Question 1)
Which of the following are legal statements?
1) float f=1/3;
2) int i=1/3;
3) float f=1.01;
4) double d=999d;
Question 2)
Which of the following are Java keywords?
1) NULL
2) new
3) instanceOf
4) wend
Question 3)
Which of the following are valid statements?
1) System.out.println(1+1);
2) int i=2+'2';
3) String
s="on"+'one';
4) byte b=255;
Question 4)
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The garbage collection algorithm in Java is vendor implemented
2) The
size of primitives is platform dependent
3) The default type for a numerical
literal with decimal component is a float.
4) You can modify the value in an
Instance of the Integer class with the setValue method
Question 5
Which of the following are true statements?
1) I/O in Java can only be performed using the Listener classes
2) The
RandomAccessFile class allows you to move directly to any point a file.
3)
The creation of a named instance of the File class creates a matching file in
the underlying operating system only when the close method is called.
4) The
characteristics of an instance of the File class such as the directory
separator, depend on the current underlying operating system
Question 6
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The instanceof operator can be used to determine if a reference is an
instance of a class, but not an interface.
2) The instanceof operator can be
used to determine if a reference is an instance of a particular primitive
wrapper class
3) The instanceof operator will only determine if a reference
is an instance of a class immediately above in the hierarchy but no further up
the inheritance chain
4) The instanceof operator can be used to determine if
one reference is of the same class as another reference thus
Question 7
Which of the following statements are true?
1) An interface can only contain method and not variables
2) Interfaces
cannot have constructors
3) A class may extend only one other class and
implement only one interface
4) Interfaces are the Java approach to
addressing its lack of multiple inheritance, but require implementing classes to
create the functionality of the Interfaces.
Question 8
Which of the following are valid statements
1) public class MyCalc extends Math
2) Math.max(s);
3)
Math.round(9.99,1);
4)Math.mod(4,10);
Question 9
Which of the following are methods of the Runnable interface
1) run
2) start
3) yield
4) stop
Question 10
Which of the following statements are true?
1) A byte can represent between -128 to 127
2) A byte can represent
between -127 to 128
3) A byte can represent between -256 to 256
4) A char
can represent between -2x2 pow 16 2 x2 pow 16 - 1
Question 11
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following code
class Base{
public void Base(){
System.out.println("Base");
}
}
public class In extends Base{
public static void main(String argv[]){
In i=new In();
}
}
1) Compile time error Base is a keyword
2) Compilation and no output at
runtime
3) Output of Base
4) Runtime error Base has no valid
constructor
Question 12
You have a public class called myclass with the main method defined as
follows
public static void main(String parm[]){
System.out.println(parm[0]);
}
If you attempt to compile the class and run the program as follows
java myclass hello
What will happen?
1) Compile time error, main is not correctly defined
2) Run time error,
main is not correctly defined
3) Compilation and output of java
4)
Compilation and output of hello
Question 13
Which of the following statements are true?
1) If a class has any abstract methods it must be declared abstract
itself.
2) All methods in an abstract class must be declared as
abstract
3) When applied to a class, the final modifier means it
cannot be sub-classed
4) transient and volatile are Java modifiers
Question 14
Which of the following are valid methods?
1) public static native void amethod(){}
2) public static void
amethod(){}
3) private protected void amethod(){}
4) static native void
amethod();
Question 15
Which of the following statements are true?
1) Constructors cannot have a visibility modifier
2) Constructors can be
marked public and protected, but not private
3) Constructors can only have a
primitive return type
4) Constructors are not inherited
Question 16
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following class?
class Base{
Base(int i){
System.out.println("Base");
}
}
class Severn extends Base{
public static void main(String argv[]){
Severn s = new Severn();
}
void Severn(){
System.out.println("Severn");
}
}
1) Compilation and output of the string "Severn" at runtime
2) Compile
time error
3) Compilation and no output at runtime
4) Compilation and
output of the string "Base"
Question 17
Which of the following statements are true?
1) static methods do not have access to the implicit variable called
this
2) A static method may be called without creating an instance of
its class
3) A static method may not be overriden to be non-static
4) A
static method may not be overloaded
Question 18
Which of the following will compile without error?
1)
char c='1';
System.out.println(c>>1);
2)
Integer i=Integer("1");
System.out.println(i>>1);
3)
int i=1;
System.out.println(i<<<1);
4)
int i=1;
System.out.println(i<<1);
Question 19
Which of the following are true?
1) A component may have only one event listener attached at a time
2) An
event listener may be removed from a component
3) The ActionListener
interface has no corresponding Adapter class
4) The processing of an event
listener requires a try/catch block
Question 20
Which of the following are Java keywords?
