CNIT 155 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
IDE - Answers -Integrated development environment
GUI - Answers -graphical user interface
OOP - Answers -object oriented programming, a programming paradigm built around
use of objects to accomplish a programming task
Object - Answers -abstraction that models things with which we interact
Property - Answers -characteristics that describe an object
Method - Answers -what an object can do
Class - Answers -generic definition of an object
Instantiation - Answers -creating an object instance
Encapsulation - Answers -combining properties and methods together in one class
definition
Polymorphism - Answers -ability of different objects to interpret program commands in
a way that makes sense to the object itself based on context
Inheritance - Answers -ability of one object to acquire, or inherit, properties and
methods of another object
State - Answers -collection of all values for all the properties of a given object
Dot operator - Answers -what is used to reference a property value of a specific object
or to perform a specific object's method
objectName"."propertyValue
Assignment Statements - Answers -way of giving something a value where what is
getting a value is on the left, and the value itself is on the right
btnCalculate.Text = "Calculate";
Setter Operation - Answers -process of moving information from outside an object to a
property within the object
Getter Operation - Answers -retrieve property values of an object
IDE - Answers -Integrated development environment
GUI - Answers -graphical user interface
OOP - Answers -object oriented programming, a programming paradigm built around
use of objects to accomplish a programming task
Object - Answers -abstraction that models things with which we interact
Property - Answers -characteristics that describe an object
Method - Answers -what an object can do
Class - Answers -generic definition of an object
Instantiation - Answers -creating an object instance
Encapsulation - Answers -combining properties and methods together in one class
definition
Polymorphism - Answers -ability of different objects to interpret program commands in
a way that makes sense to the object itself based on context
Inheritance - Answers -ability of one object to acquire, or inherit, properties and
methods of another object
State - Answers -collection of all values for all the properties of a given object
Dot operator - Answers -what is used to reference a property value of a specific object
or to perform a specific object's method
objectName"."propertyValue
Assignment Statements - Answers -way of giving something a value where what is
getting a value is on the left, and the value itself is on the right
btnCalculate.Text = "Calculate";
Setter Operation - Answers -process of moving information from outside an object to a
property within the object
Getter Operation - Answers -retrieve property values of an object
