Which line of code instructs the browser to look for a directory named mysite that begins one level higher than the page you are currently viewing?

Question

Options

• Amysite/index.html
• B/mysite/index.html
• C./mysite/index.html

• A
  8% (3)
• B
  5% (2)
• C
  87% (34)

Explanation

Option C (./mysite/index.html) is correct because the ./ prefix explicitly tells the browser to start from the current directory - the folder that sits one level above (i.e., contains) the page file you're viewing - and then look for mysite within it. Option A (mysite/index.html) omits the explicit ./ marker; while browsers often treat it the same way, it doesn't carry the explicit "start from the containing directory" instruction the question describes. Option B (/mysite/index.html) is wrong because a leading / creates an absolute path anchored at the server's root, completely ignoring your current location in the folder hierarchy.

Memory tip: Think of . as "dot = here (this folder)" and a bare / at the start as "slash = root of the whole server." When you see ./, you're explicitly saying "start from the folder I'm currently sitting in."

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