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53 Cards in this Set
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Computers can directly understand only their native _________ language, which is composed of only 1's and 0's.
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machine
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Computers process data under the control of sets of instructions called computer ________.
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programs
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The three types of computer programming languages discussed in the chapter are machine languages, ______ and ________.
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assembly languages, high-level languages
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Programs that translate high-level-language programs into machine language are called ________.
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compilers
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Visual Studio is a _______.
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IDE (integrated development environment)
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Visual Basic is an ________
event-driven language. |
object-oriented
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_______ is a programming language that was created by Microsoft specifically for the .NET platform.
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C#
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_________ is a language for sharing information via "hyperlinked" text documents on the world wide web.
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HyperText Markup language
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The __________ executes .NET programs.
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Common Language Runtime
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Objects have ________ (also called properties) and perform actions (also called methods or __________)
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attributes, behaviors
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___________ models software in terms similar to those that people use to describe real-world objects.
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Object-oriented design (OOD)
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With _________, you build much of the new software you'll need by combining existing classes.
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object technology
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The UML is used primarily to implement object-oriented systems.
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False. The UML is used primarily to DESIGN object-oriented systems.
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Visual Basic is an object-oriented language.
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True
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Visual Basic is the only language available for programming .NET applications.
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False. Visual Basic is one of many .NET languages (C# and Visual C++)
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Computers can directly understand high-level languages.
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False. Computers can directly understand their own machine language.
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MSIL is the common intermediate format to which all .NET programs compile, regardless of their original .NET language.
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True
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The .NET Framework is portable to non-Windows platforms.
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True
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The technique of __________ allows you to create GUI's without writing any code.
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visual programming
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A __________ is a group of one or more projects that collectively form a Visual Basic program.
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solution
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The _________ feature hides a window when the mouse pointer is moved outside the windows area.
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auto-hide
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A ________ appears when the mouse pointer hovers over an icon.
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tool tip
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The ________ _______ window allows you to browse solution files.
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Solution Explorer
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The properties in the Properties window can be sorted ________ or _________.
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alphabetically or categorically
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A form's ________ property specifies the text displayed in the form's title bar.
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Text
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The ________ allows you to add controls to the form in a visual manner.
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Toolbox
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Using _________ displays relevant help articles, based on current context.
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context-sensitive help
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The _________ property specifies how text is aligned within a Labels boundaries.
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TextAlign
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The title bar of the IDE displays the IDE's mode.
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True
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The X box toggles auto-hide.
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False. The pin option toggles auto-hide. The X box closes the window.
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The toolbar icons represent various menu commands.
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True
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The toolbar contains icons that represent controls you can drag onto a Form.
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False. The toolbar contains icons that represent such controls.
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Both forms and labels have a title bar.
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False. Forms have a title bar but Labels do not (they do have Label Text).
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Control properties can be modified only by writing code.
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False. Control properties can be modified using the Properties window.
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PictureBoxes typically display images.
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True
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Visual Basic files use the extension .bas.
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False, they use .vb.
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A Forms background color is set using the BackColor property.
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True
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The Form's ________ property specifies the text that is displayed in the Form's title bar.
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Text
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Property _________ specifies how text is aligned within a Label's boundaries.
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TextAlign
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A Button's text should use _________ capitalization.
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book-title
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An output Label should ________.
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Be distinguishable from all other labels.
Initially have an empty text property or a default value. Use Fixed3D for the BorderStyle property. |
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A Button's _______ property sets the text on the face of the Button.
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Text
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If there are errors in an application, they appear in the window known as the __________.
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Error List
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When a value is placed in a memory location, the value _________ the previous value in that location.
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replaces
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When value is read from memory, that value is ____________.
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not overwritten
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Arithmetic expressions in must be written ________ to facilitate entering applications into the computer.
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in straight-line form
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The expression to the right of the assignment operator (=) is evaluated ___________ the assignment occurs.
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before
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Comments cause the computer to print the text after the ' on the screen when the program executes.
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False. Comments do not cause any action to be performed when the program executes. They're used to document programs and improve their readability.
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All variables must be declared before they can be used in a Visual Basic program.
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True
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Visual Basic considers the variable name names number and nuMbEr to be different.
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False. Identifiers are not case sensitive.
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The arithmetic operators *, /, and - all have the same level of precedence.
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False. Subtraction is a lower precedence than multiplication and division.
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A string of characters contained between double quotation marks is called a phrase or phrase literal.
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False. A string of characters is called a string or string literal.
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Integer division reveals an Integer result.
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True
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