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Visual Basic

Subject : it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Get component to add multiple controls to a table cell
The Properties window
assignment operator
camel
Toolbox - Containers - FlowLayoutPanel

2. You use the window to set the characteristics that control an object's appearance and behavior.
class
Properties
Function
caption

3. Assume an application needs to calculate and display a sales tax amount. The application should display the calculated amount in a _________________ control.
assignment statement
Ctrl-Shift-s
label
start/stop

4. Property to have controls appear in Flow Layout Panel justified = right
For...Next
Pseudocode
ID
FlowDirector = RightToLeft

5. When a form has been modified since the last time it was saved appears on its tab in the designer window
Class definition
concatenation
an asterisk (*)
form

6. Conditions can involve variables - _________ and functions
Shift-Alt-Enter
Microsoft.net
parameters
operators

7. Expression that compares values and returns a true or false result
Boolean
sequence
controltovalidate
IDE

8. Loop to repeat a code block for a specified number of times
assembly
For...Next
assignment statement
controls

9. The diamond flowchart symbol represents ______
decision
checked
Text
IDE

10. The ___ property of a checkbox indicates where a checkbox has been checked.
String
label
F8
checked

11. The ___ property contains the name of the object to be validated when using any of the validation objects on a web form.
String
Text
controltovalidate
double click on it

12. Closes the the current form
concatenation
controls
label
Me.Close( )

13. Write a blank line on the command line
Console.WriteLine(message)
Console.WriteLine("")
Ctrl-F5
Dim message As String

14. A word that has special meaning in a programming language
Keyword
namespace
Me.Close()
procedure header

15. Equal sign
CheckedChanged
A class
Assignment operator
code

16. Property to merge two cells in a table
ColumnSpan = 2
format exception
assignment statement
get and set accessors

17. The text that appears on the face of a button control is stored in the control's ___________________ property.
solution
Text
label
decision

18. Property to stretch an image to fill the size of the form
calendar
Toolbox - Common Controls - PictureBox
Size Mode = StretchImage
controltovalidate

19. Are found in the toolbox
class
checked
parameters
controls

20. An application calculates and displays a sales tax amount. The application should display the calculated amount in a control.
event
label
calendar
decision

21. In object-oriented programming anything that can be seen or touched or used
object
decision
Not
Function

22. The window that displays a list of the projects contained in the current solution and the items contained in each project.
Solution Explorer Window
a program
object
IntelliSense

23. Used to change how objects look and feel
F8
Me.Close( )
sequence
The Properties window

24. Zero or more characters enclosed in quotation marks
controltovalidate
String
Boolean
parameters

25. The set of directions given to a computer is called _____
Boolean
a program
an asterisk (*)
Toolbox - Containers - FlowLayoutPanel

26. Actions to which an object can respond (such as a click)
concatenation
Size Mode = StretchImage
format exception
event

27. A pattern or blueprint that the computer uses to create an object.
Class definition
AutoSize = True
class
frmMyFirstForm

28. Keyboard shortcut to run a program without debugging
Ctrl-F5
While
WindowsApplication (followed by a number)
user interface

29. Use of properties to control access to class data
Dim message As String
CheckedChanged
sleep
encapsulation

30. The practice of lowercasing the first word in an object's name and then uppercasing the first letter in each subsequent word in the name
Dim message As String
String
Camel case
FlowDirector = RightToLeft

31. A container that stores the projects and files for an entire application
requiredfieldvalidator
to lower
BorderStyle = Fixed3D
solution

32. Property to display an empty frame when a Picture Box is empty
Keyword
ID
assembly
BorderStyle = Fixed3D

33. Property to size buttons in a Flow Layout Panel to the text labels on them
camel
controltovalidate
Solution Explorer Window
AutoSize = True

34. Program instructions
operators
code
Text
an asterisk (*)

35. Last line of a procedure. (end sub.)
Pseudocode
Console.WriteLine("")
WindowsApplication (followed by a number)
procedure footer

36. The ___ object should be used to ensure that the user enters data in a field .
Ctrl-Shift-s
start/stop
requiredfieldvalidator
assembly

37. What VB calls a window or a screen
code
decision
form
WindowsApplication (followed by a number)

38. Declare a new variable
start/stop
Dim (short for Dimension)
GUI
.vb

39. A control that performs an immediate action when clicked
Button control
input/output
Text = My Form
form

40. Keyboard shortcut to make Form Design window full screen
function
Shift-Alt-Enter
frmMyFirstForm
encapsulation

41. Another name for a program
Application
encapsulation
decision
Console.WriteLine("")

42. When creating a new program in Visual Basic you are asked to supply a name for the program. If you do not specify a name a default name is used. What is the default name?
Console.WriteLine("")
WindowsApplication (followed by a number)
events
For...Next

43. The three main logical operators are And - Or and _______
For...Next
Not
Properties
Text = My Form

44. A group of classes or modules
namespace
caption
Solution Explorer
Auto Hide

45. The attributes of an object that control the object's appearance and behavior
Pseudocode
Properties
function
command button

46. Member of a class that provides access to class data in a controlled manner
start/stop
A class
property
ColumnSpan = 2

47. Automatically inserting text and words that have similar meaning to those currently being entered by the programmer
IntelliSense
property
IDE
Class definition

48. In VB you first create the ________
Text = My Form
user interface
Me.Close()
start/stop

49. What you see and interact with when using an application
object
Toolbox - Containers - FlowLayoutPanel
User interface
Me.Close()

50. Subroutine that returns a value
Function
Pseudocode
IDE
namespace