Chapters 1 to 5

Question 1

Property _________ specifies how text is aligned within a Label’s boundaries.

A) Alignment

B) TextAlign

C) Align

D) Aligntext

Answer 1

B) TextAlign

Question 2

Which of the following If…Then statements correctly displays that a student received an A on an exam if the score was 90 or above?

A) If studentgrade = 90 Then displayLabel.Text = “Student received an A”

B) If studentgrade 90 Then displayLabel.Text = “Student received an A”

C) If studentgrade >= 90 Then displayLabel.Text = “Student received an A”

D) If studentgrade == 90 Then displayLabel.Text = “Student received an A”

Answer 2

C) If studentgrade >= 90 Then displayLabel.Text = “Student received an A”

Question 3

In an activity diagram, a rectangle with curved sides represents ___________.

A) a complete algorithm

B) a comment

C) an action

D) the termination of the application

Answer 3

C) an action

Question 4

The ^= operator _____________.

A) squares the value of the left operand by the value of the right operand and stores the result in the left operand.

B) adds the value of the right operand to the value of the left operand and stores the result in the left operand.

C) creates a new variable and assigns the value of the right operand to that variable.

D) multiplies the value of the left operand by the value of the right and stores the result in the left operand.

Answer 4

A) squares the value of the left operand by the value of the right operand and stores the result in the left operand.

Question 5

When a value is placed into a memory location, the value _________ the previous value in that location.

A) copies

B) adds itself to

C) replaces

D) moves

Answer 5

C) replaces

Question 6

The If …Then statement is called a ________ statement because it selects or ignore one action (or group of actions).

A) group-selection

B) single-selection

C) double-selection

D) multiple-selection

Answer 6

B) single-selection

Question 7

An output label should ___________.

A) be distingueshed with other labels

B) initially have an empty Text property or a default value

C) use Fixed3D for the borderStyle property

D) All the above

Answer 7

D) All the above

Question 8

The body of a Do While….Loop statement executes _____________.

A) at least once

B) never

C) while its condition is false

D) while its condition is true

Answer 8

D) while its condition is true

Question 9

The if…Then…Else selection statement ends with the key words __________.

A) End if Else

B) End If

C) End Else

D) Else

Answer 9

B) End If

Question 10

The __________ statement executes until its loop-termination condition becomes True.

A) Do While—-Loop

B) Do Until….Loop

C) While…Loop

D) Loop

Answer 10

B) Do Until….Loop

Question 11

When a value is read from memory, that value is _____________.

A) overwritten

B) Not overwritten

C) replaced with a new value

D) moved to a new memory space

Answer 11

B) Not overwritten

Question 12

Variables that store floating Point values should be declared as an _____________.

A) Int

B) Integer

C) Long

D) Double

Answer 12

D) Double

Question 13

The ____________ window allows you to browse solution files

A) windows Explorer

B) Solution Explorer

C) IDE

D) property editor

Answer 13

B) Solution Explorer

Question 14

Entering a value in a TextBox causes a ____________ event.

A) TextAltered

B) ValueChanged

C) ValueEntered

D) TextChanged

Answer 14

D) TextChanged

Question 15

A __________ is a variable that helps control the number of times that a set of statements executes.

A) repeater

B) loop

C) counter

D) control statement

Answer 15

C) counter

Question 16

A(n) __________ loop occurs when a condition in a Do While…Loop never becomes False.

A) nested

B) undefined

C) infinite

D) finite

Answer 16

C) infinite

Question 17

An application enters break mode when __________.

A) a breakpoint is reached

B) Debug > Start is selected

C) there is syntax error

D) there is a logical error

Answer 17

A) a breakpoint is reached

Question 18

A(n) ________ help the user understand a control’s purpose.

A) Button

B) descriptive Label

C) TextBox

D) title bar

Answer 18

B) descriptive Label

Question 19

The data type in a variable declaration is immediately preceded by keyword ___________.

A) IsA

B) Type

C) As

D) Dim

Answer 19

C) As

Question 20

A ________ occurs when an executed statement does not directly follow the previously executed statement in the written application

A) transfer of control

B) transition

C) logical error

D) flow

Answer 20

A) transfer of control

Question 21

Property __________ maintains all the values in a ListBox.