1) sizeof
2) main
3) transient
4) volatile
Question 21
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The default constructor has a return type of void
2) The default
constructor takes a parameter of void
3) The default constructor takes no
parameters
4) The default constructor is not created if the class has any
constructors of its own.
Question 22
Which of the following statements are true?
1) All of the variables in an interface are implicitly static
2) All of
the variables in an interface are implicitly final
3) All of the methods in
an interface are implicitly abstract
4) A method in an interface can access
class level variables
Question 23
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The String class isimplemented as a char array, elements are addressed using the stringname[]
convention
2) The + operator is overloaded for concatenation for the String
class
3) Strings are a primitive type in Java and the StringBuffer is used as
the matching wrapper type
4) The size of a string can be retrieved using the
length property
Question 24
Which of the following statements are true?
1) A method in an interface must not have a body
2) A class may extend one
other class plus at most one interface
3) A class may extends at most one
other class plus implement many interfaces
4) An class accesses an interface
via the keyword uses
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Question 25
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The following statement will produce a result of 1. System.out.println( -1
>>>2);
2) Performing an unsigned left shift (<<<) on a
negative number will always produce a negative number result
3) The following
statement will produce a result of zero, System.out.println(1 >>1);
4)
All the Java integral types are signed numbers
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Question 26
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The elements in a Java array can only be of primitive types, not
objects
2) Arrays elements are initialized to default values wherever they
are created using the keword new
3) An array may be dynamically
resized using the setSize method
4) You can find out the size of an array
using the size method
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Question 27
Given the following class
public class Ombersley{
public static void main(String argv[]){
boolean b1 = true;
if((b1 ==true) || place(true)){
System.out.println("Hello Crowle");
}
}
public static boolean place(boolean location){
if(location==true){
System.out.println("Borcetshire");
}
System.out.println("Powick");
return true;
}
}
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run it?
1) Compile time error
2) Output of "Hello Crowle"
3) Output of
Borcetshire and Powick followed by "Hello Crowle"
4) No output
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Question 28
You are given a class hierarchy with an instance of the class Dog. The class
Dog is a child of mammal and the class Mammal is a child of the class
Vertebrate. The class Vertebrate has a method called move which prints
out the string "move". The class mammal overrides this method and prints out the
string "walks". The class Dog overrides this method and prints out the string
"walks on paws". Given an instance of the class Dog,. how can you access the
ancestor method move in Vertebrate so it prints out the string
"move";
1) d.super().super().move();
2) d.parent().parent().move();
3)
d.move();
4) none of the above;
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Question 29
Which of the following most closely describes the process of overriding?
1) A class with the same name replaces the functionality of a class defined
earlier in the hierarchy
2) A method with the same name completely replaces
the functionality of a method earlier in the hierarchy
3) A method with the
same name but different parameters gives multiple uses for the same method
name
4) A class is prevented from accessing methods in its immediate
ancestor
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Question 30
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The % is used to calculate a percentage thus: 10 % 20=50
2) The /
operator is used to divide one value by another
3) The # symbol may not be
used as the first character of a variable
4) The $ symbol may not be used as
the first character of a variable
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Question 31
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The default layout manager for an Applet is FlowLayout
2) The default
layout manager for a Frame is FlowLayout
3) A layout manager must be assigned
to an Applet before the setSize method is called
4) The FlowLayout manager
attempts to honor the preferred size of any components
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Question 32
Which of the following statements are true about a variable created with the
static modifier?
1) Once assigned the value of a static variable may not
be altered
2) A static variable created in a method will keep the same value
between calls
3) Only one instance of a static variable will exist for any
amount of class instances
4) The static modifier can only be applied to a
primitive value
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Question 33
Which of the following statements are true?
1) Java uses a system called UTF for I/O to support international character
sets
2) The RandomAccessFile is the most suitable class for supporting
international character sets
3) An instance of FileInputStream may not be
chained to an instance of FileOutputStream
4) File I/O activities requires
use of Exception handling
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Question 34
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following code?
