revised: 10/05/03

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()

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.

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

A.    setSize()
B.    setDimensions()
C.    showSize()
D.    setRectangle()

4. What interface must a button listener implement?

A.    ActionListener
B.    ButtonListener
C.    ClickListener
D.    DeviceListener

5. What method must a button listener implement?

A.    buttonAction()
B.    eventAction()
C.    actionMethod()
D.    actionPerformed()

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

A.    setLayout()
B.    setLayoutManager()
C.    addLayout
D.    setManager()

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)

8. What class of events do button clicks create?

A.    ActionEvent
B.    ButtonEvent
C.    ClickEvent
D.    DemoEvent

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

A.    getCommand()
B.    getActionCommand()
C.    getCommandString()
D.    getButtonText()

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

A.    ==
B.    =
C.    equals()
D.    equalsIgnoreCase()

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