Fundamentals of Computing
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Fundamentals of Computing introduces students to the essential concepts, principles, and practices that form the basis of computer science. The course covers topics such as computer hardware and software, algorithms, data representation, programming concepts, operating systems, networking, databases, and the social and ethical implications of computing. Through hands-on exercises and practical projects, students gain foundational skills in problem-solving, logical thinking, and computational reasoning, preparing them for further studies in the field and equipping them with the digital literacy needed for various academic and professional pursuits.
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Starting Out with Java From Control Structures through Objects 6th Edition by Tony Gaddis
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers and Java
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Q1) Application software refers to programs that make the computer useful to the user.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The contents of a variable cannot be changed while the program is running.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) A program is a sequence of instructions stored in:
A) The CPU
B) The computer's memory
C) Software
D) Firmware Answer: B
Q4) Each byte is assigned a unique number known as an address.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Java Fundamentals
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Q1) What is the result of the following expression? 25 - 7 * 3 + 12 / 3
A) 6
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12
Answer: B
Q2) What is the result of the following expression? 25 / 4 + 4 * 10 % 3
A) 19
B) 5.25
C) 3
D) 7
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following statements correctly creates a Scanner object for keyboard input?
A) Scanner kbd = new Scanner(System.keyboard);
B) Scanner keyboard(System.in);
C) Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
D) Keyboard scanner = new Keyboard(System.in);
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Decision Structures
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Q1) This type of operator determines whether a specific relationship exists between two values:
A) Logical
B) Mathematical
C) Unary
D) Relational
Answer: D
Q2) Unicode is an international encoding system that is extensive enough to represent ALL the characters of ALL the world's alphabets.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) What does the following code display?
Double x = 12.3798146; System.out.printf("%.2f\n", x);
A) 123798146
B) 1238
C) %12.38
D) 12.38
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Loops and Files
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Q1) This type of loop allows the user to decide the number of iterations.
A) Counter-controlled loop
B) Dynamically executed loop
C) User controlled loop
D) Infinite loop
Q2) How many times will the following do-while loop be executed? int x = 11;
Do
{
X += 20;
} while (x > 100);
A) 0
B) 1
C) 4
D) 5
Q3) The increment operator is:
A) ++
B) --
C) *=
D) -=
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Chapter 5: Methods
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a benefit derived from using methods in programming?
A) Pproblems are more easily solved.
B) simplifies programs
C) code reuse
D) All of the above are benefits.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a part of the method header?
A) return type
B) method name
C) parentheses
D) semicolon
Q3) The expression in a return statement can be any expression that has a value.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When writing the documentation comments for a method, you can provide a description of each parameter by using a:
A) @comment tag
B) @doc tag
C) @param tag
D) @return tag
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Chapter 6: A First Look at Classes
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT involved in finding the classes when developing an object-oriented application?
A) Describe the problem domain.
B) Identify all the nouns.
C) Write the code.
D) Refine the list of nouns to include only those that are relevant to the problem.
Q2) A class in not an object, but a description of an object.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Instance methods do not have this key word in their headers:
A) public
B) static
C) private
D) protected
Q4) Shadowing is the term used to describe where the field name is hidden by the name of a local or parameter variable.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Arrays and the Arraylist Class
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Q1) What would be the results of the following code? int[] array1 = new int[25]; // Code that will put values in array1
Int value = array1[0];
For (int a = 1; a < array1.length; a++)
{ If (array1[a] < value)
Value = array1[a];
}
A) value contains the highest value in array1
B) value contains the lowest value in array1
C) value contains the sum of all the values in array1
D) value contains the average of the values in array1
Q2) A sorting algorithm is used to locate a specific item in a larger collection of data.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Declaring an array reference variable does not create an array.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: A Second Look at Classes and Objects
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Q1) If a class has a method named finalize, it is called automatically just before an instance of the class is destroyed by the garbage collector.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A static field is created by placing:
A) the key word static after the field name
B) the key word static after the access specifier and before the field's data type
C) the key word static after the access specifier and field's data type
D) it in a static field block
Q3) If the this variable is used to call a constructor:
A) a compiler error will result, if it is not the first statement of the constructor
B) a compiler error will result, if it is the first statement of the constructor
C) nothing will happen
D) the this variable cannot be used as a constructor call
Q4) You can declare an enumerated data type inside of a method.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 9: Text Processing and More About Wrapper
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Q1) If your program needs to make a lot of changes to one or more string, you might consider using objects of this class:
A) Character
B) String
C) StringBuilder
D) All of the above
Q2) Use the following import statement when using the Character wrapper class:
A) import java.Char
B) import java.lang.Char
C) import java.String
D) No import statement is needed
Q3) What will be the value of loc after the following code is executed? Int loc;
String str = "The cow jumped over the moon.";
Loc = str.lastIndexOf("ov", 14);
A) 15
B) 16
C) 0
D) -1
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Chapter 10: Inheritance
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Q1) In a class hierarchy:
A) the more general classes are toward the bottom of the tree and the more specialized are toward the top
B) the more general classes are toward the top of the tree and the more specialized are toward the bottom
C) the more general classes are toward the left of the tree and the more specialized are toward the right
D) the more general classes are toward the right of the tree and the more specialized are toward the left
Q2) When a subclass overloads a superclass method:
A) Both methods may be called with a subclass object
B) Only the subclass method may be called with a subclass object
C) Only the superclass method may be called with a subclass object
D) Neither method may be called with a subclass object
Q3) An anonymous inner class must:
A) implement an interface
B) extend another class
C) either A or B
D) both A and B
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Chapter 11: Exceptions and Advanced File IO
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Q1) When deserializing an object using the readObject method, you must cast the return value to the desired class type.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When an exception is thrown by code in the try block, the JVM begins searching the try statement for a catch clause that can handle it and passes control of the program to:
A) each catch clause that can handle the exception.
