Terms

Question 1

Method overloading

Answer 1

when two methods have the same name but different parameters

Question 2

method overriding

Answer 2

when a method in the subclass has the same signature(name and parameters) as a method in the superclass

Question 3

partial overriding

Answer 3

when the overriding method code includes a call to super.method()

Question 4

wrapper classes

Answer 4

Allows primitive types to act as objects/reference types

Question 5

Wrapper class examples

Answer 5

Integer and Doubles (capital first letter so they are objects)

Question 6

Math class constants

Answer 6

PI and E

Question 7

Waterfall model development

Answer 7

Analysis->Design -> code->debug (linear, does not jump back and forth between planning and implementing)

Question 8

Object oriented program design

Answer 8

Identify classes-> identify behaviors ->write interfaces ->implement methods (jumps back and forth between planning and coding)

Question 9

Assertions

Answer 9

precise statements about a program at a given point

Question 10

precondition

Answer 10

true immediately before a block of code

Question 11

postcondition

Answer 11

true immediately after a block of code

Question 12

big O

Answer 12

a quantitative way to evaluate efficiency of a algorithm, describes worst case scenario

Question 13

Source Code

Answer 13

A collection of programming commands

Question 14

Attribute

Answer 14

Characteristic of an object

Question 15

behavior

Answer 15

action an object can do (methods)

Question 16

instantiate

Answer 16

call the constructor to create the object

Question 17

state

Answer 17

the attributes of an object that are represented by its instance variable

Question 18

package

Answer 18

a collection of similar classes

Question 19

psuedocode

Answer 19

a plain language description of the step in an algorithm