Exam 5: The Secret Code Assignment Statements

When an invalid character is encountered in a text argument in a Val function, the Val function notes an error and continues the process.

The equal sign in an assignment statement is referred to as the ____.

Comments make the code less readable but easier to understand by anyone viewing it.

In the order of precedence, an exponentiation operator has a precedence number of 1.

A ____ is a predefined procedure that performs a specific task and then returns a value after completing the task.

A comment is referred to as ____ documentation.

____ indicate the order in which the computer performs the operation in an expression.

The syntax of the Val function is Val(text), where text is the characters you want treated as a number.

You use the ____ operator ( \ ) to divide two integers (whole numbers), and then return the result as an integer.

After dividing the numbers, the ____ operator returns the remainder of the division.

Coding the algorithm is the second step in the problem-solving process.

An ____ represents information that is passed to the function while the function is processing.

A(n) ____ is used to assign a value to something (such as the property of a control) while an application is running.

In the order of precedence, the modulus operator has a lower priority than the addition and subtraction operators.

You create a comment in Visual Basic by placing a(n) ____ before the text that represents the comment.

You instruct the computer to perform a calculation by writing an arithmetic expression that contains one or more arithmetic operators.

The ____ function temporarily converts one or more characters to a number, and then returns the number.

Many programmers use comments to document a procedure's purpose, as well as to explain various sections of the procedure's code.

For a text argument in the Val function to be converted to a number, it must contain only numbers and an optional period.

When creating a comment in a program, a space is required to separate the apostrophe from the comment itself.