A) Items

B) All

C) ListItemValues

D) List

Answer 21

A) Items

Question 22

The symbol ________ is not a Visual Basic operator.

A) *

B) %

C) ^

D) <>

Answer 22

B) %

Question 23

If number is initialized with the value 15, What value will number contain after the expression number += 7 executes?

A) 7

B) 22

C) 14

D) 15

Answer 23

B) 22

Question 24

__________ is a programming language for sharing information via hyperlinked text documents on the World Wide Web.

A) HTTP

B) HTML

C) XML

D) Java

Answer 24

B) HTML

Question 25

A(n) ___________ represents a user action, such as clicking a Button. A) event B) statement C) method header D) application

Answer 25

A) event

Question 26

The expression to the right of an assignment operator is evaluated ________________ the assignment occurs. A) before B) after C) at the same time D) None of the above

Answer 26

A) before

Question 27

The Form's ________ property specifies the text that is displayed in the Form's title bar. A) Title B) Label C) Text D) Name

Answer 27

C) Text

Question 28

The ______ control allos users to add and view items in a list. A) ListItems B) ListBox C) TextBox D) GroupBox

Answer 28

B) ListBox

Question 29

The ___________ operator returns False if the left operand is larger than the right operand. A) = B) < C) <= D) All of the above

Answer 29

D) All of the above

Question 30

Variable declarations in event handlers begin with the keyword __________. A) Declare B) Sub C) Dim D) Double

Answer 30

C) Dim

Question 31

The _______ operator assigns the result of adding the left and right operands to the left operand. A) += B) + C) =+ D) =

Answer 31

A) +=

Question 32

Visual Basic keywords are ___________ A) identifiers B) reserve words C) properties D) names

Answer 32

B) reserve words

Question 33

If there are errors in an application, they appear in a window known as the ___________. A) Task List B) Error List C) Output D) Local

Answer 33

B) Error List

Question 34

Programs that translate high-level programs into machine language are called ___________. A) compiler B) assembler C) linker D) debugger

Answer 34

A) compiler

Question 35

Parentheses added to an expression simply to make it easier to read are known as _______ parentheses. A) necessary B) redundent C) embedded D) nested

Answer 35

B) redundent

Question 36

A(n) ______________ is a group of one or more projects that collectively form a Visual Basic program. A) IDE B) Solution C) Builder D) file

Answer 36

B) Solution

Question 37

A label's boderStyle property can be set to _________. A) Fixed3D B) Single C) Double D) 3D

Answer 37

A) Fixed3D

Question 38

The three types of control structures are sequence, selection, and __________. A) redo B) repeate C) repetition D) looping

Answer 38

C) repetition

Question 39

A __________ is a control in which the user can enter data from a keyboard. A) Button B) Label C) PictureBox D) TextBox

Answer 39

D) TextBox

Question 40

Item's method __________ adds an item to a listBox. A) Include B) Add C) Append D) Plus

Answer 40

B) Add

Question 41

A(n) ________ contains code that performa specific task. A) variable B) method C) operand D) constant

Answer 41

B) method

Question 42

A Button's text should use _________ capitalization A) book-title B) complete C) no D) sentence-style

Answer 42

A) book-title

Question 43

Method String.Format is used to _____________. A) create constants B) format Visual Basic statements C) control how text is formatted D) display the formatted text in a text box

Answer 43

C) control how text is formatted

Question 44

If .... Then.....Else is a ____________ selection statement. A) single B) double C) nested D) triple

Answer 44

B) double

Question 45

An example of a white space character is a ________ character. A) Tab B) Space C) newline D) All of the above

Answer 45

D) All of the above

Question 46

Item's method __________ deletes all the values in a ListBox. A) Remove B) Del C) Delete D) Clear

Answer 46

D) Clear

Question 47

The ______ control allos users to add and view items in a list. A) ListItems B) ListBox C) TextBox D) GroupBox

Answer 47

B) ListBox

Question 48

You can use the ______________ method to terminate a running application. Question 47 options: A) Me.Close() B) Me.Done() C) Me,Clear() D) Me.Stop()

Answer 48

A) Me.Close()

Question 49

When a form has been modified since the last time it was saved, what appears on its tab in the designer window? Question 48 options: A) an ampersand (&) B) an asterisk (*) C) a percentage (%) D) a plus sign (+)

Answer 49

B) an asterisk (*)

