Q&A

Q1:	How do you know when to use relative versus absolute positioning?
A1:	control over how content is positioned. This has to do with the fact that absolute positioning allows you to position content down to the exact pixel, whereas relative positioning is much less predictable in terms of how it positions content. This isn't to say that relative positioning can't do a good job of positioning elements on a page; it just means that absolute positioning is more exact. Of course, this also makes absolute positioning potentially more susceptible to changes in screen size, which you can't really control.
Q2:	If you don't specify the z-index of two elements that overlap each other, how do you know which element will appear on top?
A2:	If the z-index it reads it from the HTML document; elements read later in the document are drawn on top of those read earlier.