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Fundamentals of Software Development introduces students to the essential principles, tools, and techniques used in creating robust software applications. The course covers foundational programming concepts, software development life cycles, problem-solving strategies, and fundamental design methodologies. Students will learn how to analyze problems, design algorithms, write code, test solutions, and utilize version control systems. Emphasizing both individual and collaborative work, the course prepares students to build practical software solutions while fostering a strong understanding of real-world development workflows and industry best practices.

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Java Foundations 3rd Edition by John Lewis

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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Q1) An identifier can begin with a digit.

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

Q2) A syntax error is a _____________________.

A) a logical error

B) a compile-time error

C) a run-time error

D) a bug

E) an exception

Answer: B

Q3) Name the steps to solving a problem as described by your textbook.

Answer: According to the textbook, the five steps to solving a problem are understanding the problem, designing the solution, considering alternatives to the solution and refining the solution, implementing the solution, and testing the solution and fixing any problems that exist.

Q4) Write a short Java program that outputs your name, your major, and your birthday on three different lines.

Answer: 11edd9cc_2d01_9f13_84e8_134dfbf1e8f5_TB2841_00

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Chapter 2: Data and Expressions

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Q1) In order to make a variable a constant which modifier must be included in its declaration?

A) public

B) final

C) static

D) void

E) private

Answer: B

Q2) Which of the following lines allows a programmer to use the Scanner class in a Java program?

A) import java.util.Scanner; B) using Scanner;

C) include Scanner;

D) include java.util.Scanner;

E) any of the above will allow the programmer to use the Scanner class

Answer: A

Q3) Java uses the ASCII character set to represent character data.

A)True

B)False Answer: False

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Chapter 3: Using Classes and Objects

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Q1) Assume that we have a Random object referenced by a variable called generator. Which of the following lines will generate a random number in the range 5-20 and store it in the int variable randNum?

A) randNum = generator.nextInt(15) + 5;

B) randNum = generator.nextInt(15) + 6;

C) randNum = generator.nextInt(16) + 5;

D) randNum = generator.nextInt(16) + 6;

E) none of the above

Answer: C

Q2) What is output by the following code fragment?

String hello = new String("Hello World!"); hello = hello.replace('H', 'W'); hello = hello.replace('W', 'H'); System.out.println(hello);

Answer: This will output Hello Horld!

Q3) Enumerated types allow a programmer to treat primitive data as objects. A)True

B)False

Answer: False

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Chapter 4: Conditionals and Loops

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Q1) The Scanner object can be used to read text files.

A)True

B)False

Q2) Write a code fragment that allows a user to continue inputting numbers until she enters a sentinel value of 0. Then print the sum of all the numbers she entered. You may assume that a Scanner object called input has already been created.

Q3) The relational operators should not be used to test the equality of objects.

A)True

B)False

Q4) Assume numOne and numTwo are integers. How many times might the following code print out grape? Explain your answer. if(intOne > intTwo)

System.out.println(intOne + is larger than + intTwo); else if(intOne < intTwo)

System.out.println(intTwo + is larger than + intOne); else

System.out.println(intOne + and + intTwo + are equal! );

Q5) Write a for loop to print the even numbers from 1 to 100 (inclusive).

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Chapter 5: Writing Classes

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Q1) An object can be thought of as a blueprint for a set of classes.

A)True

B)False

Q2) Explain the difference between actual parameters and formal parameters.

Q3) Variables that are declared as static are shared among all instances of a class.

A)True

B)False

Q4) Write a method called containsPair that takes in three integer parameters and returns true if any two of the input parameters are the same.

Q5) Explain why a static method cannot refer to an instance variable.

Q6) Write a method called maxOfThree that accepts three integer parameters and returns the largest of the three.

Q7) The versions of an overloaded method are distinguished by ___________________________.

A) the number, type and order of their parameters

B) their identifiers

C) their classes

D) the number and type of their parameters

E) the number of their parameters

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Chapter 6: Graphical User Interfaces

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Q1) Which of the following best describes a timer component?

A) it starts when a GUI component is first initialized, and ends when it is destroyed

B) it generates action events at regular intervals

C) every object has a timer, and it is implicitly activated in the constructor of the object

D) it determines the amount of time it takes to execute a method

E) a timer cannot be considered a GUI component

Q2) A color chooser is a dialog box.

A)True

B)False

Q3) Which of the following represents a dialog box that allows the user to select a file from a disk or other storage medium?

A) color chooser

B) disk chooser

C) tool tip chooser

D) file chooser

E) none of the above

Q4) Should a component ever be disabled? Why or why not?

Q5) Give an example of a common use of a dialog box.

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Chapter 7: Arrays

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Q1) Write a method called average that accepts an array of floating point numbers and returns their average.

Q2) Which of the following array declarations are invalid?

A) int[] grades = new int[5];

B) int grades[] = new int[5];

C) int[] grades = { 91, 83, 42, 100, 77 };

D) all of the above are valid

E) none of the above are valid

Q3) Write the declaration for a two-dimensional array of integers that can be thought of as a table with three rows and three columns. Assign the value 3 to the cell that is in the second row and the third column.

Q4) Which of the following is a true statement?

A) Arrays are passed as parameters to methods like primitive types.

B) Arrays are passed as parameters to methods like object types.

C) Arrays cannot be passed as parameters to methods.

D) All of the above are true.

E) None of the above are true.

Q5) An array declared as an int[] can contain elements of different primitive types.

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 8: Inheritance

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Q1) Of the classes below, the one that is most likely to be declared abstract is

A) Bat

B) Squirrel

C) Animal

D) Iguana

E) Parrot

Q2) Explain what it means for a child class to override a parent class. Why might this be useful?