Question 50

Which symbol is used in a flowchart to represent a calculation task? Question 50 options: A) circle B) oval C) parallelogram D) rectangle

Answer 50

D) rectangle

Question 51

What value is assigned to the lblNum control when the lblNum.Text = 71 \ 25 instruction is processed by the computer? Question 51 options: A) 2 B) 3 C) 21 D) 25

Answer 51

A) 2

Question 52

What value is assigned to the lblMod control when the lblMod.Text = 76 Mod 3 instruction is processed by computer? Question 52 options: A) 2 B) 3 C) 1 D) 25

Answer 52

C) 1

Question 53

The ______________ event occurs when the contents of a text box have changed. Question 53 options: A) Changed B) TextChanged C) TextChange D) Change

Answer 53

B) TextChanged

Question 54

If intNumber

Answer 54

D) 180

Question 55

Logical groupings of programming methods to organize a program

Answer 55

Modules

Question 56

Programming language statements in a program before they are compiled into the code that is actually used by the computer

Answer 56

Source Code

Question 57

One or more projects grouped together to form a program

Answer 57

Solution

Question 58

Words which are reversed by Visual Basic which cannot be used as variable names as they are definition used by VB

Answer 58

Keyword

Question 59

Used to allow the user to view source files

Answer 59

Solution Explorer

Question 60

GUI

Answer 60

Graphical User Interface

Question 61

Used to declare a variable which will be used in the program. Identified by the keyword Dim

Answer 61

Declaration

Question 62

Assist in improving the readability of the code

Answer 62

Comment

Question 63

IDE

Answer 63

Integrated Development Environment

Question 64

VB file

Answer 64

File which ends in .vb and contains the programmer-readable code

Question 65

Executable

Answer 65

Contains the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) which is used by the computer to run the program

Question 66

Computer program

Answer 66

The set of instructions which allows the computer to process data

Question 67

The group of files which make up a program

Answer 67

Project

Question 68

BASIC

Answer 68

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

Question 69

Two types are subroutines and functions which are used to perform a common task

Answer 69

Methods

Question 70

Order of operations ``` ^ +,- *, / \ MOD +,- & ```

Answer 70

Exponentiation Operator Sign Operators Multiplication Operator, Division Operator Integer Division Operator Modulus (divides and finds the remainder) Addition, Subtraction String concatenation

Question 71

``` Equality Operators = <> > < >= <= ```

Answer 71

``` Is Equal to Is Not Equal to Is Greater than Is Less than Is Greater Than or Equal to Is Less Than or Equal to ```

Question 72

Logical Operators A statement which allows a program to execute a path based on the truth or falsity of an expression

Answer 72

If... Then...

Question 73

Logical Operators A statement which allows a program to execute different paths based on the truth or falsity of an expression

Answer 73

If... Then... Else

Question 74

Logical Operators Tests if two conditions both evaluate to True or False

Answer 74

AND

Question 75

Logical Operators Tests two conditions and if either condition or both conditions are True or False then expression evaluates

Answer 75

OR

Question 76

Logical Operators Evaluates if both conditions are True or False and only until its truth or falsity is known

Answer 76

ANDalso

Question 77

Logical Operators Evaluates if either condition or both conditions are True or False and only until its truth or falsity is known

Answer 77

ORelse

Question 78

Code which causes a program to produce erroneous results

Answer 78

Bug

Question 79

Allows a programmer to monitor the execution of a program to locate and remove logic errors

Answer 79

Debugger

Question 80

An error in the sequence of characters in a line of code which are intended to be written in a particular order and are identified when the code is compiled

Answer 80

compilation error

Question 81

Indicates where an exception occurred, the type of exception, and links to information on how to handle the exception

Answer 81

exception assistant

Question 82

The mode entered when a program is suspended during execution at a break point

Answer 82

break mode

Question 83

Markers which identify where a program wants to pause the program and run it line by line

Answer 83

breakpoints

Question 84

Resumes execution until the next breakpoint or end of main whichever comes first

Answer 84

continue command

Question 85

adding a breakpoint to the code to stop the execution of the program at the line where the breakpoint is inserted

Answer 85

insert breakpoint

Question 86

allows the programmer to make modifications or changes to the code while in debug mode and then continue executing the code with the modifications and without having to recompile

