Chapter 3: A First Look at Classes and Objects
To find the classes needed for an objective -oriented application, you identify all the verbs in a description of the problem domain
False
When passing multiple times, the order in which the are passed is not important
False
When you write a constructor for a class, it still has the default constructor that java automatically provides
False
public class Student { private String name; private double gpa; public Student (String newName, double newGPA) { name = newName; gpa = newGPA; } public String getName( ) { return name; } } Which of the following could be used to instantiate a new Student object called sam?
Student sam = new Student ("Sam Smith", 3.5)
public class Student { private String name; private double gpa; public Student (String newName, double newGPA) { name = newName; gpa = newGPA; } public String getName( ) { return name; } } Which of the following could be used in the StudentTester class to print the name associated with the Student object instantiated in problem 3?
System.out.println(sam.getName( ));
Each instance of a class has its own set of instance fields
True
The occurrence of a string literal in a java program causes a string to object to be created in a memory, initialized with a string literal
True
When passing an argument to a method, the arguments's data type must be compatible with the parameters variable type
True
Consider the following code segment. Student s1 = new Student ("Emma Garcia", 3.9); Student s2 = new Student ("Alice Whitman", 3.2); s2 = s1; s2.setGpa (4.0); System.out.println (s1.getGpa( )); What is printed as a result of executing the code segment?
4.0
If you do not want to write a constructor for a class, this is automatically provided for the class
default constructor
What is a parameter variable?
describes attributes or fields
What is a constructor's return type?
doesn't have one
This is a member of class that holds data
field
An object is a
instance
This is a method that stores a value in a field or in some other way changes the value of a field
mutator
The keyword causes an object to be created in memory
new
How do you identify the potential classes in a problem domain description?
nouns
How many public classes can be in one file?
one
public class Student { private String name; private double gpa; public Student (String newName, double newGPA) { name = newName; gpa = newGPA; } public String getName( ) { return name; } } Which of the following is the correct way to write a method that changes the value of a Student object's gpa variable?
public void setGpa (double newGpa) { gpa=newGpa; }
What are the 3 Java access modifiers?
public, private, protected
The key word causes a value to be sent back from a method to the statement that called it
return
When a local variable has the same name as a field, the local variable's name does what to the fields name
shadows
When the value of an item is dependent on other data, and then item is not updated when the other data is changed, what has the value become
stale
A string literal, such as "Joe", causes what type of object to be created?
string
What must be true about the file name and the public class name(s)?
they must match
What does UML stand for?
unified modeling language
What method is used to find the size of a String object?
.length();
A class's responsibility are
1. Things the class knows 2. Action the class performs
The relationship between a class and an object can be described as:
A class is the blueprint for an object and objects are instantiated from it.
Which of the following is a valid constructor declaration for the Cube class? public static Cube( ) public void Cube( ) public Cube( ) public Cube(int side)
III and IV only
This is a method that gets a value from class field, but does not change it
accessor
A collection of programming statements that specify the attributes and methods a particular type of object can have is
class
What are the 3 components of a UML diagram?
class, attributes, methods
This is a method automatically called when an instance of a class is created
constructor
A class is Analogous to a
cookie cutter