PowerBuilder MCQ Questions Answers

1. What is the ancestor object for custom visual user objects such as u_calculator and u_calendar?

2. Labels are used in conjunction with:

3. The IsValid function:

4.

What would the following script generally be used for?

        close (parent)

5. Which PowerBuilder repository table contains the validation rule names and definitions?

6. Which of the following is not a date related function?

7. On which platform can ODBC drivers, provided by vendors other than Powersoft, be supported?

8. The default DynamicStagingArea in PowerBuilder is:

9. The createondemand property of the tab control:

10. Which is the ancestor for all PFC windows?

11. Which of the following is not a main type of PowerBuilder object in PFC?

12. In which of the following cases does PowerBuilder not connect to the database?

13. Which of the following is not a descendant of w_master?

14. On a Windows platform, the name of the initialization file is:

15. The ODBC API does not define which of the following?

16. Which DBPARM parameter is used to connect to an ODBC data source?

17. The PFC object u_cb stands for:

18. The operator for exponentiation is:

19. An object with the prefix ds would refer to a:

20. The concatenation operator is:

21. The prefix g would be used for which variable type?

22. The first step in creating an application with PFC is:

23. You want to implement a timer in your application. Which function will you use?

24. Which PowerBuilder repository table contains the edit style names and definitions?

25. The default transaction object is:

26. You are declaring an instance variable. What is the prefix you would use to name the variable?

27. Which object is used to analyze the performance of a PowerBuilder application?

28. How many instances of a window can you create?

29. Which of the following identifiers is invalid?

30. Which of the following is not a mathematical function?

31. Which object provides the ability to display a Web page in the default browser?

32. The & character is used:

33. The connection object for use with all distributed PFC applications is:

34.

Given the following database access components for a windows platform, arrange them in the correct order starting from the application and ending with the database:

1 Powersoft ODBC interface (PBODB60.DLL)

2 PowerBuilder Applications

3 Database

4 Database ODBC Driver

5 ODBC Driver Manager (ODBC32.DLL)

35. Which object will be used to handle runtime errors?

36. The number of global functions defined in the PFC is:

37. Given the name of the object to be Pfc_w_master, the object as per the naming conventions is a:

38. Which control would you use to display the information in a hierarchical fashion?

39. Which application event is fired first?

40. Assume there are two windows, w1 and w2.w2 has a tab control with the name tab1. tab1 has two pages, tabp1 and tabp2. tabp1 has a command button cb1. What will be the correct syntax to refer to cb1 from the window w1?

41. You want to get a value for a particular key from the system registry What function will you use?

42. The repository table pbcatfmt contains:

43. Which Datawindow function is used to retrieve the rows into the Datawindow ?

44. Which of the following is not a standard data type?

45. On which platform do INTERSOLV ODBC drivers, included with PowerBuilder, support ODBC connections?

46. The string function mid is used to:

47. In a window, you need two sets of radio buttons. On which control will you place the radio buttons ?

48. Which menu is the master menu for all PFC applications?

49. Which popup menu is displayed when the user releases the right mouse button over an u_dw based datawindow control?

50. Which of the following shape controls is not available in the PowerBuilder control bar?

51. You want a variable that will be accessible anywhere in the application. What type of variable will you declare?

52. The escape character in Powerscript is:

53. Which property of the error object contains the name of the object in which the error occurred?

54. Which is the ancestor main window for all SDI applications?

55. A named set of parameters stored in your PowerBuilder initialization file that defines a connection to a particular database in the PowerBuilder development environment is known as:

56. A control that can be used for displaying other controls is:

57. The five system tables created by PowerBuilder the first time it connects to the database are collectively known as:

58. The windows that are opened in the client area of an MDI frame are known as: