Deck 3: Creating a User Interface

Question 1

An object's ____ determines the type, style, and size of the font used to display the object's text.

A) Graphic
B) Style
C) Text
D) Font

Answer 1

D

Question 2

A default button can be selected by pressing the Enter key even when the button does not have the focus.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The GroupBox, Panel, and TableLayoutPanel tools are located in the ____ section of the toolbox.

A) Panels
B) Labels
C) Text
D) Containers

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Windows standard is to use ____ capitalization for identifying labels.

A) book title
B) sentence
C) font title
D) serif

Question 5

In Western countries, the user interface should be organized with the most important information always located in the ____ of the interface.

A) top center
B) upper-right corner
C) upper-left corner
D) lower-left corner

Question 6

A text box's identifying label should end with a(n) ____.

A) asterisk (*)
B) period (.)
C) semicolon (;)
D) colon (:)

Question 7

A button's caption should be entered using sentence capitalization.

Question 8

You use a ____ to give the user an area in which to enter data.

A) label
B) text box
C) button
D) panel

Question 9

A button's caption should be entered using ____ capitalization.

A) sentence
B) book title
C) button
D) caption

Question 10

You assign an access key by including a(n) ____ in the control's caption or identifying label.

A) slash (/)
B) ampersand (&)
C) asterisk (*)
D) pound sign (#)

Question 11

You can use the ____ menu to align and size the controls on a form.

A) View
B) Format
C) Project
D) Tools

Question 12

Related controls should be grouped together using either white (empty) space or one of the tools located in the ____ section of the toolbox.

A) Objects
B) Groups
C) Containers
D) Folders

Question 13

A(n) ____ allows the user to select an object using the Alt key in combination with a letter or number.

A) access code
B) access key
C) object-handler
D) gripper

Question 14

Text boxes accept and display information automatically, so no special event is necessary for them to do their assigned task.

Question 15

Visual Basic provides the PrintForm tool for printing an interface from code.

Question 16

You should use at most two font types for all of the text in an interface.

Question 17

After completing the TOE chart, the next step is to design the ____.

A) logical layout
B) training material
C) user interface
D) billing material

Question 18

The text contained in an identifying label should be meaningful and ____ the label control.

A) right-aligned within
B) left-aligned within
C) centered on top of
D) placed beside

Question 19

After completing the Task column of the TOE chart, you then assign each task to a(n) ____ in the user interface.

A) event
B) class
C) object
D) method

Question 20

When a control has the ____, it can accept input from the user.

A) focus
B) access
C) address
D) flow

Question 21

The Visual Basic ____ exposes a set of commonly used objects (such as the Computer object) to the programmer.

A) Main properties
B) My object
C) Main feature
D) My feature

Question 22

Describe the placement of buttons in the interface.

Question 23

How can related controls be grouped together on a form?

Question 24

Examples of tools that group related controls together found in the Containers section include ____________________.

Question 25

What do you use to allow a user to enter data?

Question 26

The ____________________ property contains a number that represents the order in which the control was added to the form.

Question 27

What are three reasons for assigning access keys to controls?

Question 28

Each access key in an interface should be ____.

A) unique
B) only the first letter of the caption or identifying label
C) upper case
D) lower case

Question 29

Items within parentheses after a method's name are called ____ and represent information that the method needs to perform its task.

A) arguments
B) parameters
C) options
D) modules

Question 30

What are the four steps to follow when planning an application.

Question 31

You specify the default button for a form by setting the form's ____________________ property to the name of the button.

Question 32

If you make a button the ____ button, you also can select it by pressing the Enter key even when the button does not have the focus.

A) active
B) focus
C) default
D) primary

Question 33

While you are creating the interface, each control's ____ property contains a number that represents the order in which the control was added to the form.

A) TabIndex
B) Tab
C) Index
D) Order

Question 34

Describe the first task that should take place before a programmer creates a user interface. Who should be involved in this process?

Question 35

What should a designer consider when including graphics in the user interface?

Question 36

What are three points that you should keep in mind when deciding whether to include color in an interface?

Question 37

You can use a(n) _________________________ chart to record an application's tasks, objects, and events.

Question 38

In Western countries, the user interface should be organized so that the information flows ____________________.

Question 39

The PrintForm tool is contained in the Visual Basic ____ section of the toolbox.

A) PowerPrint
B) PowerPacks
C) Print
D) Printing

Question 40

What are five types of questions a programmer should ask to identify the tasks an application needs to perform?

Question 42

Write the Visual Basic statement to play the audio file named background.wav, which is contained in the bin\Debug folder.