Exam 1: Introduction to Computers and Programming

In Visual Studio, a window cannot float if its Auto Hide feature is turned on.

The entire process of creating a program is known as the ____________.

A(n) ____________, or GUI, allows the user to interact with the operating system and application programs through graphical elements on the screen.

A(n) ____________ is a program that translates a high-level language program into a separate machine language program.

Because GUI programs must respond to the actions of the user, they are said to be ____________.

In object-oriented programming, a window that is displayed on the screen is called a ____________.

Instead of using binary numbers for instructions, assembly language uses short words that are known as ____________.

A ____________object appears on a form as a button with a caption written across its face.

When the computer is turned off, the contents of ____________ are erased.

The term ____________ means that the programmer finds and corrects logic errors in the program.

A window that is not attached to one of the edges of the Visual Studio window is ____________.

For many years, the only way that the user could interact with a computer was through a command line interface.

The operations that an object can perform are called ____________.

A(n) ____________ is a set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task.

____________ is a free programming environment that is available for download from the Microsoft Web site.

A special program known as a(n) ____________ is used to translate an assembly language program to a machine language program.

Most programming languages that are used today are object oriented.

Any piece of data that is stored in a computer's memory must be stored as a binary number.

Computer can do such a wide variety of things because they can be programmed, which means that computers are designed not to do just one job, but to do any job that their programs tell them to do.

The use of USB drives has declined dramatically in recent years in favor of superior devices such as floppy disk drives.