Deck 1: Introduction to Visual Basic 2010

Question 1

In order to properly save changes that have been made to a Visual Basic project,you should choose Save All from the File menu.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Snap lines are blue lines that assist the programmer in aligning controls.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Properties window is used to set the properties for the objects on your form.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Assignment statements work from left to right,assigning the value on the left side of the equal sign to the property named on the right side of the equal sign.

Question 5

If the programmer does not write code for a button control,Visual Basic automatically provides code in the Click procedure that will close the form when the user clicks the button.

Question 6

You are in run time when you design the user interface.

Question 7

With Visual Basic,you can write computer programs that run in the Microsoft Windows environment.

Question 8

The Visual Studio IDE will automatically create a new folder for each new project.

Question 9

In Form1.Text,the word Text is referring to a method.

Question 10

The Solution Explorer window is used to design a form that makes up your user interface.

Question 11

Programmers should add comments to their code in order to make the program logic easier to understand.

Question 12

You can use the Properties window to change the properties of controls during run time.

Question 13

A .vb file is a text file that can be opened with any text editor and it holds the code procedures that you write.

Question 14

Remark statements are not executable code.

Question 15

The .resx file is a text file that defines all resources used by the form including any graphics that are displayed on the form.

Question 16

When creating a project in Visual Basic,you should always begin by writing the Basic code.

Question 17

You write Visual Basic code statements during design time.

Question 18

Writing a program in Visual Basic is so easy that it is not necessary to do any planning.

Question 19

Visual Basic is an object-oriented programming language.

Question 20

After you have added a label to a form,you can change the words that are displayed inside the button by changing the Text property.

Question 21

If you have added a label to a form and you want to make sure that nothing is displayed in it when the program begins,you must delete the contents of the _______.

A)Text property
B)Alignment property
C)Name property
D)Form window

Question 22

While you are creating the user interface,you are in _______.

A)stop time
B)debug time
C)run time
D)design time

Question 23

Where does the Text property for a form appear?

A)In the lower left corner of the form
B)In the form's title bar
C)In the center of the form
D)In the Toolbox

Question 24

The Visual Studio environment contains many different windows.Which window will be the user interface when the project is running?

A)The Toolbox
B)The Solution window
C)The Properties window
D)The Form Designer window

Question 25

After the steps for planning a Visual Basic project are competed,you can begin actually constructing a program by _______.

A)Setting the properties
B)Creating the interface
C)Writing the code
D)Executing the next step based on the programmer's preference

Question 26

Which of the following are coding conventions required by the textbook?

A)Remarks must be included in the Declarations section.
B)Every event procedure must include remarks.
C)All objects (except labels not referred to in code)must be given descriptive names.
D)All of these

Question 27

If you encounter a run-time error or you pause the program execution,you are in _______.

A)stop time
B)debug time
C)pause time
D)design time

Question 28

Microsoft Windows uses a GUI environment.GUI (pronounced "gooey")stands for _______.

A)Geographical User Interchange
B)Graphical User Interface
C)Geometrical Upper Intelligence
D)Grammatical User Incorporation

Question 29

Which window do you open if you want to see all of the objects that you can add to a form?

A)The Toolbox
B)The Solution window
C)The Properties window
D)The Form Designer

Question 30

Visual Basic is a(n)_______.

A)Procedural programming language
B)Object-oriented programming language
C)Hyperlink programming language
D)Sequential programming language

Question 31

The _______ holds information about the solution and the projects it contains.This is the file that you open to work on or run your project.

A)project file
B)resource file
C)solution file
D)vb file

Question 32

Which of the following shows the correct order for creating a Visual Basic program?

A)Set the properties,create the interface,write the code
B)Create the interface,set the properties,write the code
C)Create the interface,write the code,set the properties
D)Write the code,set the properties,create the interface

Question 33

If a project runs without a syntax error,you can be certain that the code has performed the project's task correctly.

Question 34

In Visual Basic,we work with objects that have _______.

A)Programmer preference
B)Projects,solutions,and procedures
C)Classes,actions,and disciplines
D)Properties,methods,and events

Question 35

If a line of code is not considered "executable",it must be _______.

A)a Close statement
B)an Assignment statement
C)a Remark statement
D)an event procedure

Question 36

When you plan a Visual Basic program,you follow a three-step process that should end with _______.

A)Setting the properties
B)Writing the Basic code
C)Coding all of the remark statements
D)Defining the user interface

Question 37

A project in Visual Basic contains _______.

A)form(s)
B)controls
C)code
D)all of these

Question 38

The property used to display information in the title bar of a form is _______.

A)TitleBar
B)Name
C)Text
D)Title

Question 39

Each Visual Basic project contains a text file that defines all resources used by the form.This file has a _______ extension.

A)Resx
B)Designer.vb
C)sln
D)vb

Question 40

Remarks,or comments,that programmers add to their code in order to make the program more readable and understandable,_______.

A)are executable code
B)begin with an asterisk (*)
C)are not considered "executable"
D)display on the form when the program runs

Question 41

To print a form,add a _______ component to the component tray.

A)FormPrint
B)Print
C)PrintForm
D)PrintAll

Question 42

What is the code used to display the words "Visual Basic" in a label named TitleLabel?

A)TitleLabel.Name = "Visual Basic"
B)TitleLabel.Name.Visual Basic
C)TitleLabel.Text = "Visual Basic"
D)"Visual Basic" = TitleLabel.Text

Question 43

If a project runs,but the results are not correct,this is called a(n)_______.

A)run-time error
B)logic error
C)syntax error
D)arithmetic error

Question 44

With Visual Basic context-sensitive Help,you can view a Help topic by placing the insertion point in a word in the code window and pressing _______.

A)the Ctrl key and the H key
B)F1
C)F5
D)F8

Question 45

A form in a project needs a label,a text box,and a button.Explain how you will add the objects,set their properties,and reference the object in the basic code.

Question 46

Which of the following choices CANNOT be used to start running a project?

A)Press and hold the CTRL key and then press the S key.
B)Open the Debug menu and choose Start Debugging.
C)Press the Start Debugging button on the toolbar.
D)Press F5 .

Question 47

Visual Basic provides AutoCorrect,which is a handy way to fix _______.

A)syntax errors
B)logic errors
C)arithmetic errors
D)all types of errors

Question 48

Use the code,_______,to end a program.

A)Me.Exit
B)Me.Close
C)Me.End
D)Me.Stop

Question 49

How do the Editor and IntelliSense help you write Visual Basic code?

Question 50

_______ if the code Me.Cloose is contained in a project.

A)VB will automatically fix the misspelling when the program is run
B)A logic error will occur
C)The mispelling will cause a syntax error to occur and Me.Cloose will have a blue squiggly line underneath
D)No error will occur

Question 51

Finding and fixing programming errors is called _______.

A)recoding
B)debugging
C)fix-its
D)tuning

Question 52

When you create a new Visual Basic project and choose the disk location for your project,the VS IDE _______.

A)will create a folder and save all of the project files in the folder
B)will automatically save your project every 5 minutes
C)requires that the project file be stored on a hard drive
D)will create remarks in the Declarations section that list all of the files in the project

Question 53

When you break VB's rules for punctuation,format,or spelling,you generate a(n)_______.

A)run-time error
B)logic error
C)syntax error
D)arithmetic error

Question 54

Where does the text recommend that you code the programmer's name and remarks defining the purpose of a project?

A)In Visual Basic Help
B)In the event procedure for exiting the project
C)In the Declarations section at the top of the file
D)In the form's title bar