Programming Fundamentals
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Programming Fundamentals introduces students to the foundational concepts of computer programming using a high-level programming language. The course covers essential topics such as variables, data types, control structures (selection and iteration), functions, arrays or collections, and basic input/output operations. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving techniques, algorithm development, and writing clear, well-documented code. By completing this course, students will gain the skills needed to design, implement, test, and debug simple computer programs, preparing them for further studies in computer science and related fields.
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Starting out with Visual C# 2012 3rd Edition by Tony Gaddis
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers and Programming
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Q1) The process of creating a program that works correctly typically requires simply writing the code.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) _____________ is an extensive encoding scheme that is compatible with ASCII and can also represent the characters of many of the world's languages.
A) Baudot code
B) EBCDIC
C) ANSEL
D) Unicode
Answer: D
Q3) The ovals, which appear at the top and bottom of a flowchart, are called ____________.
A) input symbols
B) processing symbols
C) terminal symbols
D) output symbols
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Introduction to Visual C
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Q1) To switch between the Designer and the code editor, you simply click the ____________ for the desired window.
A) icon
B) tab
C) button
D) bounding box
Answer: B
Q2) The indentation of statements inside methods, classes, and namespaces is a convention that virtually all programmers follow.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The text that is displayed on a button should indicate what the button will do when it is clicked.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) A Label control's BorderStyle property is set to FixedSingle by default.
Answer: NOT ANSWERED
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Chapter 3: Processing Data
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Q1) One way to make sure that a variable has been assigned a value is to ___________ the variable with a value when you declare it.
A) initialize
B) instantiate
C) concatenate
D) compare
Answer: A
Q2) If you do not initialize a(n) ____________ field, it begins with a special value known as null.
A) int
B) decimal
C) double
D) string
Answer: D
Q3) An error will occur if you attempt to use a string that is set to null.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Making Decisions
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Q1) You never have to use the if-else-if statement because its logic can be coded with nested if-else statements.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which one of the following expressions determines if the value of the balance variable is equal to zero?
A) 0 = balance
B) balance == 0
C) balance = 0
D) 0 == balance
Q3) With the ____________ methods, you can determine whether a string contains a value that can be converted to a specific data type before it is converted to that data type.
A) Preemptive
B) TryParse
C) Peek
D) String.Compare
Q4) In a flowchart, the diamond symbol indicates some condition that must be tested.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Loops, Files, and Random Numbers
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Q1) You can use the StreamReader class's ____________ to determine if the file's read position is at the end of the file.
A) EndOfFile property
B) StreamEnd method
C) EndOfStream property
D) EOF method
Q2) The increment operator is ____________.
A) --
B) ++
C) -=
D) +=
Q3) You can only add values of the string data type to a ListBox control.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The term ____________ is used to describe a file from which data is read.
A) input file
B) output file
C) data file
D) record
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Chapter 6: Modularizing Your Code With Methods
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Q1) When you call a method that has an output parameter, you must also write the keyword out before the argument.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n) ____________ works like a reference parameter, but the argument does not have to be set to a value before it is passed into the parameter.
A) parameter list
B) named argument
C) output parameter
D) named constant
Q3) The method header is always terminated with a semicolon.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Passing an argument by reference guarantees that the argument will not be changed by the method it is passed into.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Arrays and Lists
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Q1) A partially filled array is normally used with an accompanying integer variable that holds the number of items that are actually stored in the array.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What special value are the elements of an array of reference type objects set to by default?
A) 0
B) void
C) -1
D) null
Q3) An array's size declarator must be a nonnegative integer number.
A)True
B)False
Q4) To compare the contents of two arrays, you must compare the ____________ of the two arrays.
A) memory locations
B) reference variables
C) elements
D) size
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Chapter 8: More About Processing Data
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Q1) When the items in two data structures are related by their indexes, it is said that a(n) ____________ exists between the data structures.
A) exclusive association
B) logical connection
C) parallel relationship
D) binary link
Q2) In code, you can determine the number of images that are stored in an ImageList control by getting the value of the control's ____________ property.
A) Image.List.Max
B) Size.Get
C) Images.Count
D) GetLastImage
Q3) Before tokenizing a string, you should use the ____________ method to remove leading and/or trailing white-space characters and prevent them from being included in the first and last tokens.
A) Trim
B) Remove
C) Split
D) Substring
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Chapter 9: Classes and Multiform Projects
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Q1) When finding the classes in a problem description, sometimes a plural noun will indicate a class and a singular noun will indicate an object.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Suppose a project has a form named SummaryForm, which one of the following statements creates an instance of the SummaryForm class?
A) SummaryForm.ShowDialog();
B) SummaryForm = this.Form();
C) new SummaryForm;
D) SummaryForm mySummaryForm = new SummaryForm();
Q3) Because classes are reference types, objects that instances of a class are always passed by reference.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Writing each class in its own separate file makes your code more organized and helps keep your source code files to a manageable size.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Inheritance and Polymorphism
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Q1) Inheritance involves a base class and a relative class.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The ____________ declares that a derived class is allowed to override a method in the base class.
A) override keyword
B) class keyword
C) virtual keyword
D) static keyword
Q3) You can think of the derived class as an extended version of the base class.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The term ____________ refers to an object's ability to take different forms.
A) adaptation
B) polymorphism
C) portability
D) code reuse
Q5) New fields, properties, and methods cannot be added to the derived class.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Databases
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Q1) There are numerous DBMSs in use today, and Visual C# can interact with many of them.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In an SQL statement, a parameter variable begins with the ____________.
A) param keyword
B) var operator
C) @ symbol
D) ref clause
Q3) In SQL, the asterisk symbol is used as a wildcard to represent a single character.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When specifying a data type for the columns in a database table, the data types that you can choose from are provided by the ____________.
A) DBMS
B) programming language
C) computer manufacturer
D) compiler
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