Unit 1

Question 1

software engineer

Answer 1

A person who designs, develops, and tests software for home, school, and business use

Question 2

class header

Answer 2

consists of the class keyword and the name of the class

Question 3

source code

Answer 3

a collection of programming commands

Question 4

syntax

Answer 4

The rules for how a programmer must write code for a computer to understand

Question 5

comment

Answer 5

a text note that is ignored by the compiler to explain or annotate the code

Question 6

class

Answer 6

A programmer-defined blueprint from which objects are created

Question 6

object

Answer 6

an instance of a class

Question 6

syntax error

Answer 6

a mistake in the code that does not follow a programming language’s syntax

Question 7

object-oriented programming

Answer 7

an approach to creating and using models of physical or imaged objects

Question 7

attribute

Answer 7

a characteristic of an object

Question 7

constructor

Answer 7

A block of code that has the same name as the class and tells the computer how to create a new object

Question 7

method

Answer 7

a named set of instructions to perform a task

Question 7

instantiate

Answer 7

to call the constructor to create an object

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behavior

Answer 7

an action that an object can perform

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parameter

Answer 8

Defines the type of value to receive when a method or constructor is called

Question 8

dot operator

Answer 8

used to call a method in a class

Question 8

argument

Answer 8

The specific value provided when a method or constructor is called

Question 9

string literal

Answer 9

a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks ( “ “ )

Question 10

algorithm

Answer 10

A finite set of instructions that accomplish a task

Question 11

iteration statement

Answer 11

A control structure that repeatedly executes a block of code

Question 12

condition

Answer 12

determines whether or not to execute a block of code

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Inheritance

Answer 13

An object-oriented programming principle where a subclass inherits the attributes and behaviors of a superclass

Question 14

superclass

Answer 14

A class that can be extended to create subclasses

Question 15

subclass

Answer 15

A class that extends a superclass and inherits its attributes and behaviors

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tester class

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The class that contains the main method and from where the program starts running

Question 17

method signature

Answer 17

consists of a name and parameter list

Question 18

return type

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The value returned before a method completes its execution and exits

Question 19

return

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To exit a method and go back to the point in the program that called it with the requested value or information

Question 20

void

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Specifies that a method should not have a return value

Question 21

programming style

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a set of guidelines and best practices for formatting program code

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documentation

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written discriptions of the purposde and functionality of code

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commit

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an operation which saves the lastest changes of the code and represents a snapshot of the project

Question 24

code review

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the process of examining code and providing feedback to improve the quality and functionality of the program

Question 25

selection statement

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a statement that only executes when a condition is true

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variable

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a container that stores a value in memory

Question 27

date type

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the format of the data that can be stored in a variable

Question 28

declaration

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giving a name and data type to a variable

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assignment

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using the assignment operator (=) to initalize or change the value stored in a variable

Question 30

decomposition

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the process of breaking a problem down into smaller parts to write methods for each part

Question 31

efficient

Answer 31

getting the best outcome with the least amount of words

Question 32

redudant code

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code that is unesseccaruy

Question 33

psuedocode

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a plain language description of the steps in an algorithmn

Question 34

two-way selection statement

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specifies a block of code to execute when the condition is true and a block of code to execute when the condition is true

Question 35

logical operator

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an operator that returns a Boolean value