Answer 86

edit and continue

Question 87

transforms the high level language into machine language

Answer 87

compile

Question 88

this prevents the execution of the program from stopping at the location but does not remove the breakpoint

Answer 88

disable breakpoint

Question 89

allows a programmer to assign new values to variables while the program is running

Answer 89

locals window

Question 90

executes the next statement in the code and immediately halts

Answer 90

step into

Question 91

the grey bar on the left of the code window

Answer 91

margin indicator box

Question 92

the program is suspended when the breakpoint is reached and the program is now in break mode

Answer 92

suspend execution

Question 93

indicates an active breakpoint

Answer 93

solid breakpoint circle

Question 94

a bug in the program which does not allow the program to operate correctly but it will not cause it to crash. It may cause behaviour which is unintended or undesired

Answer 94

logic error

Question 95

indicates that the highlighted line contains the next statement to execute in break mode

Answer 95

yellow arrow in break mode

Question 96

allows programmers to test and debug only the portion of the code that they have written. this is useful when there are many programmers writing one program

Answer 96

just my code debugging

Question 97

the information that is displayed as you move the cursor over the variable the programmer would like to look at

Answer 97

quick info box

Question 98

a type of debugger provided to programmers

Answer 98

visual studio debugger

Question 99

executes the contents of a called method without actually entering the called method

Answer 99

step over

Question 100

executes the remaining statements in a method and returns control to the calling method

Answer 100

step out

Question 101

allows the programmer to watch the value of the variables as a program executes

Answer 101

watch window

Question 102

an error which can only occur during the running of the program

Answer 102

run-time error

Question 103

a selection of program statements or actions are executed based on whether or not a condition is true or false

Answer 103

selection structure

Question 104

takes data processed by the computer and either displays or stores that information to an output device

Answer 104

output unit

Question 105

a device which performs calculations, logical decisions, and other functions multiple times faster than humans

Answer 105

computer

Question 106

used for long term storage of data, usually on a storage media

Answer 106

secondary storage

Question 107

a selection of program statements or actions are executed while a condition remains true or false

Answer 107

repetition structure

Question 108

allows programmers to write programs which look like common english phrases and contain mathematical operations

Answer 108

high level language

Question 109

the rapid access, temporary storage section of a computer

Answer 109

memory unit

Question 110

a computer language which is similar to english abbreviations which are then translated to machine language

Answer 110

assembly language

Question 111

procedure to be used to solve a problem which defines the actions to be executed and the order in which the actions are executed

Answer 111

algorithm

Question 112

statements which enable programmers to specify the next statement to be executed which many not necessarily be in the order that they are written

Answer 112

control statements

Question 113

the natural language of a computer defined by the hardware and consisting of 1's and 0's

Answer 113

machine language

Question 114

administrator of the computer and supervises the other components

Answer 114

central processing unit

Question 115

obtains information from the user via various devices

Answer 115

input unit

Question 116

program statements executed one after another as they are written in the program

Answer 116

sequential structure

Question 117

three types of control statements

Answer 117

sequential structure, selection structure, repetition structure

Question 118

the different language formats used to write program code

Answer 118

programming language

Question 119

informal language using english structure to assist programmers in developing algorithms

Answer 119

pseudocode

Question 120

A method that does not return a value when the task has completed

Answer 120

subroutine

Question 121

a parameter which is not required by the called method but if included it can be used; it must contain a default value

Answer 121

optional parameter

Question 122

terminates execution of the subroutine and tells the program to return to the calling program

Answer 122

return

Question 123

a method with the same name as another method but which contains a different parameter list

Answer 123

overloading

Question 124

a copy of a variable is made and passed to the called method. changes to the copied variable do not affect the value of the original variable

Answer 124

pass by value

Question 125

a variable which is only known within the method in which it is declared

Answer 125

local variable

Question 126

a statement used in a subroutine to leave the subroutine if a specific condition or error occurs

Answer 126

exit

Question 127

the values being passed to the called method

Answer 127

parameter

Question 128

performs tasks and can return information when the task has completed

Answer 128

method

Question 129

a variable is passed to the called method and the called method has access and is able to modify the original variable directly

Answer 129

pass by reference

Question 130

a method which will return a value to the calling routine once the task has completed

