Exam 9: Event-Driven Programming With Graphical User Interfaces

In an event-driven program, you design the screens, define the objects, and define how the screens will connect.

A(n) ____________________ is an object that is "interested in" an event to which you want it to respond.

When two or more threads wait for each other to execute, the situation that occurs is called a(n) ____________________.

A single CPU can perform two tasks in the same instant.

GUI programs are called ____________________ because actions occur in response to user-initiated events such as clicking a mouse button.

The ____________________ is the location on your computer screen at which you type entries to communicate with the computer's operating system.

In the early days of computing, interacting with a computer operating system was difficult because the user had to know the exact syntax to use when typing commands, and had to spell and type those commands accurately.

Any component you place on the screen has a horizontal, or ____, position.

GUI programmers sometimes refer to screen space as ____.

A(n) ____________________ is the flow of execution from one set of program statements.

Performing an operation on an icon causes a(n) ____, which is an occurrence that generates a message sent to an object.

GUI components are often referred to as ____.

With procedure-driven programs, the user might initiate any number of events in any order.

It is often helpful to allow users to ____.

Computer users today typically learn new commands for each GUI interface they use.

A(n) ____ shows the relationship between screens in an interactive GUI program.

In a(n) ____________________ program, each step occurs in the order the programmer determines.

A(n) ____ is a list of the objects used in a program, including which screens they are used on and whether any code, or script, is associated with them.

In graphical programming, the ____________________ value increases as you travel from top to bottom.

A(n) ____________________ shows the relationship between screens in an interactive GUI program.