Deck 12: Event-Driven Gui Programming, Multithreading, and Animation

Question 1

Performing an operation on an icon causes a(n)____.

A) instance
B) message
C) event
D) interface

Answer 1

C

Question 2

With a single CPU,multiple threads execute simultaneously.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Multithreaded programs often run faster and they are more user-friendly.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A GUI picture album has a picture or sketch of a screen the user will see when running a program.

Question 5

A ____ is a rectangular area into which the user can type text.

A) label
B) button
C) check box
D) text box

Question 6

In object-oriented languages,the procedural modules that depend on user-initiated events are often called applets.

Question 7

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

A) GUI
B) IDE
C) system terminal
D) command line

Question 8

Computer users can expect to see a standard interface in the GUI programs they use.

Question 9

From the 1950s,when businesses began to use computers to help them perform many jobs,through the 1980s,almost all interactive dialogues between people and computers took place at the ____.

A) command prompt
B) graphical window
C) menu
D) system interface

Question 10

A(n)____ consists of a label placed beside a small square.

A) option button
B) button
C) check box
D) text box

Question 11

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

Question 12

An important advantage of using GUI data-entry objects is that you often can control what users enter by limiting their options.

Question 13

Operating system software allows you to use your fingers,a mouse or other pointing device to select screen controls,such as buttons and scroll bars or pictures,also called ____.

A) targets
B) icons
C) windows
D) menus

Question 14

Many object-oriented languages offer built-in classes that contain methods you can use to draw geometric figures.

Question 15

In object-oriented languages,the procedural modules that depend on user-initiated events are often called ____.

A) scripts
B) blocks
C) handlers
D) windows

Question 16

GUI components are excellent examples of the best principles of object-oriented programming;they represent objects with attributes and methods that operate like ____.

A) trap doors
B) black boxes
C) a procedural function
D) a while loop

Question 17

When you program in a language that uses GUI components,you need to create them from scratch.

Question 18

Within an event-driven program,a component from which an event is generated is the ____.

A) target of the event
B) source of the event
C) interface of the event
D) message handler

Question 19

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

Question 20

A ____ is a rectangular object you can click;when you do,its appearance usually changes to look pressed.

A) label
B) button
C) check box
D) text box

Question 21

Using multiple threads of execution is known as ____.

A) binding
B) racing
C) multithreading
D) multipathing

Question 22

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

A) entity diagram
B) data flow diagram
C) use case diagram
D) interactivity diagram

Question 23

A ____ represents a picture or sketch of a screen the user will see when running a program.

A) framework
B) page frame
C) wireframe
D) sketch-up

Question 24

A ____ is one of the tiny dots of light that form a grid on your screen.

A) point
B) texel
C) textile
D) pixel

Question 25

When you use a menu bar,it is at the top of the screen in most GUI programs,and the first menu item is almost always ____.

A) Edit
B) File
C) Home
D) Help

Question 26

The ____ contains methods that allow you to set physical properties such as height and width,as well as methods that allow you to add the appropriate components to a container.

A) attributes class
B) container dictionary
C) containment class
D) container class

Question 27

GUI programmers sometimes refer to screen space as ____.

A) canvas
B) interface
C) real estate
D) territory

Question 28

Making programs easier to use for people with physical limitations is known as enhancing ____.

A) usability
B) accessibility
C) interface
D) compliance

Question 29

People who use the Disk Operating System (DOS)often call the command line the ____________________.

Question 30

You should make sure that unavailable screen options are either dimmed (also called ____)or removed.

A) grayed
B) hidden
C) suppressed
D) blanked

Question 31

In most object-oriented languages,a method named ____________________ executes automatically when a class object is created.

Question 32

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

Question 33

A ____________________ contains a series of wireframes that represent a user's experience with proposed software.

Question 34

Cartoonists create animated films by drawing a sequence of ____ or cells.

A) frames
B) blocks
C) pictures
D) targets

Question 35

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

A) object dictionary
B) object index
C) GUI dictionary
D) interface dictionary

Question 36

When you develop an event-driven application,you need to expand on the ____ step in the program development cycle.

A) understanding the problem
B) planning the logic
C) coding the program
D) testing the program

Question 37

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.

Question 38

With most OOP languages,you must ____ components,or sign them up so that they can react to events initiated by other components.

A) register
B) activate
C) instantiate
D) create

Question 39

____ is the rapid sequence of still images,each slightly different from the previous one,that produces the illusion of movement.

A) Screening
B) Animation
C) Filmation
D) Stop motion

Question 40

With a(n)____ program,a user can continue to click buttons while your program is reading a data file.

A) single threaded
B) parallel threaded
C) independently threaded
D) multithreaded

Question 41

Match each term with a statement below.


-Where two or more threads wait for each other to execute

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container

Question 42

Match each term with a statement below.


-A class of objects whose main purpose is to hold other elements

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container

Question 43

Match each term with a statement below.


-Its value increases as you travel from left to right across the window

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container

Question 44

Discuss the purpose of a storyboard.

Question 45

Match each term with a statement below.


-Where a thread is abandoned because other threads occupy all of the computer's resources

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container

Question 46

Match each term with a statement below.


-The flow of execution of one set of program statements

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container

Question 47

List the two types of statements that you must write when an object should listen for events.

Question 48

Discuss the purpose of a wireframe.

Question 49

Match each term with a statement below.


-A horizontal position

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container

Question 50

Discuss multithreading.

Question 51

Explain why your program should be forgiving.

Question 52

Match each term with a statement below.


-Its value increases as you travel from top to bottom

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container

Question 53

Match each term with a statement below.


-A vertical position

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container

Question 54

Describe a thread.

Question 55

List the events in developing an event-driven program.

Question 56

Match each term with a statement below.


-An occurrence that generates a message sent to an object

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container

Question 57

Discuss using the integrated development environment to create applications.

Question 58

Describe the container class.

Question 59

List the general design principles used when creating a program that will use a GUI.

Question 60

Match each term with a statement below.


-Shows the relationship between screens in an interactive GUI program

A)event
B)y-axis
C)y-coordinate
D)thread
E)deadlock
F)x-axis
G)x-coordinate
H)starvation
I)interactivity diagram
J)container