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What is a process?

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The entire program

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What is a thread?

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Small part of a process

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What is process based multi-tasking controlled by?

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OS (Kernel)

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What is thread based multi-tasking controlled by?

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JVM

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Each thread gets its own what? (2)

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  1. Call Stack
  2. Program counter
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What happens if a thread cannot complete its task in the allotted time?

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The thread is suspended

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What happens when a thread is suspended?

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State data is stored in CPU cache memory until text turn

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What are the 2 ways to create threads in Java?

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  1. Implement Runnable interface
  2. Extend Thread class
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What method is in the Runnable interface?

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run()

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Why should you never call the run() method?

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Method is automatically invoked by JVM. If you call it explicitly then a new thread is never made

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What method is used to signal to the JVM that a thread is ready?

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start()

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What method is used to give up a thread’s remaining time?

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yield()

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What method is used to temporarily stop a thread?

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sleep(long milliseconds)

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What kind of exception can the sleep() method throw?

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InterruptedException

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What is the normal priority of a thread?

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5

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What kind of scheduling involves threads of equal priorities?

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round-robin scheduling

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What is it called when a low-priority thread never gets to run due to higher priority threads?

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thread contention or thread starvation

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What is the concurrency problem encountered in the 70’s called?

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Lost Update Scenario

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What were created to fix concurrency issues?

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Transaction Rules

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What is an example of a synchronized data structure in Java?

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Vector

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What kind of data structure is an ArrayList when considering threads?

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Unsynchronized

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Which is faster, a synchronized data structure or an unsynchronized?

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Unsynchronized

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What is it called when an unsynchronized program component allows data corruption?

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Race Condition

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What is it called when a class or data structure does not allow data corruption?

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Thread-safe

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What is the portion of the program holding the variable or data structure that can cause race conditions?
Critical Region
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What keyword is used to prevent multiple threads from affecting the critical region?
synchronized
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What does the keyword synchronized do?
Gives the method a lock on the data structure to guarantee exclusive access
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What state are threads placed in when waiting for a thread with a lock to finish processing?
wait
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What 3 methods are part of the Lock interface?
1. lock() 2. unlock() 3. newCondition()
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What is meant by atomic in the atomic classes?
The whole operation is completed as a unit and cannot be interrupted
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What is the keyword volatile attached to?
A Variable
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What does the keyword volatile do?
Tells the JVM that the variable will be accessed by multiple threads, so the value should be read from main memory every time
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Do volatile variables have locks on them?
No
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What are the 5 states of a thread?
1. new 2. runnable/ready 3. running 4. blocked 5. terminated/dead
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What class holds the sleep() method?
Thread
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If a thread is put to sleep with a lock on a data structure, what happens to the lock?
Nothing
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What does a thread that has yield() invoked on it do?
Signals to the OS that it is willing to step aside
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What class holds the yield() method?
Thread
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What class holds the wait( ) method?
Object
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How many public methods are in the Object class?
7
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What conditions must be met to use the wait() method?
Has an explicitly acquired lock on an object inside a synchronized method or block of code
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What class holds the notify() and notifyAll() methods?
Object
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What does notify() do?
Randomly selects a thread waiting for the object that is locked to get ready
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What is the difference between notify( )and notifyAll()?
notifyAll() wakes all threads waiting up and allows the OS scheduler to choose which is next
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What does the join() method do?
Stops other threads from executing until the thread that called join() is finished
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What is the problem with calling stop( ) on a thread?
Terminated thread immediately releases its lock on any data members possibly corrupting the data
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What method is used in place of stop()?
interrupt()
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How does interrupt() work?
Thread that calls interrupt() sets the interrupt status boolean flag of the running thread to true.
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When should you use a thread pool?
If you have a lot of short-lived threads that don't require a lot of I/O operations
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What method is held in the Executor interface?
execute(Runnable r)
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What is ExecutorService?
A sub-interface for Executor
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What is the purpose of ExecutorService objects?
Manage threads in a pool
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How do you create a thread pool?
ExecutorService lifeguard = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(int i);
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What class implements Executor and ExecutorService?
Executors
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How does a newCachedThreadPool work?
New threads are created as needed if more tasks are created, idle threads stay in pool for a maximum of 60 seconds
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What are the 2 ways to end a thread pool operation?
1. shutdown() 2. shutdownNow()
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What is the difference between shutdown() and shutdownNow()?
shutdown() allows all remaining threads in the pool to complete their run() code, shutdownNow() only allows the currently running threads to finish and terminate the rest
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What is the Swing thread called?
Event Dispatch Thread
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What is the JavaFX thread called?
JavaFX Application Thread
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What is it called when only one thread is allowed to access components?
Thread Confinement
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Considering single GUI thread, when is it a good idea to use a different thread?
When there are lengthy calculations
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What listener is used to alert the event dispatch thread that a worker thread is complete?
PropertyChangeListeners
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What are the 2 constraints for Java GUI apps?
1. Time consuming tasks should not run on the event dispatch thread 2. Swing components should only be accessed by the event dispatch thread
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What class is used for offloading tasks from the event dispatch thread?
SwingWorker
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What interface does SwingWorker implement?
Future< T >
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What method is used to return the value gotten through a class that extends SwingWorker?
get()
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What are the T and V in SwingWorker?
T - return type V - type used for intermediate results
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What 2 methods use the V in SwingWorker?
1. publish() 2. process()
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What SwingWorker method is analogous to the run() method of Thread and Runnable?
doInBackground()
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What is the Model in MVC pattern?
Maintains the data to be displayed. Holds the state
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What is the View in the MVC pattern?
Displays the data in the model
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What is the Controller in the MVC pattern?
Handles user inputs and can update the model
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What kind of design pattern is MVC?
Compound Design Pattern
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Why is MVC considered a compound design pattern?
It is a composite of several simpler design patterns
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What has to happen for the View in MVC to update automatically when the Model changes?
View has to be registered as a listener
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What does JDBC stand for?
Java Database Connectivity
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What 3 objects do we make when setting up a JDBC connection?
1. Connection 2. Statement 3. ResultSet
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What changed about methods in interfaces after JDK 1.8?
Used to only be abstract (no body), but now can contain default methods
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What does adding the "static" keyword to a default method in an interface do?
Stops it from being overridden
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What is a SAM?
Single Abstract Method interface
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What is an interface with only one abstract method called?
Functional Interface, or SAM
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Can a functional interface have default methods?
Yes, but only one abstract method
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What is a lambda expression?
Coding short-hand that can be used to represent an anonymous method
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What is the syntax of a lambda expression?
(parameter list) -> { one or more statements to be run }
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What is an exception?
An object that signals an error has occurred
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What is the parent of all exception classes?
Throwable
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What is the parent of the Runtime class?
Exception
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Which class defines exceptions that you don't have to deal with?
Error
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What kind of exceptions are Runtime exceptions?
Unchecked
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What class describes checked exceptions?
Exception
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