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MidTerm Exam Flash Cards

1
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What does the toString() method return?

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It returns a String representation of the Object.

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2
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What does the equals(otherObject) do?

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It is a method compares an Object to otherObject and returns true if both variables reference the same object

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3
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What is a try block?

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Surrounds normal code, which is exited immediately if the block throws an exception

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4
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What is a catch block?

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A catch block catches an exception thrown in a preceding try block

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5
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A catch block is also called…

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An exception handler

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6
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What is a FileNotFoundException?

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Attempt to open a file denoted by a filename failed

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7
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What is EOFException?

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End of file or end of stream has been reached unexpectedly

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8
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What is an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExcepton?

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An array has been accesed with an illegal index

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9
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What is an InputMismatchException?

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Received input does not match expected type or the input is out of range for the expected type

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10
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What is an ArithmeticException?

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Arithmetic condition failed

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11
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What does null mean?

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null is a special value indicating a pointer points to nothing

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12
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What is the first node called?

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Head

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13
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What is the last node called?

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Tail

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14
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What does append() mean? Where is the element added?

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Add a new element and the tail points to the new node

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What is prepend()? Where is the element added?

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Adds the new node before the list’s head

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16
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How to prepend to an empty list?

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Check if the list’s pointer head is empty.
Point the head to the new node

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17
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How to prepend to a non-empty list?

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Check if the head not null(not empty)
point the new node to the head node

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18
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Removing a node:
ListRemovesAfter(numsList, node 5).
What happens to the node?

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The node that it points to is removed

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19
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What is removed?
ListRemoveAfter(numsList, null)

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If the curNode is null, it removes the head node

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20
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True or False.
If the current node is null does it remove the head?

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True.

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21
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Where does a search start?

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At a lists head

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22
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What happens when no match is found?

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Null is returned

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23
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When swapping 2 variables what other variable must you use?

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A temp variable

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24
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When reversing a list what happens?

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The outer most elements are swapped all the way until the middle

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25
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What does the sort() method do?

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Sorts collections into ascending order

26
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True or False.
An interface cannot be instantiated.

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True.

27
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What is it called when you have 2 methods with the same name within a class?

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Overloading

28
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What does the == operator do?

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Checks the memory location of the 2 objects

29
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True or False?
Primitive variables represent the value itself not the address

A

True

30
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When do you use the equals() method?

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Use it to compare the objects

31
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What does double mean?

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It is another method to float and integer

32
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When you don’t know what a generic type is going to be?

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Use <?> in the generic to make sure it can pass anything

33
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What does this ++ operator do

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It increments the value by 1

34
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What does – operator do?

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Decreases the the value of a variable by 1

35
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What does thus logical operator do? !

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Reverses the result, returns false if the result is true

36
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What does this concat() method do?

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It concatenates 2 strings together

37
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What method do you use to return the index(position) of the first occurance of “e”

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System.out.println(txt.indexOf(“e”));

38
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What does this += oparator do?

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It adds to the given value in the stated variable

39
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What does widening Casting mean?

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It means to convert a smaller type to a larger type

40
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What does narrow casting mean?

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It means to compare a larger type to a smaller type

41
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Single line comments are noted with…

A

// (2 slashes)

42
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Multi-line comments start with…

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/*

43
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Multi-line comments end with…

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*/

44
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What is a subclass?

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The child class that inherits from another class

45
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What is a superclass?

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The parent class meaning the class being inherited from

46
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What does Polymorphism mean?

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It means many forms and occurs when we have many classes that are related to each other by inheritance

47
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What does this line of code do?
x = myObj.nextInt()

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It reads the users input

48
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What is the Scanner class used for?

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It is used to get user input and it is found in the java.util package

49
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What does the nextLine() do?

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Reads a Strng value from the user.

50
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What does the nextInt() value do ?

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It reads the int value from the user

51
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True or False.
An exception can be thrown inside a try-catch statement and the same exception can be caught within the try-catch statement.

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True.

52
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What does ADT stand for and what does it mean?

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It stands for abstract data type and it is a collection of data along with operations that can be performed on the data

53
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An interface must be implemented using what keyword?

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Implements

54
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What does an ADT do?

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It specifically says what an operation does, not how it does it

55
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What does the push() method do?

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It adds an element at the top of a stack

56
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What does the pop() method do?

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It removes an element at the top of a stack

57
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What type of Structure is a stack?

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LIFO(Last In, First Out)

58
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What is a stack?

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It is a collection whose elements are added and removed from one end, called the top of the stack

59
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What does the peek() method do?

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Returns the element at the top of the stack without removing it

60
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True or False.
A stack can be empty.

A

True

Comp Sci 1027 (9 decks)

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