import java.io.*;
class ExBase{
abstract public void martley(){
}
}
public class MyEx extends ExBase{
public static void main(String argv[]){
DataInputStream fi = new DataInputStream(System.in);
try{
fi.readChar();
}catch(IOException e){
System.exit(0);
}
finally {System.out.println("Doing finally");}
}
}
1) Compile time error
2) It will run, wait for a key press and then
exit
3) It will run, wait for a keypress, print "Doing finally" then
exit
4) At run and immediately exit
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Question 35
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following code
public class Borley extends Thread{
public static void main(String argv[]){
Borley b = new Borley();
b.start();
}
public void run(){
System.out.println("Running");
}
}
1) Compilation and run but no output
2) Compilation and run with the
output "Running"
3) Compile time error with complaint of no Thread
target
4) Compile time error with complaint of no access to Thread
package
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Question 36
Assuming any exception handling has been set up, which of the following will
create an instance of the RandomAccessFile class
1) RandomAccessFile raf=new RandomAccessFile("myfile.txt","rw");
2)
RandomAccessFile raf=new RandomAccessFile( new DataInputStream());
3)
RandomAccessFile raf=new RandomAccessFile("myfile.txt");
4) RandomAccessFile
raf=new RandomAccessFile( new File("myfile.txt"));
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Question 37
Given the following class definition
public class Upton{
public static void main(String argv[]){
}
public void amethod(int i){}
//Here
}
Which of the following would be legal to place after the comment //Here
?
1) public int amethod(int z){}
2) public int amethod(int i,int j){return
99;}
3) protected void amethod(long l){ }
4) private void
anothermethod(){}
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Question 38
Which of the following statements are true?
1) Code must be written if the programmer wants a frame to close on selecting
the system close menu
2) The default layout for a Frame is the BorderLayout
Manager
3) The layout manager for a Frame cannot be changed once it has been
assigned
4) The GridBagLayout manager makes extensive use of the the
GridBagConstraints class.
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Question 39
Given the following class definition
public class Droitwich{
class one{
private class two{
public void main(){
System.out.println("two");
}
}
}
}
Which of the following statements are true
1) The code will not compile because the classes are nested to more than
one level
2) The code will not compile because class two is marked as
private
3) The code will compile and output the string two at runtime
4)
The code will compile without error
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Question 40
Given the following code
class Base{
static int oak=99;
}
public class Doverdale extends Base{
public static void main(String argv[]){
Doverdale d = new Doverdale();
d.amethod();
}
public void amethod(){
//Here
}
}
Which of the following if placed after the comment //Here, will compile and
modify the value of the variable oak?
1) super.oak=1;
2) oak=33;
3) Base.oak=22;
4) oak=50.1;
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Question 41
You are creating an application that has a form with a text entry field used
to enter a persons age. Which of the following is appropriate for capturing this
information.
1) Use the Text field of a TextField and parse the result using
Integer
2) Use the getInteger method of the TextField
3) Use the getText
method of a TextBox and parse the result using the getInt method of Integer
class
4) Use the getText method of a TextField and use the parseInt method of
the Integer class
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Question 42
Given the following declaration
Integer i=new Integer(99);
How can you now set the value of i to 10?
1) i=10;
2) i.setValue(10);
3) i.parseInt(10);
4) none of the
above
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Question 43
Which of the following statements are true
1) constructors cannot be overloaded
2) constructors cannot be
overridden
3) a constructor can return a primitive or an object
reference
4) constructor code executes from the current class up the
hierarchy to the ancestor class
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Question 44
Given a reference called
t
to a class which extends Thread, which of the following will cause it to give
up cycles to allow another thread to execute.
1) t.yield();
2) Thread.yield();
3) yield(100); //Or some other
suitable amount in milliseconds
4) yield(t);
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Question 45
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following code?
public class Sandys{
private int court;
public static void main(String argv[]){
Sandys s = new Sandys(99);
System.out.println(s.court);
}
Sandys(int ballcount){
court=ballcount;
}
}
1) Compile time error, the variable court is defined as private
2)
Compile time error, s is not initialized when the System.out method is
called
3) Compilation and execution with no output
4) Compilation and run
with an output of 99
Question 46)
Which of the following statements are true?
1) A method cannot be overloaded to be less public in a child class
2) To
be overridden a method only needs the same name and parameter types
3) To be
overridden a method must have the same name, parameter and return types
4) An
overridden method must have the same name, parameter names and parameter
types
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Question 47
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following code?
class Base{
Base(){
System.out.println("Base");
}
}
public class Checket extends Base{
public static void main(String argv[]){
Checket c = new Checket();
super();
}
Checket(){
System.out.println("Checket");
}
}
1) Compile time error
2) Checket followed by Base
3) Base followed by
Checket
4) runtime error
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Question 48
Which of the following statements are true?
1) Static methods cannot be overriden to be non static
2) Static methods
cannot be declared as private
3) Private methods cannot be overloaded
4)
An overloaded method cannot throw exceptions not checked in the base class
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Question 49
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The automatic garbage collection of the JVM prevents programs from ever
running out of memory
2) A program can suggest that garbage collection be
performed but not force it
3) Garbage collection is platform
independent
4) An object becomes eligible for garbage collection when all
references denoting it are set to null.
