Test: Creating Classes, Objects, and Methods: Quiz

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Section 1
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1. Which of the following creates a class named Diver with one constructor, and 2
instance variables maxDepth and certified?

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2. The basic unit of encapsulation in Java is the:

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class (*)
classpath
method
package

3. What is wrong with the following class declaration?

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Classes cannot include strings.

Classes cannot include mixed data types.
There is no constructor method and you have to make a constructor method.
There is nothing wrong. (*)

4. Which of the following is true?

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In Java, a method declared public generates a compilation error.

int is the name of a class available in the package java.lang.
Instance variable names may only contain letters and digits.
A class always has a constructor (possibly automatically supplied by the java
compiler). (*)
The more comments in a program, the faster the program runs.

5. Which of the following may be part of a class definition?

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instance variables
instance methods
constructors
comments
all of the above (*)

6. Which of the following creates a Object from the Animal class listed below?

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Animal dog=new Animal();

Animal dog=new Animal(50,30); (*)
Animal dog=Animal(50,30);
Animal dog=new Animal(50);

7. The following code creates an object of type Animal:

Animal a;

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True
False (*)

8. Which of the following creates an object from the Car class listed below?

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Car c = new Car(3000, "Toyota"); (*)

Car c=new Car;
Car c=Car();
Car c;
Car c =new Car();

9. The following statement compiles and executes. What can you say for sure?
submarine.dive(depth);

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The variable depth must be an int.

dive must be a method. (*)
dive must be the name of an instance field.
submarine must be the name of a class.
submarine must be a method.

10Which of the following creates a method that compiles with no errors in the class?
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All of the above.

None of the above.

11What value will be returned when the setValue method is called?

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35
36
37 (*)
38

12The return value of a method can only be a primitive type and not an object. True
. or false?

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True
False (*)

13Which of the following calls the method moveUp in the class below:
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Puzzle p=new Puzzle(); p.moveUp(3,4);

PuzzlePiece p=new PuzzlePiece(); p.moveUp(3,4); (*)
PuzzlePiece p=new PuzzlePiece(); p.moveUp(3,4,5);
Puzzle p=new Puzzle(); p.moveUp(3,4,5);

14A class can have multiple constructors. True or false?

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True (*)
False

15The constructor of a class has the same name as the class. True or false?
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True (*)
False

16Complete the sentence. A constructor...

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must have the same name as the class it is declared within.

is used to create objects.
may be declared public.
is all of the above. (*)

17What operator do you use to call an object's constructor method and create a new
. object?

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new (*)
class
instanceOf

18Consider:
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public class MyClass{ public MyClass(){/*code*/} // more code...}
To instantiate MyClass, what would you write?

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MyClass m = new MyClass(); (*)

MyClass m = new MyClass;
MyClass m = MyClass;
MyClass m = MyClass();

19What is garbage collection in the context of Java?

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The operating system periodically deletes all of the Java files available on the
system.

Any package imported in a program and not used is automatically deleted.

When all references to an object are gone, the memory used by the object is
automatically reclaimed. (*)
The JVM checks the output of any Java program and deletes anything that
does not make sense.

20Which of the following keywords are used to access the instance variables of an
. object from within the class code for that object?

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public
private
protected
this (*)

21Which of the following adds a constructor to the class below?

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22Which constructor code populates the instance variables of the class correctly?
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