Software Development Exam Questions
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Starting Out With Visual Basic 7th Edition by Tony Gaddis
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Programming and Visual Basic
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Q1) A control is an object that usually appears in a program's graphical user interface.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a Visual Basic control?
A) Form
B) TextBox
C) Algorithm
D) Label
Answer: C
Q3) ________simplify the process of writing instructions that can be translated to machine language.
A) Programming languages
B) Variables
C) Output devices
D) Graphical user interfaces
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Creating Applications With Visual Basic
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Q1) You can run an application in all of the following ways except which one?
A) Click the Start Debugging button on the toolbar
B) Press the Ctrl-F4 keys
C) Press the F5 key
D) Click Debug on the menu bar, and then click Start Debugging
Answer: B
Q2) The value of a control's property may be changed while the application is running by __________.
A) using an assignment statement
B) using the Properties window
C) using the Toolbox window
D) all of the above
Answer: A
Q3) When Visual Studio displays a new project, a blank form is shown in the ______window.
A) Properties
B) ToolBox
C) Project
D) Designer Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Variables and Calculations
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Q1) Only controls capable of receiving some sort of input, such as _________________, may have the focus.
A) labels
B) text boxes
C) buttons
D) text boxes and buttons
Answer: D
Q2) Which statement is true regarding the <b>CInt</b> function?
A) It converts letters to numbers.
B) It cannot convert a string such as "24.7" to an integer.
C) A floating-point number such as 24.7 is converted to 24, dropping its decimal positions.
D) A floating-point number such as 24.7 is converted to 25, rounding its decimal positions.
Answer: C
Q3) A form's Load event takes place when the user first clicks on the form at run time. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Making Decisions
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Q1) What value is assigned to decTaxes by the following program segment, assuming that the user enters 50000 into the textbox txtSalary.Text?
<b> Dim decSalary, decTaxes As Decimal DecSalary = CDec (txtSalary.Text)
If (decSalary > 50000) Then DecTaxes = .40 * decSalary
ElseIf (decSalary > 40000) Then DecTaxes = .30 * decSalary
ElseIf (decSalary > 30000) Then DecTaxes = .20 * decSalary
Else DecTaxes = .10 * decSalary
End If</b>
A) 20000
B) 15000
C) 10000
D) 5000
Q2) The If Then Else statement follows only one of the two paths.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Lists and Loops
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Q1) The ______method can be used to place a new item at any position in a ListBox.
A) Items.New
B) Items.Add
C) Items.Append
D) Items.Insert
Q2) Which of the following controls and methods provides a simple way to gather input from the user at runtime without placing a text box on a form?
A) ListBox
B) MessageBox
C) ComboBox
D) InputBox
Q3) Which of the following statements correctly displays an input box?
A) strUserInput = Input("Enter your First Name")
B) strUserInput = Input("Enter your First Name", "Name")
C) strUserInput = InputBox(Enter your First Name, Enter Name)
D) strUserInput = InputBox("Enter your First Name", "Enter Name")
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Chapter 6: Procedures and Functions
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Q1) When debugging a program in break mode, the Step Into command causes the currently highlighted line of code to execute.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following can be returned by a function?
A) String values
B) Integer values
C) Boolean values
D) All of the above
Q3) A is a special variable that receives a value being passed into a procedure or function.
A) temporary variable
B) pseudo-constant
C) class-level variable
D) parameter
Q4) All of the following are true about functions except __________.
A) you can use a function call in an expression
B) they can return one or more values
C) they must contain at least one Return statement
D) you can assign the return value from a function to a variable
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Chapter 7: Multiple Forms, Modules, and Menus
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Q1) What is the result of the following section of code?
<b>Private Sub btnExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e as System.EventArgs) Handles btnExit.Click
Me)Close()
End Sub</b>
A) Shut down the computer
B) Log off the current user
C) Close the current form
D) None of the above
Q2) Standard modules are saved on disk as files that end with this extension.
A) .mod
B) .proj
C) .frm
D) .vb
Q3) In order to add a menu to a form, you must place a ______on the form.
A) MenuCommand control
B) MenuItem control
C) MenuOption control
D) MenuStrip control
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Chapter 8: Arrays and More
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Q1) What does the following section of code accomplish? Dim intCount as Integer Dim intXXXX as Integer = intNumbers(0)
For intCount = 1 to (inNumbers.Length - 1)
If intNumbers(intCount) > intXXXX Then IntXXXX = intNumbers(intCount)
End If
Next intCount
A) Finds the first element of the array intNumbers
B) Finds the last element of the array intNumbers
C) Finds the Highest value in the array intNumbers
D) Finds the Lowest value in the array intNumbers
Q2) How many elements can be stored in the following array? Dim sngGrades (2, 3) As Single
A) 6
B) 5
C) 12
D) cannot be determined
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Chapter 9: Files, Printing, and Structure
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Q1) When the PrintDocument control's Print method is executed, it triggers the ______event.
A) Printer
B) PrintDoc
C) PagePrint
D) PrintPage
Q2) All of the following steps must be taken when a file is used by an application except ______.
A) the file must be opened. If the file does not exist, the file will be created.
B) the file must have a fully qualified path when opening the file.
C) data is either written to the file or read from the file.
D) when the application is finished using the file, the file is closed.
Q3) The color of text printed by an
A) FontName
B) Style
C) Brushes
D) HPos
E)Graphics.DrawString statement is determined by the __________ argument.
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Chapter 10: Working With Databases
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Q1) _______allows you to query many types of data from virtually any source.
A) SQL
B) LINQ
C) OPENGL
D) DirectX
Q2) In SQL the bit type is equivalent to which Visual Basic data type?
A) Short
B) Boolean
C) Integer
D) String
Q3) The correct SQL syntax to sort a table by Last_Name in order of A-Z is ______.
A) SORT BY Last_Name ASCENDING
B) ORDER BY Last_Name Down
C) ORDER BY Last_Name ASC
D) ORDER BY Last_Name DESC
Q4) Which table adapter method reads data from the database into the dataset?
A) Fill
B) Read
C) Select
D) Retrieve
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Chapter 11: Developing Web Applications
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Q1) Which method allows the user to navigate to another Web page?
A) Redirect.Response
B) Hyperlink.Redirect
C) Response.Redirect
D) Redirect.Hyperlink
Q2) A web form can be identified by its ______filename extension.
A) .asp
B) .aspx.vb
C) .aspx
D) .config
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the four types of web sites available from the ASP.NET Open Website dialog box?
A) Local IIS
B) File System
C) HTML
D) FTP site
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Chapter 12: Classes, Collections, and Inheritance
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Q1) 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
Q2) If there exists a class named <b>Person</b> and one wants to create a new class named <b>Student</b> based on the Person class, what code segment below shows the correct way to do so?
A) Public Class Student Inherits Person
B) Public Class Student Extends Person
C) Public Class Student Inherits From Person
D) Public Class Student :Person
Q3) A constructor is a method named ______found inside the class.
A) New
B) Constructor
C) Finalizer
D) the same as the class name
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