Quiz on Buttons and Action Events

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1. What method (of a frame) returns a reference to its content pane?

a.    getContentPane()
b.    contentPane()
c.    framePane()
d.    getPane()

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2. What type of object determines where GUI components go in the content pane?

a.    The layer organizer.
b.    The layabout programmer.
c.    The layout manager.
d.    The frame hanger.

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3. What method determines the size of the frame on the screen?

a.    setSize()
b.    setDimensions()
c.    showSize()
d.    setRectangle()

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4. What interface must a button listener implement?

a.    ActionListener
b.    ButtonListener
c.    ClickListener
d.    DeviceListener

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5. What method must a button listener implement?

a.    buttonAction()
b.    eventAction()
c.    actionMethod()
d.    actionPerformed()

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6. What method of a frame's content pane is used to set the layout manager?

a.    setLayout()
b.    setLayoutManager()
c.    addLayout
d.    setManager()

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7. What method of class JButton sets the command string for a button?

a.    setActionCommand(String command)
b.    setCommand(String command)
c.    setCommandString(String command)
d.    setButtonCommand(String command)

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8. What class of events do button clicks create?

a.    ActionEvent
b.    ButtonEvent
c.    ClickEvent
d.    DemoEvent

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9. What method extracts the command string from an event object?

a.    getCommand()
b.    getActionCommand()
c.    getCommandString()
d.    getButtonText()

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10. How should a command string be compared with a literal string?

a.    ==
b.    =
c.    equals()
d.    equalsIgnoreCase()

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