005 - Expressions, Statements, and Blocks

Question 1

expressions are the core components of _________

Answer 1

statements

Question 2

statements may be grouped into __________.

Answer 2

blocks

Question 3

__________ is a construct made up of variables, operators, and method invocations, which are constructed according to the syntax of the language, that evaluates to __________.

Answer 3

An expression

a single value

Question 4

You can specify exactly how an expression will be evaluated using __________

Answer 4

balanced parenthesis: ( and )

Question 5

__________ are roughly equivalent to sentences in natural languages. They form a complete unit of execution.

Answer 5

Statements

Question 6

statements terminate the expressions with __________. Such statements are called expression statements.

Answer 6

a semicolon (;)

Question 7

A __________ declares a variable.

Answer 7

declaration statement

Question 8

__________ regulate the order in which statements get executed.

Answer 8

control flow statements

Question 9

A __________ is a group of zero or more statements between balanced braces and can be used anywhere a single statement is allowed

Answer 9

block

Question 10

Operators may be used in building ___, which compute values.

Answer 10

Expressions

Question 11

Expressions are the core components of ___.

Answer 11

Statements

Question 12

Statements may be grouped into ___.

Answer 12

Blocks

Question 13

The following code snippet is an example of a ___ expression.
1 * 2 * 3

Answer 13

Compound

Question 14

Statements are roughly equivalent to sentences in natural languages, but instead of ending with a period, a statement ends with a ___.

Answer 14

Semicolon

Question 15

A block is a group of zero or more statements between balanced ___ and can be used anywhere a single statement is allowed.

Answer 15

Curly braces

Question 16

Identify the following kinds of expression statements:

aValue = 8933.234;
aValue++;
System.out.println("Hello World!");
Bicycle myBike = new Bicycle();

Answer 16

aValue = 8933.234; -> assignment statement  
aValue++; expression; -> increment statement  
System.out.println("Hello World!"); ; -> method invocation statement 
Bicycle myBike = new Bicycle(); declaration ; -> object creation statement

Question 17

Operators may be used in building __________, which compute values.

Answer 17

expressions