Question 50
Given the following code
public class Sytch{
int x=2000;
public static void main(String argv[]){
System.out.println("Ms "+argv[1]+"Please pay $"+x);
}
}
What will happen if you attempt to compile and run this code with the command line
java Sytch Jones Diggle
1) Compilation and output of Ms Diggle Please pay $2000
2) Compile time
error
3) Compilation and output of Ms Jones Please pay $2000
4)
Compilation but runtime error
Question 51
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following code
class Base{
protected int i = 99;
}
public class Ab{
private int i=1;
public static void main(String argv[]){
Ab a = new Ab();
a.hallow();
}
abstract void hallow(){
System.out.println("Claines "+i);
}
}
1) Compile time error
2) Compilation and output of Claines 99
3)
Compilation and output of Claines 1
4) Compilation and not output at
runtime
Question 52
You have been asked to create a scheduling system for a hotel and catering
organsiation.
You have been given the following information and asked to create a set of
classes to represent it.
On the catering side of the organsiation they have
Head Chefs
Chefs
Apprentice Chefs
The system needs to store an employeeid, salary and the holiday
entitlement
How would you best represent this information in Javae been given the
following information and asked to create a set of classes to represent it.
How would you best represent this information in Java
1) Create classes for Head Chef, Chef, Apprentice Chef and store the other
values in fields
2) Create an employee class and derive sub classes for Head
Chef, Chef, Apprentice Chef and store the other values in fields.
3) Create
and employee class with fields for Job title and fields for the other
values.
4) Create classes for all of the items mentioned and create a
container class to represent employees
Question 53
You need to read in the lines of a large text file containing tens of
megabytes of data. Which of the following would be most suitable for reading in
such a file
1) new FileInputStream("file.name")
2) new InputStreamReader(new
FileInputStream("file.name"))
3) new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new
FileInputStream("file.name")));
4) new RandomAccessFile raf=new
RandomAccessFile("myfile.txt","+rw");
Question 54
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following code?
public class Inc{
public static void main(String argv[]){
Inc inc = new Inc();
int i =0;
inc.fermin(i);
i = i++;
System.out.println(i);
}
void fermin(int i){
i++;
}
}
1) Compile time error
2) Output of 2
3) Output of 1
4) Output of
0
Question 55
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following code?
public class Agg{
static public long i=10;
public static void main(String argv[]){
switch(i){
default:
System.out.println("no value given");
case 1:
System.out.println("one");
case 10:
System.out.println("ten");
case 5:
System.out.println("five");
}
}
}
1) Compile time error
2) Output of "ten" followed by "five"
3) Output
of "ten"
4) Compilation and run time error because of location of default
Question 56
Given the following class
public class ZeroPrint{
public static void main(String argv[]){
int i =0;
//Here
}
}
Which of the following lines if placed after the comment //Here will print
out 0.
1) System.out.println(i++);
2) System.out.println(i+'0');
3)
System.out.println(i);
4) System.out.println(i--);
Question 57
Given the following code
class Base {}
class Agg extends Base{
public String getFields(){
String name = "Agg";
return name;
}
}
public class Avf{
public static void main(String argv[]){
Base a = new Agg();
//Here
}
}
What code placed after the comment //Here will result in calling the
getFields method resulting in the output of the string "Agg"?
1) System.out.println(a.getFields());
2) System.out.println(a.name);
3)
System.out.println((Base) a.getFields());
4) System.out.println( ((Agg)
a).getFields());
Question 58
What will happen when you attempt to compile and run the following code.
public class Pvf{
static boolean Paddy;
public static void main(String argv[]){
System.out.println(Paddy);
}
}
1) Compile time error
2) compilation and output of false
3) compilation
and output of true
4) compilation and output of null
Question 59
Which of the following statements are true?
1) The x,y coordinates of an instance of MouseEvent can be obtained using the
getX() and getY() methods
2) The x,y coordinates of an instance of MouseEvent
can be obtained using the X and Y integer fields
3) The time of a MouseEvent
can be extracted using the getTime() method
4) The time of a MouseEvent can
be extracted using the getWhen method
Question 60
Given the following code
import java.io.*;
public class Ppvg{
public static void main(String argv[]){
Ppvg p = new Ppvg();
p.fliton();
}
public int fliton(){
try{
FileInputStream din = new FileInputStream("Ppvg.java");
din.read();
}catch(IOException ioe){
System.out.println("flytwick");
return 99;
}finally{
System.out.println("fliton");
}
return -1;
}
}
Assuming the file Ppvg.java is available to be read which of the following
statements are true if you try to compile and run the program?
