Exam 14: Let Me Count the Ways Counter-Controlled Loops

The My.Computer object provides access to several objects, such as your computer's Audio object.

If the audio file is not in the project's bin\Debug folder, you will need to include the path to the file in the fileName argument.

With the negation operator, a positive number preceded by the negation operator remains a positive number.

In the Financial.Pmt method, if Rate is a monthly interest rate, then NPer must specify the number of monthly payments.

When you declare a variable in the For clause, the variable has ____ scope and can be used only within the For...Next loop.

To have an application play an audio file while it is running, you use the syntax ____.

The For...Next statement provides the most convenient way to code a posttest counter loop.

To have the Audio object play an audio file, you use its Sound method.

Fewer unintentional errors occur in applications when the variables are declared using the ____ scope needed.

You can declare the counter variable in a Dim statement, as long as the Dim statement appears somewhere after the For…Next statement.

When you declare a variable in the For clause, the variable stays in the computer's internal memory when the loop ends.

A pretest counter loop can only be coded using the Do…Loop statement.

The ____ method contains a complex mathematical formula for calculating a periodic payment.

The mathematical formula for calculating a periodic payment on a loan is rather complex, so Visual Basic provides a method that performs the calculation for you.

A counter-controlled loop can be either a pretest loop or a posttest loop.

The ____ object refers to your computer.

You code a posttest counter-controlled loop using the ____ statement.

Visual Basic's ____ feature exposes a set of commonly used objects to the programmer.

When a variable is declared in a(n) ____ statement at the beginning of a procedure, it has procedure scope and can be used by the entire procedure.

The ____ operator reverses the sign of a number.