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Visual Basic Programming introduces students to the fundamental concepts and practical applications of programming using Visual Basic, a versatile and user-friendly programming language developed by Microsoft. The course covers essential topics such as problem-solving techniques, user interface design, event-driven programming, control structures, data types, and error handling. Students will learn how to create interactive Windows-based applications, manipulate data through forms and controls, and incorporate basic file handling. Through hands-on projects and examples, this course equips learners with the skills needed to develop robust and efficient software solutions using Visual Basic, preparing them for further study or careers in software development and information technology.
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Programming in Visual Basic 2010 1st Edition by Julia Case Bradley
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Visual Basic 2010
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Q1) The property used to display information in the title bar of a form is _______.
A)TitleBar
B)Name
C)Text
D)Title Answer: C
Q2) The _______ holds information about the solution and the projects it contains.This is the file that you open to work on or run your project.
A)project file
B)resource file
C)solution file
D)vb file
Answer: C
Q3) Assignment statements work from left to right,assigning the value on the left side of the equal sign to the property named on the right side of the equal sign.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: User Interface Design
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Q1) TextBoxes can only display a single line of text,but RichTextBoxes can display text on multiple lines.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) If you want to display text that cannot be modified by the user,use the _______.
A)TextBox control
B)Label control
C)Caption control
D)MaskedTextBox control
Answer: B
Q3) The code: NameTextBox.ForeColor = Color.Red,will _______.
A)change the color of the border of the NameTextBox control to red
B)cause the NameTextBox control to have a red background
C)change the background color of the form to red
D)change the text in the NameTextBox control to the color,red
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Variables, Constants, and Calculations
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Q1) When using the format specifier codes,you can specify the number of digits to appear to the right of the decimal point.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Write code using nested Try/Catch blocks where you will store data from text boxes named QuantityTextBox and PriceTextBox into variables named QuantityInteger and PriceDecimal.Handle any exceptions by displaying a message in a message box if the text boxes do not contain valid data.
Answer: Try
QuantityInteger = Integer.Parse(QuantityTextBox.Text)
Try
PriceDecimal = Decimal.Parse(PriceTextBox.Text)
Catch PriceException as FormatException MessageBox.Show("Invalid price")
End Try
Catch quantityException as FormatException MessageBox.Show("Invalid quantity")
End Try
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Chapter 4: Decisions and Conditions
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Q1) "If RedRadioButton.Checked Then" is valid code for checking if a radio button is selected.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The AND operator requires that both conditions be True for the compound expression to be True.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Nested Ifs are allowed,_______.
A)But you are limited to only 4 levels of Ifs
B)But each If must have an End If
C)Can be difficult to follow if they are nested too deeply
D)Both answers b and c are correct.
Q4) The code: If NumberAInteger > NumberBInteger OR NumberBInteger > NumberCInteger Then,evaluates True when NumberAInteger = 3,NumberBInteger = 5,and NumberCInteger = 2.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the six comparison operators? Give an example using each one.
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Chapter 5: Menus, Common Dialog Boxes, Sub Procedures, and Function
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Q1) Which of the following statements about menus is NOT true?
A)Menu items are displayed in buttons at the top of the window.
B)Create a menu by adding a MenuStrip component to the form.
C)In a menu,submenus will be indicated by a filled triangle to the right of the command.
D)Each item in a menu can have keyboard access.
Q2) Of the following choices,which CANNOT be done with common dialog boxes?
A)Opening files
B)Selecting fonts
C)Selecting colors
D)Resizing windows
Q3) When creating a menu,if an item named "Help" is listed,it should be at the far right and the H should have keyboard access.
A)True
B)False
Q4) You must declare the name of a function as a module-level variable if you want it to return values.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Multiform Projects
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Q1) Give an example of when you might want to hide a form instead of closing it.Explain why hiding would be better than closing the form.
Q2) If a variable is declared with a Dim statement in a sub procedure,all other forms in the project will have access to that variable.
A)True
B)False
Q3) No other program code can execute until the modal form has been responded to and hidden or closed.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a project with multiple forms,the _____________ form is the first form loaded into the computer's memory and displayed on the desktop.
A)default
B)startup
C)about
D)splash screen
Q5) Write the statement to declare a constant that can be used in multiple forms and that will hold the ABC company name.
