Unit 6 Quiz

Question 1

To provide a generic catch block, define a catch block with an exception type parameter.

T or F

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A ________ is a listing of the methods that were called prior to a program crashing, but in reverse order.

Answer 2

Call stack trace

Question 3

A program is _____ if it’s able to support larger or smaller amounts of data and more or fewer users.

Answer 3

Scalable

Question 4

If you handle an exception with a throws clause, and you need to provide clean up code regardless of whether an exception is thrown, use a finally block.

T or F

Answer 4

True

Question 5

______ exceptions are descendants of the RuntimeException class.

Answer 5

Unchecked

Question 6

A ________ is an event that disrupts the normal flow of instructions during the execution of a program.

Answer 6

Exception

Question 7

When the JVM throws an exception, the JVM looks for a matching catch block.

T or F

Answer 7

True

Question 8

__________ must be checked with a try-catch mechanism.

Answer 8

Checked Exception

Question 9

If a code fragment has the potential of throwing a checked exception, the compiler will not force you to associate that code fragment with a try-catch mechanism.

T or F

Answer 9

False

Question 10

If an exception is thrown, the JVM jumps out of the current try block.

T or F

Answer 10

True