1) The program will run and output only "flytwick"
2) The program will run
and output only "fliton"
3) The program will run and output both "fliton" and
"flytwick"
4) An error will occur at compile time because the method fliton
attempts to return two values
Answers
Objective 4.5)
1) float f=1/3;
2) int i=1/3;
4) double d=999d;
The fact that option 3 does not compile may be a surprise. The problem is
because the default type for a number with a decimal component is a double and
not a float. The additional trailing d in the option with 999 doesn't help, but
it doesn't harm.
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Objective 4.3)
2) new
The option NULL (note the upper case letter) is definitely not a keyword.
There is some discussion as to i. There is some discussion as to if null is a
keyword but for the purpose of the exam you should probably assume it is a
keyword.
The option instanceOf is a bit of a misleading option that would probably not
occur on the exam. The real keyword is instanceof (note that the of has
no capital letter O). I had the incorrect version in an earlier version of this
tutorial as it looks more likely to my eyes. The instanceof keyword looks
like a method, but it is actually an operator.
The option wend is probably valid in some other language to indicate
the end of a while loop, but Java has no such keyword.
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Objective 4.5)
1) System.out.println(1+1);
2) int i=2+'2';
Option 3 is not valid
because single quotes are used to indicate a character constant and not a
string. Several people have emailed me to say that option 3 will compile. When
they eventually compiled the exact code they have agreed, it will not compile.
Let me re-state that
String s="on"+'one';
Will NOT compile.
Option 4 will not compile because 255 is out of the range of a byte
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Answer to Question 4)
Objective 7.1)
1) The garbage collection algorithm in Java is vendor implemented
Threading and garbage collection are two of the few areas that are platform
dependent. This is one of the
reasons why Java is not suitable for realtime
programming. It is not a good idea use it to control your
plane or nuclear
power station. Once an instance of the Integer class has a value it cannot be
changed.
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Objective 10.1)
(Not on the official sub objectives but this topic does come up on the
exam)
2) The RandomAccessFile class allows you to move directly to any point a
file.
4) The characteristics of an instance of the File class such as the
directory separator, depend on the current underlying operating system
The File class can be considered to represent information about a file rather
than a real file object. You can create a file in the underlying operating
system by passing an instance of a file to a stream such as FileOutputStream.
The file will be created when you call the close method of the stream.
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Objective 5.1)
2) The instanceof operator can be used to determine if a reference is an
instance of a particular primitive wrapper class
The instanceof operator can only be used to make a static comparison with a
class type. Java1.1 added the isInstance method to the class Class to allow you
to dynamically determine a class type. The exam does not test you on
isInstance.
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Objective 4.1)
2) Interfaces cannot have constructors
If you try to create a constructor for an Interface the compiler will give
you an error message something like
"interface can't have constructors".
4) Interfaces are the Java approach to addressing the single inheritance
model, but require implementing classes to create the functionality of the
Interfaces.
An interface may contain variables as well as methods. However any variables
are final by default and must be assigned values on creation. A class can only
extend one other class (single inheritance) but may implement as many interfaces
as you like (or is sensible).
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Objective 9.1)
None of these are valid statements. The Math class is final and cannot be
extended. The max method takes two parameters, round only takes one parameter
and there is no mod parameter. You may get questions in the exam that have no
apparently correct answer. If you are absolutely sure this is the case, do not
check any of the options.
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Objective 7.1)
1) The Runnable interface has only one method run that needs to be created in
any class that implements it. The start method is used to actually call and
start the run method executing.
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Objective 4.5)
1) A byte can represent between -128 to 127
The char type is the only unsigned type in Java and thus cannot represent a
negative number.
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Objective 1.2)
2) Compilation and no output at runtime
Because the method in Base called Base has a return type it is not a
constructor and there for does not get called on creation of an instance of its
child class In
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Objective 4.2)
4) Compilation and output of hello
This type of question is particularly calculated to catch out C/C++
programmers who might expect parameter zero to be the name of the compiler.
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Objective 1.2)
1) If a class has any abstract methods it must be declared abstract
itself.
3) The final modifier means that a class cannot be sub-classed
4)
transient and volatile are Java modifiers
An abstract class may have non abstract methods. Any class that
descends from an abstract class must implement the abstract
methods of the base class or declare them as abstract itself.
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Objective 1.2)
2) public static void amethod(){}
4) static native void amethod();
Option 1 is not valid because it has braces and the native modifier means
that the method can have no body. This is because the body must be implemented
in some other language (often C/C++). Option 3 is not valid because private and
protected contradict themselves.
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Objective 6.2)
4) Constructors are not inherited
Constructors can be marked public, private or protected. Constructors do not
have a return type.
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Objective 1.3)
2) Compile time error
An error occurs when the class Severn attempts to call the zero parameter
constructor in the class Base Because the Base class has an integer
constructor Java does not provide the "behind the scenes" zero parameter
constructor.
