Deck 12: Classes, Collections, and Inheritance

Question 1

The class is the portion of the class that is visible to the application programmer.

A) form
B) design
C) control
D) interface

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following statements will remove an object referred to by the object variable NewStudent?

A) NewStudent = String.Empty
B) NewStudent = Nothing
C) NewStudent.Delete
D) Remove.NewStudent

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following operators determines if two object variables reference the same object?

A) =
B) IsEqual
C) Is
D) SameAs

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A constructor is a method named _found inside the class.

A) New
B) Constructor
C) Finalizer
D) the same as the class name

Question 5

The _property is used to get the number of items in a collection.

A) accumulator
B) enumerator
C) index
D) count

Question 6

You access public members of a class object with _.

A) the getData method
B) the access operator
C) the dot operator
D) a public module

Question 7

Which method is used to create a new item in a collection?

A) Store
B) Insert
C) Add
D) Create

Question 8

An instance of a class is also called ____.

A) a tangible entity
B) an object
C) a method
D) a property

Question 9

Which of the following displays a message box saying "I have been created" every time a new instance of the class ShowMe is created?

A) Public Class ShowMe MessageBox.Show"I have been created")
End Class
B) Public Class ShowMe Public Sub Constructor)
MessageBox.Show"I have been created")
End Sub
End Class
C) Public Class ShowMe Public Sub Create)
MessageBox.Show"I have been created")
End Sub
End Class
D) Public Class ShowMe Public Sub New)
MessageBox.Show"I have been created")
End Sub
End Class

Question 10

A variable declared inside a class is also known as a .

A) member variable
B) static variable
C) hidden variable
D) global variable

Question 11

Which of the following displays a window that lets you browse the classes available to your project?

A) Component Browser
B) Class Browser
C) Object Browser
D) Module Browser

Question 12

Object-oriented programming is a way of designing and coding applications such that interchangeable software can be used to build larger programs.

A) controls
B) structures
C) components
D) languages

Question 13

The hiding of data and procedures inside a class is achieved through a process called ___.

A) data enclosing
B) encapsulation
C) modularization
D) components

Question 14

Client programs can query _to get values, but they cannot modify them.

A) Read-Only properties
B) Get/Set properties
C) Private methods
D) Public properties

Question 15

All of the following statements are true about the .NET garbage collection utility except .

A) The garbage collector is a utility program that removes objects from memory that are no longer needed.
B) As the amount of available memory decreases, the garbage collector removes unreferenced objects more often.
C) The garbage collector removes an object from memory immediately when the last reference to it has been removed.
D) The system uses an algorithm to determine when it should periodically remove unused objects.

Question 16

A function that is a member of a class is called _.

A) a module
B) a method
C) a component
D) an element

Question 17

Class members declared with this access specifier are like private members, except they may be accessed by methods and property procedures in derived classes.

A) Private
B) Public
C) Protected
D) SubClass

Question 18

The following statements are true about user-defined collections except .

A) indexes for collections start at 0
B) collections can grow dynamically as items are inserted and removed
C) collections hold a variety of different objects
D) you can access the individual items in a collection using the Item property

Question 19

What happens when an object variable goes out of scope?

A) The object may be removed from memory by the garbage collector.
B) The object may be referred to using the dot operator.
C) An exception error will be generated.
D) The object becomes accessible again when the variable comes back into scope.

Question 20

When creating a ToString method to return a string representation of the data stored in an object, you must .

A) override the ToString method, which is inherited from the built-in Object class
B) add a Protected ToString method to the class
C) do nothing as the ToString method automatically performs this for each class
D) a ToString method is a reserved word that cannot be added to a class

Question 21

A _defines a special type of class member that contains Get and Set sections.

A) method
B) constructor
C) property procedure
D) member variable

Question 22

When using the Remove method of a collection, what happens if the argument provided is a string expression?

A) The item at the index value represented by that string is removed if found in the collection.
B) The item with a key value that matches the string is removed if found in the collection.
C) A string expression may not be provided as an argument.
D) A syntax error occurs.

Question 23

The _access specifier permits class members to be accessed by statements both outside the class and outside the assembly.

A) Public
B) Protected
C) Private
D) Friends

Question 24

Every class you create in Visual Basic is automatically derived from this built-in class.

A) Object
B) Base
C) Window
D) Application

Question 25

Why is important to remove objects that are no longer need in your program?

A) To prevent over writing new objects with old data.
B) To prevent program crashes
C) To free up memory for other uses.
D) So that you can reuse the variable name.

Question 26

It's possible to access the items in a collection using .

A) an integer index of the item to be retrieved
B) the Item method to retrieve an item with a specific key value
C) a For Each loop
D) all of the above

Question 27

The _ access specifier permits class members to be accessed only by statements inside the class.

A) Public
B) Protected
C) Private
D) Friend

Question 28

Object oriented analysis starts with .

A) declaring the member variables
B) finding the classes
C) describing attributes and operations
D) defining the property procedures

Question 29

A _is automatically called when an instance of the class is created.

A) Load method
B) constructor
C) instantiator
D) Initializer method

Question 30

An) ___is a class property that is defined by only a single line of code.

A) auto-implemented property
B) inline property
C) base property
D) derived property

Question 31

You can __ a method or property procedure found in the base class by adding one with the same name to a derived class.

A) Overrule
B) Substitute
C) Inherit
D) Override

Question 32

Which of the following describes the primary reason that one would override a property or method?

A) the property or method in the base class was declared as Private and can't be used
B) the property or method in the base class has an error
C) the property or method in the base class is not appropriate for the derived class
D) the property or method does not exist in the base class

Question 33

This key word is used to refer to properties and methods found in the base class.

A) Base
B) Me.Base
C) MyBase
D) Base.Class

Question 34

If there exists a class named People and one wants to create a new class named Student based on the People class, what code segment below shows the correct way to do so?

A) Public Class Student Inherits People
B) Public Class Student Includes Class People
C) Public Class Student based on People
D) Public Class Student :People

Question 35

_is a general model of something - it captures the general characteristics of an object.

A) A constructor
B) A collection
C) An instance
D) An abstraction

Question 36

The ___is a dialog box that displays information about objects.

A) Class window
B) Object Browser
C) Class properties window
D) OOP Viewer