Ch. 6 Deeper Look

Question 1

Modules

Answer 1

Experience has shown that the best way to contruct and maintain a large program is to construct it from small simple pieces or MODULES.

Can use divide and conquer technique to do so.

Question 2

Java API

Java Application Programming Interface

Answer 2

has predefined methods and classes

Question 3

Method Overloading

Answer 3

Methods of the same name can be declared in the same class, as long as they have different sets of parameters.

Question 4

A method is invoked with a ______

Answer 4

Method call

Question 5

A variable known only within the method in which its declared is called a _____

Answer 5

Local Variable

Question 6

The _____ of a declaration is the portion of a program taht can refer to the entitiy in the declaration by name

Question 7

VARIABLE

Answer 7

• Variable is a placeholder
• You can place a value in a variable for use later or even change it but once changed the previous value is lost

Question 8

“TYPE”

Answer 8

• The “type” of a variable describes the kind of value that the variable is allowed to store

Question 9

MODULAR DESIGN

Answer 9

Methods called functions or procedures help you modularize a program by seperating its task into self contained units

One method used is divide and conqure,