Chapter 6 - 7

Question 1

one of the most important structures in programming that is used to repeat a sequence of statements a number of times

Answer 1

Loops

Question 2

A repetition of a loop

Answer 2

Pass

Question 3

repeats a sequence of statements either as long as or until a certain condition is true

Answer 3

Do Loop

Question 4

the statements inside the loop are repeatedly executed as long as the condition is true

Answer 4

Do While Loop

Question 5

the parameters of a loop

Answer 5

Condition

Question 6

the condition is checked at the bottom of a Do While Loop

Answer 6

Posttest

Question 7

the condition is checked at the top of a Do While Loop

Answer 7

Pretest

Question 8

loop that never ends

Answer 8

Infinite Loop

Question 9

the type of loop used when the programmer knows exactly how many times a loop should be executed

Answer 9

For . . . Next Loop

Question 10

a numeric variable declared in the For statement; it is initialized and then automatically changes after each pass through the loop

Answer 10

Counter Variable

Question 11

where a For Next loop starts counting

Answer 11

Initial Value

Question 12

where a For Next loop stops counting

Answer 12

Terminating Value

Question 13

an indexed list of simple variables of the same type, to and from which Visual Basic can efficiently assign and access a list of values

Answer 13

Array Variable

Question 14

a collection of variables

Answer 14

Array

Question 15

the numbers inside the parentheses of the array variables

Answer 15

Subscripts or Indexes

Question 16

each individual variable in an array

Answer 16

Subscripted Variable or Element

Question 17

reserving space in memory to hold the values of the subscripted variables in an array

Answer 17

Declaration

Question 18

the value of the last element in an array

Answer 18

Upper Bound

Question 19

the number of elements in an array

Answer 19

Size

Question 20

the data to be placed in an array are known at the time the program begins to run

Answer 20

Form Load Event

Question 21

Count, Max, Min, First, Last

Answer 21

Array Methods

Question 22

the size of the array

Answer 22

Count

Question 23

the highest value (alphabetically or numerically)

Answer 23

Max

Question 24

the lowest value (alphabetically or numerically)

Answer 24

Min

Question 25

the first element

Answer 25

First

Question 26

the last element

Answer 26

Last

Question 27

after an array has been declared, its upper bound (but not its type) can be given a value (Integer literal, variable, or expression) with this procedure-level statement

Answer 27

ReDim

Question 28

a procedure-level statement that maintains all of the original array’s contents after a ReDim

Answer 28

Preserve

Question 29

iterate through all the elements of the array in order with no mention whatsoever of the lower or upper bounds

Answer 29

For Each Loops

Question 30

a boolean value generally used to determine the outcome of an If statement

Answer 30

Flag Variable

Question 31

the argument in the calling statement consists of the name of the array; the corresponding parameter in the header for the procedure must consist of an array name followed by an empty set of parentheses; entire arrays are always passed by reference

Answer 31

Passing an Array

Question 32

provides a standardized way to retrieve information from data sources

Answer 32

LINQ

Language-INtegrated Query

Question 33

declarative (that is, self-evident) code that describes what you want to retrieve from the array

Answer 33

LINQ Query

Question 34

eliminate duplicates in a LINQ query

Answer 34

Distinct

Question 35

converting the results of a LINQ query into an array

Answer 35

ToArray

Question 36

gives a name to an expression and makes queries easier to read

Answer 36

Let

Question 37

putting elements found by a LINQ query in aplphabetical or numeric order

Answer 37

OrderBy

Question 38

placing information of different data types into a single array of a composite data type that is user defined

Answer 38

Structure

Question 39

variables in a structure

Answer 39

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