Chapter 2

Question 1

ASCII Character Set

Answer 1

An early character set for representing English characters and symbols

Question 2

Assignment Operator

Answer 2

An operator in Java that combines a basic operation such as addition with assignment

Question 3

Assignment Statement

Answer 3

A programming statement that assigns a value to a variable

Question 4

Casting

Answer 4

A data conversion in which the type to which a value is converted is explicitly specified in parentheses

Question 5

Character Set

Answer 5

A list of characters in a particular order

Question 6

Delimiter

Answer 6

Characters used to separate one input token from another

Question 7

Escape Sequence

Answer 7

A series of characters that begin with a backslash(), used to represent special characters

Question 8

Expression

Answer 8

A combination of one or more operators and operands

Question 9

Integer Division

Answer 9

Division in which the fractional portion of the result is discarded, used when both operands are integers

Question 10

Literal

Answer 10

An explicit data value used in a program

Question 11

Narrowing Conversion

Answer 11

A conversion between one data type and another in which information may be lost

Question 12

Operator Precedence Hierarchy

Answer 12

The rules that establish the order in with operators are evaluated

Question 13

Parameter

Answer 13

A piece of data that is sent to a method when it is invoked

Question 14

Primitive Data Type

Answer 14

A basic type of data, such as a number, character or boolean

Question 15

Standard Input Stream

Answer 15

A source of input, usually the keyboard

Question 16

String Concatenation

Answer 16

Appending one character string to the end of another

Question 17

String Literal

Answer 17

Text enclosed by double quotation marks that represent a character string

Question 18

Strongly Typed

Answer 18

A programming language characteristic that prevents a variable from being assigned a value inconsistent with its type

Question 19

Token

Answer 19

An element in an input stream

Question 20

Unicode Character Set

Answer 20

A character set used to represent characters and symbols fro most of the world’s written languages

Question 21

Variable

Answer 21

A name for a location in memory used to hold a data value

Question 22

Widening Conversion

Answer 22

A conversion between one data type and another in which information is not lost

Question 23

What is the escape sequence for backspace?

Answer 23

\b

Question 24

What is the escape sequence for tab?

Answer 24

\t

Question 25

What is the escape sequence for newline?

Answer 25

\n

Question 26

What is the escape sequence for carriage return?

Answer 26

\r

Question 27

What is the escape sequence for double quote?

Answer 27

"

Question 28

What is the escape sequence for single quote?

Answer 28

'

Question 29

What is the escape sequence for backslash?

Answer 29

\