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1
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What is “bit” and acronym for?

A

Binary Digit

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How many bits in a byte?

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8

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3
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What does ASCII stand for?

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American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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What are the two categories of translation programs?

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Interpreter & Compiler

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What is object code?

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Machine Language

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How does an interpreter program translate code?

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Line by line, translating then executing.

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How does a compiler program translate code?

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Translates entire source code.

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Does a compiler execute code?

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No

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What kind of code does Java compile to?

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Byte code

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10
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Which is faster, compiler or interpreter?

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Compiler

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What are the two main programming paradigms?

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Procedural & Object Oriented

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What is the difference between procedural and object oriented programming?

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How you analyze a problem

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13
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Breaking down a process into atomic tasks

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Task Analyses or Decomposition

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What is an Algorithm?

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A procedure or series of steps for solving a problem

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What are the two components of an algorithm?

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What are the tasks, what order are they to be done

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16
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What was the software crisis?

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’60s programming was costly and inefficient due to a lack of cohesive standards

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17
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What was a major coding component of the Software Crisis?

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GOTO statements leading to “spaghetti code”

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18
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What are the 3 control structures necessary for any program?

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1) Sequence
2) Selection (conditional “IF” “THEN”)
3) Repetition (looping)

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What is an “Object” in programming?

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Some computer code that models a self contained entity in the real world

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What two things comprise an object?

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Data (Variables) and Actions (Methods)

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21
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What programming language is Java based on?

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C++

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22
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What is the Java compiler called?

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javac.exe

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23
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What makes Byte Code unique?

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It cannot run on any CPU

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What is the JVM?

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Java Virtual Machine, software that interprets Byte code

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Where is data that has been typed stored?
The Keyboard Buffer
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What is the Java API?
Application Programmer Interface, holds thousands of useful classes in "packages" or class libraries
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To access a package from the API, what must you do?
Import the package with an import statement
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How do you perform a manual flush of the keyboard buffer?
input.nextLine( );
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What operations require a manual buffer flush? (3)
next( ); nextInt( ); nextDouble( );
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What is the character at the end of typing called?
End of Line character New Line character Carriage Return
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What is a variable?
A storage location in the computer's memory, or RAM.
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What two things must a variable have?
1) A name | 2) A data type
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What are three other ways to say variable name?
1) Identifier 2) Reference 3) Handle
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To create a variable, you must _______ it.
Declare
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What are we doing when we declare a variable?
Binding to a memory address
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What can a variable name NOT start with?
A number
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What CAN a variable name start with?
``` A letter (A,a) A dollar sign ($) An underscore (_) ```
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What words can't be variable names?
Java Reserved Words
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Why do we specify data types when declaring a variable?
It tells the computer how many bytes of memory to allocate the variable
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ASCII and UNICODE share ___ characters.
256, or 2^8
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What are the two data types?
1) Primitive | 2) Object
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What is the difference between primitive and object data types?
Primitive have no method associated with them.
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How many primitive data types are there?
8 6 Numeric 2 Non-numeric
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What are the 6 numeric primitive data types?
``` Byte Short Int Long Float Double ```
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How may bits in a "short" data type?
16 bits, or 2 bytes
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How many bits in an "int" data type?
32 bits, or 4 bytes
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How many bits in a "long" data type?
64 bits, or 8 bytes
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How many bits in a "float" data type?
32 bits, or 4 bytes
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How many bits in a "double" data type?
64 bits, or 8 bytes
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What are the 2 default numeric data types?
Int and Double
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How many bits in a "char" data type?
16 bits, or 2 bytes
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How many bits in a "boolean" data type?
1 bit
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How is floating data stored?
As a mantissa and an exponent
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What is the naming convention for constants?
UPPER_CASE_LETTERS
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What keyword is used to declare a constant?
final
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What is a String?
A sequence of characters
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What is a string literal?
Surrounding a String of characters with quotation marks (" ")
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What kind of operators are "+, -, *, /, and %" and why?
Binary operators, because they appear between two operands.
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What is a unary operator?
"+, -" do denote positive and negative.
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What is the increment operator?
++
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What is "--" called?
The decrement operator
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For increment operations, which type is most common?
Post-increment
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What is type casting?
Converting a value of one data type into a value of another data type.
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if Statements are ______-selection type.
Single
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What type of statement is an "if-else"?
Double-selection type.
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How do you get a "true" result from an && operation?
Both conditions bust be true.
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How do you get a "false" result from an || operation?
Both conditions must be false.
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Why do we use the double "&&, ||" when the single will do?
Single "&" is the bitwise operator, and both sides will be evaluated regardless of first result.
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What is the "!" operator?
The "NOT" operator.
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What are some other names for the XOR operator?
EXCLUSIVE OR, Bitwise Comparison Operator
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What is the symbol for XOR?
^
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What does the XOR compare?
Boolean values, only returning TRUE if they are DIFFERENT.
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Can a switch statement evaluate a floating data type?
No
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A switch can only test for ________.
Equality "=="
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What unique character is used in switch statements?
The colon, ":"
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What is the syntax for the ternary operator?
condition ? value if true : value if false
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What are the three types of programming errors?
1) Syntax Error 2) Runtime Error 3) Logic Error
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Which type of error stops code from compiling?
Syntax error
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Which type of error gives the wrong result?
Logic error
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Which type of error lets the program compile, but stops it from executing?
Runtime error

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