B) the last catch clause that can handle the exception.
C) the first catch clause that can handle the exception.
D) If there are two or more catch clauses that can handle the exception, the program halts.
Q3) To serialize an object and write it to the file, use this method of the ObjectOutputStream class.
A) SerializeObject
B) WriteObject
C) Serialize
D) SerializeAndWrite
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Chapter 12: A First Look at GUI Applications
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Q1) Event listeners must:
A) implement an interface
B) be included in private inner classes
C) not receive any arguments
D) exit the application once it has handled the event
Q2) Programs that operate in a GUI environment must be:
A) event driven
B) in color
C) dialog boxes
D) layout managers
Q3) When a splash screen is displayed, the application does not load and execute until the user clicks the splash screen image with the mouse.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When using the BorderLayout manager, how many components can each region hold?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 5
D) No limit
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Chapter 13: Advanced GUI Applications
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Q1) If the letter chosen as the mnemonic is in the component's text, the first occurrence of that letter will appear ________ when the component is displayed.
A) bolded
B) italicized
C) underlined
D) all of the above
Q2) In the following code the setPreferredSize method sets the size of the text, "Have a good day".
label = new Jlabel("Have a good day", SwingConstants.CENTER); label.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400,200));
A)True
B)False
Q3) A label's preferred size is determined only by calling the setPreferredSize method. A)True
B)False
Q4) Both AWT classes and Swing classes ultimately inherit from the Component class. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Applets and More
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Q1) The delay parameter in the Timer constructor is the amount of time between action events, measured in milliseconds.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The following getAudioClip() method returns an object that will load the sound file and assign the location of that file to clip which can then be used to call methods that may play the sound file one or more times:
Audioclip clip = getAudioClip(getDocumentBase(), "mysound.wav");
A)True
B)False
Q3) What will happen if you use </CENTER> instead of </center> in an HTML document?
A) The tag will be ignored.
B) The text inside the tag will be centered just the same.
C) The text inside the tag will be centered and appear in all uppercase letters.
D) An exception will be thrown.
Q4) Some browsers do not directly support the Swing classes of applets.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Creating GUI Applications With Javafx and Scene Builder
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Q1) In the controller class, you can use the CheckBox's ________ method to determine whether the CheckBox is selected or not.
A) getIndex
B) isActive
C) isChecked
D) isSelected
Q2) This is a name that identifies a component in the FXML file and will also become a variable name that you can use later in the Java code that you will write to run the application.
A) fx:id
B) fx_id
C) FXID
D) fx.URL
Q3) In JavaFX, this component is commonly used as a GUI's root node.
A) List
B) AnchorPane
C) Button
D) ComboBox
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Chapter 16: Recursion
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Q1) Like ________, a recursive method must have some way to control the number of times it repeats.
A) a loop
B) any method
C) a class constructor
D) an event
Q2) Look at the following pseudocode algorithm: Algorithm Test3(int a, int b)
If (a < b)
Return 5
Else if ( a == b)
Return -5;
Else
Return (a + Test3(a - 1, b)
End Test3
What is the base case for the algorithm?
A) a < b
B) a == b
C) Both A and B
D) neither A nor B
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Chapter 17: Databases
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Q1) This is the standard language for working with database management systems.
A) SQL
B) BASIC
C) ADA
D) COBOL
Q2) What SQL operator can be used to perform a search for a substring?
A) STR
B) LIKE
C) WHERE
D) SUB
Q3) In an entity relationship diagram, the primary keys are denoted with:
A) (PK)
B) (1)
C) (KEY)
D) (PRIME)
Q4) What SQL operator can be used to disqualify search criteria in a WHERE clause?
A) AND
B) NOT
C) EXCLUDE
D) NOR
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