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Objective 1.2)
1) static methods do not have access to the implicit variable called
this
2) A static method may be called without creating an instance of
its class
3) a static may not be overriden to be non-static
The implicit variable this refers to the current instance of a class
and thus and by its nature a static method cannot have access to it.
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Objective 5.1)
1)
char c='1';
System.out.println(c>>1);
4)
int i=1;
System.out.println(i<<1);
Be aware that Integer (not the upper case I) is a wrapper class and thus
cannot be treated like a primitive. The fact that option 1 will compile may be a
surprise, but although the char type is normally used to store character
types, it is actually an unsigned integer type. The reason option 3 does not
compile is that Java has a >>> operator but not a <<<
operator. ;>> operator but not a <<< operator.
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Objective 4.6)
2) An event listener may be removed from a component
3) The ActionListener
interface has no corresponding Adapter class
A component may have multiple event listeners attached. Thus a field may need
to respond to both the mouse and the keyboard, requiring multiple event
handlers. The ActionListener has not matching Adapter class because it has only
one method, the idea of the Adapter classes is to eliminate the need to create
blank methods.
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Objective 4.3)
3) transient
4) volatile
Option 1, sizeof is designed to catch out the C/C++ programmers. Java does
not have a sizeof keyword as the size of primitives should be consistent on all
Java implementations. Although a program needs a main method with the standard
signature to start up it is not a keyword. The real keywords are less commonly
used and therefore might not be so familiar to you.
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Objective 1.3)
3) The default constructor takes no parameters
4) The default constructor
is not created if the class has any constructors of its own.
Option 1 is fairly obviously wrong as constructors never have a return type.
Option 2 is very dubious as well as Java does not offer void as a type for a
method or constructor.
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Objective 4.1)
1) All of the variables in an interface are implicitly static
2) All of
the variables in an interface are implicitly final
3) All of the methods in
an interface are implictly abstract
All the variables in an interface are implicitly static and final. Any
methods in an interface have no body, so may not access any type of variable
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Objective 4.5)
2) The + operator is overloaded for concatenation for the String class
In Java Strings are implemented as a class within the Java.lang package with
the special distinction that the + operator is overloaded. If you thought that
the String class is implemented as a char array, you may have a head full of
C/++ that needs emptying. There is not "wrapper class" for String as wrappers
are only for primitive types.
If you are surprised that option 4 is not a correct answer it is because
length is a method for the String class, but a property for and array and it is
easy to get the two confused.
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Objective 6.1)
1) A method in an interface must not have a body
3) A class may extends
one other class plus many interfaces
A class accesses an interface using the implements keyword (not uses)
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Objective 5.1)
3) The following statement will produce a result of zero,
System.out.println(1 >>1);
Although you might not know the exact result of the operation -1 >>>
2 a knowledge of the way the bits will be shifted will tell you that the result
is not plus 1. (The result is more like 1073741823 ) There is no such Java
operator as the unsigned left shift. Although it is normally used for storing
characters rather than numbers the char Java primitive is actually an unsigned
integer type.
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Objective 4.4)
2) Arrays elements are initialized to default values wherever they are
created using the keyword new.
You can find the size of an array using the length field. The method
length is used to return the number of characters in a String. An array
can contain elements of any type but they must all be of the same type. The size
of an array is fixed at creation. If you want to change its size you can of
course create a new array and assign the old one to it. A more flexible approach
can be to use a collection class such as Vector.
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Objective 5.3)
2) Output of "Hello Crowle"
This code is an example of a short circuited operator. Because the first
operand of the || (or) operator returns true Java sees no reason to evaluate the
second. Whatever the value of the second the overall result will always be true.
Thus the method called place is never called.
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Objective 6.2)
4) none of the above;
You may access methods of a direct parent class through the use of super but
classes further up the hierarchy are not visible.
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Objective 6.1)
2) A method with the same name completly replaces the functionality of a
method earlier in the hierarchy
Option 3 is more like a description of overloading. I like to remind myself
of the difference between overloading and overriding in that an overriden method
is like something overriden in the road, it is squashed, flat no longer used and
replaced by something else. An overloaded method has been given extra work to do
(it is loaded up with work), but it is still being used in its original format.
This is just my little mind trick and doesn't match to anything that Java is
doing.
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Objective 1.2)
2) The / operator is used to divide one value by another
3) The # symbol
may not be used as the first character of a variable
The % is the modulo operator and returns the remainder after a division. Thus
10 % 3=1
The $ symbol may be used as the first character of a variable, but I
would suggest that it is generally not a good idea. The # symbol cannot be used
anywhere in the name of a variable. Knowing if a variable can start with the #
or $ characters may seem like arbitrary and non essential knowlege but questions
like this do come up on the exam.
