CIS 111 C.6 True/False
T
Shadowing is the term used to describe where the field name is hidden by the name of a local or parameter variable.
T
A constructor is a method that is automatically called when an object is created.
F (the method can change the value of a field)
A method that gets a value from a class's field but does not change it is known as a mutator method.
T
Instance methods do not have the key word static in their headers.
F (should never be declared static)
Instance methods should be declared static.
T
The java.lang package is automatically imported into all Java programs.
T
The term "no-arg constructor" is applied to any constructor that does not accept arguments.
F (does not hide the local variable)
When a local variable in an instance method has the same name as an instance field, the instance field hides the local variable.
T
a class is not an object, but a description of an object
T
a method that stores a value in a class's field or in some other way changes the value of a field is known as a mutator method.
T
an access specifier indicates how the class may be accessed
T
an object can store data
F (attribute may be accessed outside the class)
The public access specifier for a field indicates that the attribute may not be accessed by statements outside the class.
F (default constructor is not written by the author, it is never generated)
The term "default constructor" is applied to the first constructor written by the author of a class.
