Deck 8: Design Using a Datepicker on a Tablet

Question 1

The dialog box in the Android environment can be used for multiple activities, such as alerting the user, displaying progress bars, and so on.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A simple way to think of a tablet is as a large smartphone.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Consumers of all ages are spending more time playing games on tablets.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of the following is not a recommended design approach?

A) Focusing primarily on "cool" interactions
B) Keeping screens uncluttered
C) Using flexible dimension values
D) Using larger fonts on tablets

Question 5

AVD is short for ____.

A) Aftermarket Value Depreciation
B) Alternative Viewing Display
C) Android Virtual Devices
D) Anonymous Virtual Design

Question 6

The Android platform is notoriously difficult to port to devices other than phones and tablets; therefore, it has not seen much use outside these markets.

Question 7

The Android market includes an increasing number of tablet sales.

Question 8

To create a new column to a TableLayout, you cam simply ____.

A) add a view to a row
B) change the column property
C) drag the last row over
D) instantiate a column object

Question 9

The width of a table column is determined by the ____.

A) padding property
B) size of the screen
C) width of the largest cell in the column
D) width property

Question 10

Only smartphone Android platforms keep the system's current date and time.

Question 11

The Android ____ operating system is designed specifically for tablet use.

A) Donut
B) Gingerbread
C) Honeycomb
D) Ice Cream Sandwich

Question 12

When  you create an Android tablet app, the minimum required SDK should be set to ____ to cover the oldest Android tablets. ​

A) Cupcake
B) Donut
C) Froyo
D) Honeycomb

Question 13

A(n) ____ application is converted in real time to run on a variety of platforms.

A) emulated
B) native
C) soft
D) user

Question 14

All of the following options are navigation buttons except for ____ .

A) Back
B) Home
C) Multitasking
D) Next

Question 15

For an Android 3.0 application, the minimum SDK version is ____.

A) 7
B) 8
C) 11
D) 13

Question 16

When designing an app for use on both smartphones and tablets, you should create different experiences for each device.

Question 17

When designing Android apps, use dimension values px and pt rather than dp and sp.

Question 18

A(n) ____ application creates an optimal user experience based on common tablet screen size.

A) emulated
B) native
C) proprietary
D) turn-based

Question 19

After deploying an app on the Android Market, it is a good idea to monitor user comments and reviews in order to improve the usability of the app.

Question 20

Due to larger real estate available on tablets, it is best to keep launcher icons small, or no larger than 72 X 72 pixels.

Question 21

The ____ property can be used to offset the content of a control by a specific number of pixels.

A) buffer
B) padding
C) spacing
D) zoom

Question 22

To create a layout that contains a simple arrangement of rows and columns, you can use the ____.

A) BoxLayout
B) GridLayout
C) LandscapeLayout
D) TableLayout

Question 23

The code to set the custom theme of a tablet to Holo.Light in the manifest file is ____________________.

Question 24

What field manipulation method accesses the system date or time?

A) get
B) set
C) static
D) void

Question 25

____________________ applications are programs locally installed on a specific platform such as a phone or tablet.

Question 26

The ____ event is fired after the user sets a date selection.

A) onDateChosen
B) onDateSet
C) onDateUpdate
D) onTimeChange

Question 27

The ____ class is responsible for converting between a Date object and a set of integer fields such as YEAR, MONTH, and so on.

A) Calendar
B) ChonoConverter
C) DateFormat
D) Time

Question 28

To set the style of text to a particular font family, you can use the ____ property.

A) fontfamily
B) kerning
C) text
D) typeface

Question 29

To create an instance of the Calendar class, you call ____.

A) Calendar.getInstance()
B) Runtime.calendarInstance()
C) System.getCalendar()
D) the Calendar's constructor

Question 30

The DatePickerDialog constructor requires ____ argument(s).

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) five

Question 31

What is the most important logistical reason to prefer a DatePicker over free-text date entry?

A) To fit the theme better
B) To avoid errors
C) To better use the increased screen size
D) To make it more attractive

Question 32

All of the following options are calendar controls except  for  ____ .

A) AnalogClock
B) Chronometer
C) DigitalClock
D) ScheduledClock

Question 33

The URL of the Android Design Web site is ____________________.

Question 34

The ____________________ button on an Android tablet opens a list of the apps that have been used recently.

Question 35

The set method changes the ____ date or time.

A) input
B) cached
C) current
D) default

Question 36

If you plan to design an app for tablet, you must target it to use the ____________________ version of the Android operating system.

Question 37

You can use the ____ method to display the DatePicker widget.

A) displayDialog
B) toastDialog
C) showDatePicker
D) show()

Question 38

The statement ____ sets the desired year in the onDateSet method.

A) set.C(Calendar.YEAR, year);
B) c.set(Calendar.DateYear, year); 
C) c.set(Calendar.YEAR, year); 
D) Set(Calendar.YEAR); 

Question 39

The Calendar class uses all the following constants to access different fields except  for ____ .

A) DAY_OF_MONTH
B) DAY_OF_WEEK
C) MONTH
D) YEAR

Question 40

The widget to select dates is called the ____ widget.

A) Calendar
B) DateChooser
C) DatePicker
D) TimePicker

Question 41

The DatePickerDialog is launched in the ____________________ method.

Question 42

Within the XML layout file, an Android property named ____________________ is used to spread out the content displayed on the tablet.

Question 43

The code to use in the manifest to ensure that a LinearLayout object is horizontal is ____________________.

Question 44

When the user selects a date from the DatePickerDialog, the ____________________ method automatically obtains the date selected by the user.

Question 45

The Calendar constant ____________________ displays the day number of the current year. 

Question 46

In Europe, the date March 22, 2016 would be displayed in a number format (with one space between each of the three numbers) as ____________________.

Question 47

In order to retrieve what day of the year it is from a Calendar object c , use the code statement: ____________________.

Question 48

The code to set the desired year in the calendar is ____________________.

Question 49

The getTime() method returns the ____________________ value in the Date object.

Question 50

A(n) ____________________  application is converted in real time to run on a variety of platforms.