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Chapter 7: Lists, loops, and Printing
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Q1) The group of repeated instructions in a Do/Loop is called a(n)__________.
A)group
B)set
C)loop body
D)iteration
Q2) A _______ control contains a text box as part of the control.
A)Frame
B)ListBox
C)ComboBox
D)DropDownList
Q3) The Continue statement can be used to skip to the next iteration of a loop.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the value of the SelectedIndex property if the user has selected the last item in a list with four items?
A)3
B)4
C)5
D)0
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Chapter 8: Arrays and Collections
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Q1) after the following declaration is initialized? Dim NameString ( ,)As String = { "James","Mary"},{ "Sammie","Sean"}
A)James
B)Mary
C)Sammie
D)Sean
Q2) When you are working with an array,the easiest way to traverse the elements is to use the _______.
A)If / Then statement
B)Next statement
C)For Each / Next statement
D)Case structure
Q3) Code to create a user-defined Structure should be placed inside the procedure in which the structure will be used.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A table lookup can be used to look up array elements indirectly.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Web Applications
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Q1) When you are creating a Web Project,you click on the _______ in order to view the HTML code.
A)Source tab
B)Solution Explorer
C)Default page
D)Design tab
Q2) _______ is the acronym for the popular tag-based notation used to define data and its format,and transmit the data over the Web.
A)XML
B)SOAP
C)HTML
D)WSDL
Q3) When you place an object on a Web Form using absolute positioning,you cannot move the object.
A)True
B)False
Q4) FTP sites cannot be used to create a new Web site.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the functions of the server and client in a Web application?
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Chapter 10: Database Applications
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Q1) Describe each of the following objects: BindingSource,TableAdapter,and Dataset.
Q2) A library keeps track of all of the books in a database table.Author,Title,and Subject are _______ in the database table.
A)files
B)records
C)fields
D)keys
Q3) If you select a database on a local disk drive when you select "Local Database File",the Data Source Configuration Wizard,if you so request,will create a copy of the database file in the project's folder.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following controls CANNOT be data bound?
A)label
B)check box
C)combo box
D)All of the controls above can be data bound
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Chapter 11: Data Files
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Q1) The standard Windows OpenFileDialog component can be used in your VB program to allow users to browse for a folder and filename.
A)True
B)False
Q2) You can use _______ in order to allow the user to browse and find a file at run time.
A)the OpenFileDialog common dialog control
B)the StreamReader object
C)the OpenDialog control
D)a hard-coded path name
Q3) In the statement,PhoneStreamWriter.WriteLine(NameTextBox.Text),NameTextBox.Text refers to _______.
A)the record number
B)the variable that will store the data in NameTextBox
C)the data file number
D)the Text property of the object that contains the data that will be written to disk
Q4) The StreamReader is used to create a data file.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: OOP: Creating Object-Oriented Programs
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Q1) When you add a class module to a project,any form in the same project will automatically recognize the class properties,methods,and events.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The acronym OOP stands for Object-Oriented Procedures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Get and Set accessor methods must be _______ in order to allow other modules (forms or classes)to assign and retrieve their values.
A)Functions
B)Strings
C)Public
D)Private
Q4) Forms are inherited from System.Windows.Forms.Form class.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Inheritance is the ability to create a new class from an existing class. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Graphics, Animation, Sound, and
Drag-And-Drop
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Q1) A graphic is being placed on a button control on the form.Which object's starting point is used for the graphic?
A)The form
B)The button
C)A GroupBox
D)A PictureBox
Q2) To make sure that the graphics on the form get redrawn every time the form is rendered,place the code in the form's _______ procedure.
A)Load
B)Activate
C)Redraw
D)Paint
Q3) Use the Pen object to draw lines on a form.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ScrollBar_Click event occurs when the user clicks the up arrow of a vertical scroll bar.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Additional Topics in Visual Basic
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Q1) When you add a status bar to a form,the StatusStrip control will display two labels,one for date and one for time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following actions can the parent's Window menu perform?
A)List the open child windows
B)Allow the user to switch between windows
C)Arrange multiple child windows
D)All of these
Q3) Which of the following objects can be used for loading and displaying the data from an XML file?
A)XDocument
B)XDisplay
C)XMLDocument
D)XMLDisplay
Q4) Arranging the layout of child windows is controlled by writing code in a Window Menu on the parent form.
A)True
B)False
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