Lesson 1: Visual Basic Programming

Question 1

It is an event-driven language and environment from Microsoft.

Answer 1

Visual Basic

Question 2

It provides a graphical user interface which allows programmers to modify code by simply dragging and dropping objects and defining their behavior and appearance.

Answer 2

Visual Basic

Question 3

He is best known as the “Father of Visual Basic”.

Answer 3

Alan Cooper

Question 4

The _____ design for creating the user interface is derived from a prototype form generator developed by Alan Cooper and his company.

Answer 4

drag and drop

Question 5

A prototype form generator developed by Alan Cooper and his company.

Answer 5

Tripod

Question 6

Microsoft contracted with Cooper to develop Tripod into a programmable form system for ___.

Answer 6

Windows 3.0

Question 7

Year 1991, 1992, 1993 of VB Development

Answer 7

Visual Basic 1.0, Visual Basic 2.0, Visual Basic 3.0

Question 8

Year 1996, 1997, 1998 of VB Development

Answer 8

Visual Basic 4.0, Visual Basic, 5.0, Visual Basic 6.0

Question 9

Year 2002, 2003, 2005 of VB Development

Answer 9

Visual Basic 7.0, Visual Basic 7.1, Visual Basic 8.0

Question 10

Year 2008 and 2010 of VB Development

Answer 10

Visual Basic 9.0, Visual Basic 10.0

Question 11

It is a development tool that you can use to build software applications that perform useful work and look great within a variety of settings.

Answer 11

Visual Basic 2008

Question 12

Here you can create applications for the Windows operating system, the Web, hand-held devices, and a host of other environments and settings.

Answer 12

Visual Basic 2008

Question 13

What is the VB Three-Step Approach?

Answer 13

1. Design the appearance of the application.
2. Assign property settings to the objects of the program.
3. Write the code to direct the specific tasks at runtime.

Question 14

It contains a set of links, MSDN articles, and project options. A comprehensive source of information about your project, as well as resources within the VB development community.

Answer 14

Start Page

Question 15

It contains controls and other component that can be placed on the form designer.

Answer 15

Toolbox

Question 16

It is the design space that contains objects or controls (button, labels, etc.) you create for application.

Answer 16

Designer Window

Question 17

It provides you with a way to navigate through your program’s structure, with entries for each form, module, and class, along with supporting files such as the application configuration file.

Answer 17

Solution Explorer Window

Question 18

It describes the properties or characteristics of the form and other controls.

Answer 18

Properties Window

Question 19

It will be populated with any potential issues with the code and form design of your application. Issues can be compile or runtime errors that need to be addressed.

Answer 19

Error/Task List Window