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Objective 8.1)
1) The default layout manager for an Applet is FlowLayout
4) The
FlowLayout manager attempts to honor the preferred size of any components
The default layout manager fror an Application is BorderLayout. An applet
will use the default of FlowLayout if one is not specifically applied.
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Objective 1.2)
3) Only one instance of a static variable will exist for any amount of class
instances
Option 1) is more a description of a final variable. Option 2 is designed to
fool Visual Basic programmers like me as this is how you can use the keyword
static in VB. The modifier static can be applied to a class (only an innner
class) , method or variable.
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Objective 11.1)
1) Java uses a system called UTF for I/O to support international character
sets
3) An instance of FileInputStream may not be chained to an instance of
FileOutputStream
4) File I/O activities requires use of Exception
handling
Internally Java uses Unicode which are 16 bit characters. For I/O Java uses
UTF which may be more thatn 16 bits per chamore thatn 16 bits per
character.
Generally InputStreams can only be chained to other InputStreams
and OutputStreams can only be chained to other OutputStreams. The piped streams
are an exception to this.
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Objective 1.2)
1) Compile time error
It wil produce an error like "Abstract and native method can't have a body.
This is typical of the more misleading question where you might think it is
asking you about the circumstances under which the finally clause runs, but
actually it is about something else.
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Objective 7.1)
2) Compilation and run with the output "Running"
This is perfectly legitimate if useless sample of creating an instnace of a
Thread and causing its run method to execute via a call to the start method. The
Thread class is part of the core java.lang package and does not need any
explicit import statement. The reference to a Thread target is an attempt to
mislead with a reference to the method of using the Runnable interface instead
of simply inheriting from the Thread super class.
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Objective 11.1)
1) RandomAccessFile raf=new RandomAccessFile("myfile.txt","rw");
The RandomAccessFile is an anomaly in the Java I/O architecture. It descends
directly from Object and is not part of the Streams architecture.
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Objective 6.2)
2) public int amethod(int i, int j) {return 99;}
3) protected void amethod
(long l){}
4) private void anothermethod(){}
Option 1 will not compile on two counts. One is the obvious one that it
claims to return an integer. The other is that it is effectivly an attempt to
redefine a method within the same class. The change of name of the parameter
from i to z has no effect and a method cannot be overriden within the same
class.
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Objective
8.1)
1) Code must be written to cause a frame to close on selecting the system
close menu
2) The default layout for a Frame is the BorderLayout
Manager
4) The GridBagLayout manager makes extensive use of the the
GridBagConstraints class.
You can change the layout manager for a Frame or any other container whenever
you like.
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Objective 1.2)
4) The code will compile without error
There are no restrictions on the level of nesting for inner/nested classes.
Inner classes may be marked private. The main method is not declared as public
static void main, and assuming that the commandline was java Droitwich it would
not be invoked anyway.
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Objective 1.2)
1) super.oak=1;
2) oak=33;
3) Base.oak=22;
Because the variable oak is declared as static only one copy of it will
exist. Thus it can be changed either through the name of its class or through
the name of any instance of that class. Because it is created as an integer it
canot be assigned a fractional component without a cast.
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Obje Question 41)
Objective 4.6)
4) Use the getText method of a Textfield and use the parseInt method of the
Integer class
Here is an example of how you might do this
Integer.parseInt(txtInputValue.getText());
I'm not sure that a question on this actually will come up in the exam but it
is a very useful thing to know in the real world.
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Objective 4.6)
4) none of the above
The wrapper classes are immutable. Once the value has been set it cannot be
changed. A common use of the wrapper classes is to take advantage of their
static methods such as Integer.parseInt(String s) that will returns an integer
if the the value has been set it cannot be changed. A common use of the wrapper
classes is to take advantage of their static methods such as
Integer.parseInt(String s) that will returns an integer if the String contains
one.
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Objective 6.2)
2) constructors cannot be overriden
Overloading constructors is a key technique to allow multiple ways of
initialising classes. By definition, constructors have have no return values so
option 3 makes no sense. Option 4 is the inverse of what happens as constructor
code will execute starting from the oldest ancestor class downwards. You can
test this by writing a class that inherits from a base class and getting the
constructor to print out a message. When you create the child class you will see
the order of constructor calling.
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Objective 7.1)
yield is a static method and causes whatever thread is currently executing to
yield its cycles.
1) t.yield();
2) Thread.yield()
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Objective 6.2)
4) Compilation and run with an output of 99
The fact that the variable court is declared as private does not stop the
constructor from being able to initialise it.
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Objective 6.2)
3) To be overriden a method must have the same name, parameter and return
types
Option 1 is a sneaky one in that it should read overriden not overloaded. An
overriden method must also have the same return type. Parameter names are purely
a programmer convenience and are not a factor in either overloading and
overriding. Parameter order is a factor however.