Q3) The original class that is used to derive a new class using inheritance is called

A) a superclass

B) a parent class

C) a base class

D) all of the above

E) neither a, b, nor c

Q4) Java supports multiple inheritance.

A)True

B)False

Q5) Explain the relevance of the Object class to the Java programming language.

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Chapter 9: Polymorphism

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Q1) The commitment to execute certain code to carry out a method invocation is referred to as _________________.

A) execution

B) binding

C) polymorphism

D) inheritance

E) none of the above

Q2) Which GUI concepts use polymorphism to establish their relationship?

A) a listener and its associated component

B) a radio button and its default selection

C) a button and its label

D) a slider and its tick marks

E) none of the above

Q3) How do interfaces relate to multiple inheritance?

Q4) Describe the Iterator interface.

Q5) If a class implements an interface, it cannot extend another class.

A)True

B)False

Q6) Why can't an interface be instantiated?

Q7) Give an example of a class that implements the Iterator interface.

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Chapter 11: Recursion

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Q1) The Towers of Hanoi puzzle cannot be solved iteratively.

A)True

B)False

Q2) Describe a recursive solution to the Towers of Hanoi puzzle with N disks.

Q3) What is wrong with the following recursive method that computes the sum of all of the odd positive integers less than or equal to n? public int sumOfOdds(int n) { if(n%2 == 0)

return sumOfOdds(n-1); else

return n + sumOfOdds(n-2); }

Q4) ____________________ recursion occurs when a method calls itself, while _________________ recursion when a method calls another method that then calls the original method.

A) upward, downward

B) downward, upward

C) direct, indirect

D) indirect, direct

E) none of the above

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Chapter 10: Exceptions

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Q1) In practice, it is important to catch all exceptions that might be thrown by a program.

A)True

B)False

Q2) Which of the following exceptions are unchecked?

A) RuntimeException

B) IllegalAccessException

C) NoSuchMethodException

D) ClassNotFoundException

E) none of the above

Q3) The _________________ statement is used to begin exception propogation.

A) propogate

B) relay

C) throw

D) except

E) send

Q4) Attempting to divide by zero will result in an Error being thrown, not an Exception.

A)True

B)False

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Chapter 12: Searching and Sorting

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Q1) Bubble sort works by separating a list into two lists, recursively sorting the two lists using bubble sort, and then combining the sorted sublists into a sorted list.

A)True

B)False

Q2) Quick sort works by separating a list into two lists, and recursively sorting the two lists using quick sort.

A)True

B)False

Q3) Write a method that accepts an integer and an array of integers, and returns true if the integer is contained in the array. You may assume that the array is sorted, and your method should use a binary search..

Q4) The ___________________ of an algorithm shows the relationship between the size of the problem and the value we hope to optimize.

A) growth function

B) growth analysis

C) size function

D) size analysis

E) none of the above

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Chapter 13: Trees

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Q1) What are the leaves of a tree?

Q2) Since trees are nonlinear structures, it is impossible to implement them using an array.

A)True B)False

Q3) Explain how a binary tree can be implemented using an array.

Q4) There are four basic ways to traverse a tree, and they are all implemented recursively.

A)True

B)False

Q5) A binary tree is a tree in which any node can have at most two children. A)True B)False

Q6) In a tree, a node that does not have any children is called a leaf. A)True B)False

Q7) How many leaves will be contained in a full binary tree of height 5?

Q8) In a full tree, all leaves are at the same level. A)True B)False

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Chapter 14: Introduction to Collections and Stacks

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Q1) It is possible to implement a stack and a queue in such a way that all operations take a constant amount of time.

A)True B)False

Q2) Write an enqueue method for a queue implemented as a linked structure. You may assume that the class has references to LinearNode&lt;T&gt; objects called front and rear, which represent the front and rear of the queue respectively. You may also assume that the class has a variable called count, which represents the number of elements in the queue.

Q3) A stack is the ideal collection to use when _______________________ .

A) implementing a radix sort

B) evaluating a postfix expression

C) evaluating an infix expression

D) implementing a quick sort

E) none of the above

Q4) The peek operation on a stack returns a reference to the element at the bottom of the stack.

A)True B)False

Q5) List the five basic operations on a queue.

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Chapter 15: Heaps and Priority Queues

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Q1) Describe the steps involved in performing a right rotation on a node in a binary search tree.

Q2) A binary search tree that is highly unbalanced is called a ________________ tree.

A) full

B) complete

C) degenerate

D) unsearchable

E) none of the above

Q3) Explain how to add an element to a binary search tree.

Q4) A ____________________ is a complete binary tree in which each element is greater than or equal to both of its children.

A) binary search tree

B) stack

C) full tree

D) heap

E) none of the above

Q5) Explain how an element is added to a heap.

Q6) What is the inorder successor of a node in a binary search tree?

Q7) Explain how heap sort works.

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Chapter 16: Graphs

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Q1) Consider the following undirected graph. vertices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 edges: (1,2),(3,4), (2,4), (2, 3)

Is the graph acyclic?

Q2) In a(n) _____________________ graph, an edge from node labeled A to a node labeled B is the same as having an edge from B to A.

A) directed

B) undirected

C) sparse

D) tree-like

E) none of the above

Q3) What is the difference between a spanning tree and a minimum spanning tree?

Q4) A digraph and an directed graph are the same thing. A)True

B)False

Q5) What data structure is used to support a depth-first traversal of a graph?

Q6) Consider the following undirected graph. vertices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 edges: (1,2),(3,4), (2,4), (2, 3)

Is the graph connected?

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