Ch. 11

Question 1

Class

Answer 1

A collection of related methods, but also a template for a new type of object

Question 2

Instance

Answer 2

A member of a class. Every object is an instance of some class

Question 3

Instantiate

Answer 3

Create new instance of a class in a computer’s memory

Question 4

Instance Variable

Answer 4

An attribute of an object; a non-static variable defined at the class level

Question 5

Information Hiding

Answer 5

The practice of making instance variables private to limit dependencies between classes

Question 6

Constructor

Answer 6

A special method to that initializes instance variables of a newly-constructed object

Question 7

Shadow

Answer 7

Defining a local variable or parameter with the same name and type of an instance variable

Question 8

Client

Answer 8

A class that uses objects defined in another class

Question 9

Getter

Answer 9

A method that returns the value of an instance variable

Question 10

Setter

Answer 10

A method that assigns a value to an instance variable

Question 11

Override

Answer 11

Replacing a default implementation of a method, such as toString

Question 12

Instance Method

Answer 12

A non-static method that has access to “this” and the instance variables

Question 13

Identical

Answer 13

Two values that are the same; in the case of objects, two variables that refer to the same object

Question 14

Equivalent

Answer 14

Two objects that are “equal” but not necessarily identical, as defined by the equals method

Question 15

Pure Method

Answer 15

A static method that depends only on its parameters and no other data

Question 16

Modifier Method

Answer 16

A method that changes the state (instance variables of an object)