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Objective 6.2)
1) Compile time error
With the sun JDK it will produce the following error
"Only constructors can invoke constructors".
If you took out the call to super that causes this error the program would
compile and at runtime it would output Base and then Checket as constructors are
called from the oldest ancestor class downwards.
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Objective 1.2)
1) Static methods cannot be overriden to be non static
The JDK1.1 compiler will issue an error message "static methods cannot be
overriden" if you atempt to do thiuot; if you atempt to do this. There is no
logic or atempt to do this. There is no logic or reason why private methods
should not be overloaded or that static methods should not be declared private.
Option 4 is a jumbled up version of the limitations of exceptions for overriden
methods
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Objective 3.1)
2) A program can suggest that garbage collection be performed but not force
it
4) A reference becomes eligable for garbage collection when it is assigned
to null
If a program keeps creating new references without any being discarded it may
run out of memory. Unlike most aspects of Java garbage collection is platform
dependent.
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Objective 1.2)
2) Compile time error
The main method is static and cannot access the non static variable x
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Objective
1.2)
1) Compile time error
When compiled with JDK 1.1 the following error is produced.
Abstract and native methods can't have a body: void hallow() abstract void
hallow()
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Answer to Question 52)
Objective
6.1)
3) Create and employee class with fields for Job title and fields for the
other values.
These questions can appear tricky as the whole business of designing class
structures is more art than science. It is asking you to decide if an item of
data is best represented by the "Is a" or "Has a" relationship. Thus in this
case any of the job titles mentioned will always refer to something that "Is a"
employee. However the employee "has a" job title that might change.
One of the important points is to ask yourself when creating a class "Could
this change into another class at some point in the future". Thus in this
example an apprentice chef would hope one day to turn into a chef and if she is
very good will one day be head chef. Few other mock exams seem to have this type
of questions but they di come up in the real exam.
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Objective 11.1)
3) new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new
FileInputStream("file.name")));
The key to this question is that it asks about tens of megabytes of data,
implying that performance is an issue. A Buffered Reader will optimise the
performance of accessing a file. Although the objectives do not specifically
mention it questions on I/O do come up on the exam.
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Objective 5.4)
4) Output of 0
The method fermin only receives a copy of the variable i and any
modifications to it are not reflected in the version in the calling method. The
post increment operator ++ effectivly modifes the value of i after the initial
value has been assiged to the left hand side of the equals operator. This can be
a very tricky conept to understand
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Answer to Question 55)
Objective
2.1)
1) Compile time error
This might be considered a "gocha" or deliberate attempt to mislead you
because i has been given the data type of long and the parameter must be of long
and the parameter must be either a byte, char, short or int. If you attempt to
compile this code with JDK 1.2 you will get an error that says something like
"Incompatible type for switch, Explicit cast needed to convert long to int".
Answering with option 2 would have been reasonable because if the parameter had
been an integer type the lack of break statements would have caused this output.
If you gave either of the answers you should probably revise the subject.
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Objective 5.1)
1) System.out.println(i++);
3) System.out.println(i);
4)
System.out.println(i==);
The options for this question might look suspiciously easy if you are not
aware of the effects of the post-increment operators. The ++ and == operations
for examples 1 and 4 only come into effect after the output operations, ie after
whatever else is done to them on that line of code. Option 2 should be fairly
obvious as you should know that the single quote characters indicate a char
value, ie storing the character rather than the numberical value for 0.
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Objective 6.2)
4) System.out.println( ((Agg) a).getFields());
The Base type reference to the instance of the class Agg needs to be cast
from Base to Agg to get access to its methods.The method invoked depends on the
object itself, not on the declared type. So, a.getField() tries to invoke a
getField method in Base which does not exist. But the call to
((Agg)a).getField() will invoke the getField() in the Agg class. You will be
unlucky to get a question as complex as this on the exam. If you think option 1
is valid, have a go at compiling the code.
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Objective 4.4)
2) compilation and output of false
A variable defined at class level will always be given a default value and
the default value for the primitive type boolean is false
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Objective 4.6)
1) The x,y coordinates of an instance of MouseEvent can be obtained using the
getX() and getY() methods
4) The time of a MouseEvent can be extracted using
the getWhen method
If you chose option 4, referring to the mythical getTime method you have made
a reasonable guess based on the normal conventions of Java. However the
conventions do not always hold true. If you chose option 3 perhaps you are not
as aware of the conventions as you should be.
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Objective 2.3
2) The program will run and output only "fliton"
This question tests your knowledge of the principle that the finally clause
will almost always run.
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