Answer 130

function

Question 131

a variable which is known throughout an entire program

Answer 131

global variable

Question 132

a collection of cells within a sheet

Answer 132

range

Question 133

VBA

Answer 133

visual basic applications

Question 134

a spreadsheet page in Microsoft Excel

Answer 134

sheet

Question 135

The contents of a cell within a spreadsheet

Answer 135

value

Question 136

a set of instructions in VBA which can be repeated

Answer 136

macro

Question 137

Every year or two, the capacities of computer hardware have approximately doubled inexpensively. This remarkable trend is often called ______ Law

Answer 137

Moore's

Question 138

The smallest data item in a computer can assume the value 0 or the value 1. Such a data item is called a _____

Answer 138

bit

Question 139

Digits, letters and special symbols are known as ______

Answer 139

characters

Question 140

The _____ character set contains characters for many of the world's languages.

Answer 140

Unicode

Question 141

Just as characters are composed of bits, _____ are composed of bytes. A _____ is a group of characters or bytes that conveys meaning.

Answer 141

field

Question 142

``` several related fields can be used to compose a ______. In a payroll system, for example, this ______for an employee might consist of the following fields: Employee Identification number Name Address Hourly pay rate ```

Answer 142

record

Question 143

A ____ is a group of related records. [ Note: more generally, a ____ contains arbitrary data in arbitrary formats. In some operating systems, a ____ is viewed simply as a sequence of bytes - any organization of bytes in a _____ is a view created by the programmer]

Answer 143

file

Question 144

A ______ is a collection of data that's organized for easy access and manipulation. The most popular _____ model is the relational ______ in which data is stored in simple tabels.

Answer 144

database

Question 145

Visual Basic, C++, C#, and Java are examples of ____ ____ languages

Answer 145

high level

Question 146

____, or more precisely the classes _____ come from, are essentially reusable software components

Answer 146

objects

Question 147

In object oriented programming languages, we create a program unit called a _____ to house the set of methods that perform the _____ 's tasks

Answer 147

class

Question 148

Just as someone has to build a car from its engineering drawings before you can actually drive it, you must build an object from a class before a program can perform the tasks that the class' methods define. The process of doing this is called _______. An object is then referred to as an _______ of its class

Answer 148

instantiation, instance

Question 149

when you drive a car, pressing its gas pedal sends a message to the car to perform a task - that is, to go faster. Similarly, you can send messages to an object. Each message is implemented as a ____ ____ that tells the method of an object to perform its task.

Answer 149

method call

Question 150

An object has attributes that it carries along as it's used in a program. These attributes are specified as part of the object's class. Attributes are specified by the class' _____ ______

Answer 150

instance variables

Question 151

Classes _______ (ie, wrap) attributes and methods into objects - an object's attributes and operations are intimately related. Objects may communicate with one another, but they're not normally allowed to know how other objects are implemented - implementation details are hidden within the objects themselves

Answer 151

encapsulation

Question 152

a new class of objects can be created quickly and conveniently by ______ - the new class absorbs the characteristics of an existing class, possibly customizing them and adding unique characteristics of its own. In our car analogy, an object of class "convertible" certainly is an object of the more general class "automobile," but more specifically, the roof can be raised or lowered.

Answer 152

inheritance

Question 153

OOAD

Answer 153

Object Oriented Analysis and Design

Question 154

A single graphical language for communicating the results of any OOAD process.

Answer 154

UML (Unified Modelling Language)

Question 155

The precursor of today's internet

Answer 155

ARPAnet, created by ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) of the US Department of Defense

Question 156

The protocol (set of rules) for communicating over the ARPAnet

Answer 156

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Question 157

The information carrying capacity of communications lines

Answer 157

bandwidth

Question 158

visual basic is _____ driven. You'll write programs that respond to user initiated _____ such as mouse clicks, keystrokes, timer expirations and - new in visual basic 2012 - touchers and finger swipes

Answer 158

event, events

Question 159

The .NET Framework contains the .NET Framework _____ _____, which provides many capabilities that you'll use to build substantial Visual Basic apps quickly and easily.

Answer 159

class library

Question 160

______ ______ are software systems that make using computers more convenient for users, app developers, and system administrators

Answer 160

operating systems

Question 161

Visual Basic programs are created using Microsoft's Visual Studio - a collection software tools called an ______ ______ _____ (IDE).

Answer 161

Integrated Development Environment