Question Bank in line with Microsoft Visual C# 2012 An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, Farrell,5e

Chapter 1: A First Program Using C#




TRUE/FALSE



1. Machine language is expressed as a series of 1s and 0s.


ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 2



2. C# programmers must use Pascal casing when creating method names to produce an executable
program.


ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 5



3. The C# programming language was developed as an object-oriented and component-oriented
language.


ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 9



4. When the keyword void is used in the Main() method header, it indicates that the Main()
method is empty.


ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 13



5. The Visual Studio IDE gives you advanced features such as syntax coloring and automatic
statement completion.


ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 29




MULTIPLE CHOICE

,1. Internally, computers are constructed from circuitry that consists of small on/off switches. The
most basic circuitry-level language that computers use to control the operation of those switches
is called ____.

a. syntax c. compiler

b. machine language d. program


ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 2



2. A ____ programming language allows you to use a vocabulary of reasonable terms such as
“read,” “write,” or “add” instead of the sequence of on/off switches that perform these tasks.

a. high-level c. low-level

b. machine-level d. switch-level


ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 2



3. Programmers use a computer program called a(n) ____ to translate their high-level language
statements into machine code.

a. prompt c. compiler

b. IDE d. JIT


ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 3



4. The ____ behind any program involves executing the various statements and procedures in the
correct order to produce the desired results.

a. GUI c. methods

b. attributes d. logic


ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 3

,5. To achieve a working program that accomplishes the tasks it is meant to accomplish, you must
remove all syntax and logical errors from the program. This process is called ____ the program.

a. debugging c. commenting out

b. compiling d. executing


ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 3



6. When you write a(n) ____ program, you use your knowledge of a programming language to
create and name computer memory locations that can hold values, and you write a series of steps
or operations to manipulate those values.

a. object-oriented c. event-driven

b. component-oriented d. procedural


ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 4



7. In programming languages, a variable is referenced by using a one-word name, which is called
a(n) ____, with no embedded spaces.

a. behavior c. identifier

b. bug d. attribute


ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 4



8. For convenience, the individual operations used in a computer program often are grouped into
logical units called ____.

a. attributes c. classes

b. methods d. structures


ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 5

, 9. When programmers adopt the style of capitalizing the first letter of all new words in an identifier,
even the first one, they call the style ____.

a. camel casing c. OOP casing

b. upper casing d. Pascal casing


ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: 5



10. A(n) ____ describes potential objects.

a. instance c. attribute

b. class d. state


ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: 7



11. A class describes the attributes and methods of every object that is a(n) ____, or example, of that
class.

a. property c. instance

b. interface d. state


ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: 7



12. ____ is the technique of packaging an object’s attributes and methods into a cohesive unit that
can be used as an undivided entity.

a. Encapsulation c. Inheritance

b. Polymorphism d. Interface


ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: 8



13. Programmers sometimes refer to encapsulation as using a ____.