked myself into D, but "inline" means embedded in the page, not a pop-up. C every time.
Prof. SaraJun 23, 2026Good catch, and the mnemonic that locks it in: think of inline the same way you think of it in CSS display values, it sits right in the document flow alongside surrounding content, never interrupts the user by jumping into its own layer the way a pop-up or modal does.