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Which collection class allows you to access its elements by associating a key with an element's value, and provides synchronization?
Options- A. java.util.SortedMap
- B. java.util.TreeMap
- C. java.util.TreeSet
- D. java.util.Hashtable
- Correct Answer
- java.util.Hashtable
ExplanationHashtable is the only class listed that provides synchronized methods. If you need synchronization great; otherwise, use HashMap, it's faster.
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- 1. Which of the following are Java reserved words?
- run
- import
- default
- implement
Options- A. 1 and 2
- B. 2 and 3
- C. 3 and 4
- D. 2 and 4 Discuss
Correct Answer: 2 and 3
Explanation:
(2) - This is a Java keyword(3) - This is a Java keyword
(1) - Is incorrect because although it is a method of Thread/Runnable it is not a keyword
(4) - This is not a Java keyword the keyword is implements
- 2. Which interface provides the capability to store objects using a key-value pair?
Options- A. Java.util.Map
- B. Java.util.Set
- C. Java.util.List
- D. Java.util.Collection Discuss
Correct Answer: Java.util.Map
Explanation:
An object that maps keys to values. A map cannot contain duplicate keys; each key can map to at most one value.- 3. What line of code should replace the missing statement to make this program compile?
/* Missing Statement? */ public class foo { public static void main(String[]args)throws Exception { java.io.PrintWriter out = new java.io.PrintWriter(); new java.io.OutputStreamWriter(System.out,true); out.println("Hello"); } }
Options- A. No statement required.
- B. import java.io.*;
- C. include java.io.*;
- D. import java.io.PrintWriter; Discuss
Correct Answer: No statement required.
Explanation:
The usual method for using/importing the java packages/classes is by using an import statement at the top of your code. However it is possible to explicitly import the specific class that you want to use as you use it which is shown in the code above. The disadvantage of this however is that every time you create a new object you will have to use the class path in the case "java.io" then the class name in the long run leading to a lot more typing.- 4. Which collection class allows you to grow or shrink its size and provides indexed access to its elements, but whose methods are not synchronized?
Options- A. java.util.HashSet
- B. java.util.LinkedHashSet
- C. java.util.List
- D. java.util.ArrayList Discuss
Correct Answer: java.util.ArrayList
Explanation:
All of the collection classes allow you to grow or shrink the size of your collection. ArrayList provides an index to its elements. The newer collection classes tend not to have synchronized methods. Vector is an older implementation of ArrayList functionality and has synchronized methods; it is slower than ArrayList.- 5. Suppose that you would like to create an instance of a new Map that has an iteration order that is the same as the iteration order of an existing instance of a Map. Which concrete implementation of the Map interface should be used for the new instance?
Options- A. TreeMap
- B. HashMap
- C. LinkedHashMap
- D. The answer depends on the implementation of the existing instance. Discuss
Correct Answer: LinkedHashMap
Explanation:
The iteration order of a Collection is the order in which an iterator moves through the elements of the Collection. The iteration order of a LinkedHashMap is determined by the order in which elements are inserted.When a new LinkedHashMap is created by passing a reference to an existing Collection to the constructor of a LinkedHashMap the Collection.addAll method will ultimately be invoked.
The addAll method uses an iterator to the existing Collection to iterate through the elements of the existing Collection and add each to the instance of the new LinkedHashMap.
Since the iteration order of the LinkedHashMap is determined by the order of insertion, the iteration order of the new LinkedHashMap must be the same as the interation order of the old Collection.
- 6. Which is valid declaration of a float?
Options- A. float f = 1F;
- B. float f = 1.0;
- C. float f = "1";
- D. float f = 1.0d; Discuss
Correct Answer: float f = 1F;
Explanation:
Option A is valid declaration of float.Option B is incorrect because any literal number with a decimal point u declare the computer will implicitly cast to double unless you include "F or f"
Option C is incorrect because it is a String.
Option D is incorrect because "d" tells the computer it is a double so therefore you are trying to put a double value into a float variable i.e there might be a loss of precision.
- 7. Which three are methods of the Object class?
- notify();
- notifyAll();
- isInterrupted();
- synchronized();
- interrupt();
- wait(long msecs);
- sleep(long msecs);
- yield();
Options- A. 1, 2, 4
- B. 2, 4, 5
- C. 1, 2, 6
- D. 2, 3, 4 Discuss
Correct Answer: 1, 2, 6
Explanation:
(1), (2), and (6) are correct. They are all related to the list of threads waiting on the specified object.(3), (5), (7), and (8) are incorrect answers. The methods isInterrupted() and interrupt() are instance methods of Thread.
The methods sleep() and yield() are static methods of Thread.
D is incorrect because synchronized is a keyword and the synchronized() construct is part of the Java language.
- 8. Which of the following line of code is suitable to start a thread?
class X implements Runnable { public static void main(String args[]) { /* Missing code? */ } public void run() {} }
Options- A. Thread t = new Thread(X);
- B. Thread t = new Thread(X); t.start();
- C. X run = new X(); Thread t = new Thread(run); t.start();
- D. Thread t = new Thread(); x.run(); Discuss
Correct Answer: X run = new X(); Thread t = new Thread(run); t.start();
Explanation:
Option C is suitable to start a thread.- 9. Which three guarantee that a thread will leave the running state?
- yield()
- wait()
- notify()
- notifyAll()
- sleep(1000)
- aLiveThread.join()
- Thread.killThread()
Options- A. 1, 2 and 4
- B. 2, 5 and 6
- C. 3, 4 and 7
- D. 4, 5 and 7 Discuss
Correct Answer: 2, 5 and 6
Explanation:
(2) is correct because wait() always causes the current thread to go into the object's wait pool.(5) is correct because sleep() will always pause the currently running thread for at least the duration specified in the sleep argument (unless an interrupted exception is thrown).
(6) is correct because, assuming that the thread you're calling join() on is alive, the thread calling join() will immediately block until the thread you're calling join() on is no longer alive.
(1) is wrong, but tempting. The yield() method is not guaranteed to cause a thread to leave the running state, although if there are runnable threads of the same priority as the currently running thread, then the current thread will probably leave the running state.
(3) and (4) are incorrect because they don't cause the thread invoking them to leave the running state.
(7) is wrong because there's no such method.
- 10. Which two are valid constructors for Thread?
- Thread(Runnable r, String name)
- Thread()
- Thread(int priority)
- Thread(Runnable r, ThreadGroup g)
- Thread(Runnable r, int priority)
Options- A. 1 and 3
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 1 and 2
- D. 2 and 5 Discuss
Correct Answer: 1 and 2
Explanation:
(1) and (2) are both valid constructors for Thread.(3), (4), and (5) are not legal Thread constructors, although (4) is close. If you reverse the arguments in (4), you'd have a valid constructor.
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