Visual Basic Exam 2 Questions and Answers (2025/2026 Edition) – Complete File Handling, Database Access, OOP, and ASP.NET Prep Guide

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To retain data between different times that the program runs, an application
must have

a way of the data in a file.

a. Adding

b. Encrypting

c. Saving

d. Deleting

Ans: c.Saving


A file is like a stream of data that must be read from its beginning to its end.

a. direct access

b. binary format

c. sequential access

d. direct format

Ans: c.sequential access


The method is used to write data to a file and then writes a newline character

immediately after the data.

a. PrintLine

b. WriteLine

c. WriteNewLine

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d. PrintNewLine

Ans: B


4. Assume the file address.txt contains the following lines:

Bob Johnson

Somewhere USA

Which of the following code segments will read the data from the file and put the
data

into two variables named strName, and strCity.

a. Dim addressFile As System.IO.StreamReader

addressFile = addressFile.OpenText("address.txt")

strName = addressFile.ReadLine()

strCity = addressFile.ReadLine()

addressFile.Close()

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b. Dim addressFile As System.IO.StreamReader

addressFile = System.IO.File.OpenText("address.txt")

strName = addressFile.ReadLine()

strCity = addressFile.ReadLine()

addressFile.Close()

c. Dim addressFile As System.IO.StreamReader

addressFile = OpenText("address.txt")

strName = addressFile.ReadLine()


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strCity = addressFile.ReadLine()

Close()

d. Dim addressFile As System.IO.StreamReader

addressFile = System.IO.File.OpenText("address.txt")

strName = addressFile.Input ()

strCity = addressFile.

Ans: B


5. When opening a file you should use this method to determine whether a file
exists

before you attempt to open it

a. File.Exists

b. IO.Exists

c. System.IO.Exists

d. System.File.Exists

Ans: A


6. This control can display a standard Windows Open dialog box.

a. OpenDialog

b. OpenFileDialog

c. OpenWindow

d. OpenWindowDialog

Ans: B


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7. Which of the following statements does the following?

Formats a line of text to have the word "Name" in the first column, which is 20

characters wide, and have the word "Address" in the second column, which is

also 20 characters wide.

a. String.Format("{0, 20}{1, 20}", "Name", "Address")

b. String.Format("{ 20}{ 20}", "Name", "Address")

c. String.Format(20, 20, "Name", "Address")

d. String.Format(20, 40, "Name", "Address")

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Ans: A


8. To left justify the columns in the String.Format method you would use

preceding the numbers for the column width.

a. a + sign

b. an & symbol

c. a - sign

d. a # symbol

Ans: C


9. 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, opening it means

creating it.


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