Errors

Question 1

Thrown when an assertion fails.

Answer 1

AssertionError

Question 2

Thrown when a serious I/O error occurs.

Answer 2

IOError

Question 3

Thrown when the JVM itself enters an erroneous state (due to a bug) or when the JVM runs out of resources.

Answer 3

VirtualMachineError

Question 4

Thrown when the JVM cannot allocate any more memory; a derived class of VirtualMachineError.

Answer 4

OutOfMemoryError

Question 5

Thrown when the linking performed by the JVM fails (for example due to a circular class hierarchy in which case the ClassCircularityError will be thrown, which is a derived class of this error)

Answer 5

LinkageError

Question 6

Thrown when attempting to load the definition of a class when the class loader cannot find that class.

Answer 6

NoClassDefFoundError

Question 7

Thrown when the application has a non terminating recursive call, or when the application makes too many function calls that the jvm cannot handle; a derived class of VirtualMachineError.

Answer 7

StackOverflowError