Day 8

Quiz

1: What does COM stand for?
A1: COM stands for Component Object Model.
2: What two technologies were the immediate predecessors to COM?
A2: The two technologies that preceded COM were Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE).
3: True/False. COM objects are stored in special operating system files with a .com extension.
A3: False. COM components are stored in files with a dll, .exe, or .ocx extensions .
4: True/False. Microsoft application development tools such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, or Visual J++ are required to build a COM component.
A4: False. COM is a binary standard and is language independent. Any application development tools that can create files that uphold the binary standard can create ...

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