Bcis 1331 Visual Basic 2012 Test 3 Chapters 5,6,7 & 8

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A(n) _____ _____ provides a simple way to gather input without placing a text box on a form.

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Input boxes

Front 2

A(n) _____ _____ displays a list of items and allows the user to select
an item from the list.

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ListBox control

Front 3

A(n) _____ _____, or _____ causes one or more statements to repeat.

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repetition structure, or loop

Front 4

If a loop does not have a way of stopping, it is called a(n) ______________________ loop.

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infinite

Front 5

A(n)______________________ is a variable that is regularly incremented or decremented each time a loop iterates.

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counter

Front 6

A(n)______________________ loop evaluates its test expression after each iteration.

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pretest

Front 7

Each repetition of the loop is called a(n) ______________________.

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iteration

Front 8

The _____ __ & _____ ___ statements, when placed inside the body of a Do Whileloop, stops the execution of the loop and causes the program to jump to the
statement immediately following the loop.

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Exit Do and Exit For

Front 9

A loop that is inside another loop is called a ______________________ loop

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nested

Front 10

A(n) __________________ object has methods that can generate a sequence of random numbers.

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Random

Front 11

The __________________ method generates a random integer.

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Next

Front 12

The __________________ method generates a random floating-point value.

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NextDouble

Front 13

The ___ function returns the periodic payment amount for a loan.

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Pmt

Front 14

The ____ function returns the principal payment for a specific period on a loan.

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PPmt

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The ____ function returns the required interest payment for a specific period on a loan.

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IPMT

Front 16

A(n) ___ _____ is a named block of code that performs a specific task and does not return a value.

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Sub Procedure

Front 17

A(n) _____ _____ statement causes a procedure to be executed.

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procedure call

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A(n) __________________ is a named block of statements that executes and returns a value.

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function

Front 19

You return a value from a function with the __________________ statement.

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Return

Front 20

__________________ local variables are not destroyed when a procedure returns.

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Static

Front 21

Values passed to a procedure or function are called __________________.

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arguments

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A(n) __________________ is a special variable that receives an argument passed to a procedure or function.

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parameter

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When an argument is passed by __________________ a copy of the argument is assigned to the parameter variable.

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value

Front 24

When an argument is passed by __________________ the called procedure has access to the original argument and can modify its value.

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reference

Front 25

The _____ _____ debugging command allows you to single-step through a called procedure or function.

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Step Into

Front 26

If a form is the ________________, it is displayed first when the project executes.

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startup

Front 27

When a ________________ form is displayed, no other form in the application can
receive the focus until the form is closed.

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modal

Front 28

A ________________ is a variable that holds the memory address of an object and allows you to work with the object.

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object

Front 29

The ________________ method removes a form from the screen but does not remove it from memory.

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Hide

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The ________________ method removes a form from the screen and releases the memory it is using.

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Close

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The ________________ method displays a form in modal style.

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ShowDialog

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The ________________ method displays a form in modeless style.

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Show

Front 33

Modules contain no _______ _________ procedures.

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event handler

Front 34

When a procedure declaration in a form file begins with ________________, the procedure may only be accessed by statements in the same form.

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Private

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To make a class-level variable available to statements outside the module, you declare it with the ________________ keyword.

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Public

Front 36

A module-level variable declared Public is also known as a ________________ variable.

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global

Front 37

You can disable a menu control in code by setting its ________________ property to False.

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Enabled

Front 38

When a menu item’s ________________ property equals True, a check mark appears on the menu next to the item’s text.

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Checked

Front 39

A ________ ________ is a pop-up menu that is displayed when the user right-clicks a form or control.

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context menu

Front 40

You access the individual variables in an array through a(n) __________________, which is a number that indentifies a specific element within an array.

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subscript/index

Front 41

The ___ _____ loop is a special loop designed specifically to access values from arrays and array-like structures.

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For Each

Front 42

__________________ arrays are two or more arrays that hold related data. The related elements in each array are accessed with a common subscript.

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Parallel

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The _____ _____ algorithm uses a loop to examine the elements in an array sequentially, starting with the first one.

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sequential search

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The __________________ statement resizes an array at runtime.

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ReDim

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The __________________ property holds the number of elements in an array.

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Length

Front 46

Declaring a two-dimensional array requires two sets of ________ __________.

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upper subscripts

Front 47

When a control’s __________________ property is set to False, it is considered disabled.

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Enabled

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The __________________ property causes the distance between a control’s edge and the form’s edge to remain constant, even when the form is resized.

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anchored

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The __________________ property causes a control to be positioned directly against one of the form’s edges.

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docked

Front 50

The __________________ control allows an application to automatically execute code at regularly timed intervals.

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timer

Front 51

The Timer control’s __________________ property specifies the number of milliseconds between timer events.

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InitialDelay