Test: Java Fundamentals Midterm Exam

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Section 2
(Answer all questions in this section)

1.A loop can be infinite (continue forever) or conditional (stops upon

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a condition). True or false?
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True (*)
False

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2.Which of the following would not be an argument in an Alice

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programming instruction that commands a person object to move
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forward 2 meters?

Number of seconds to execute the programming instruction

Direction to move
Distance to move forward
Person's height (*)

Correct

3.In Alice, the setVehicle procedure will associate one object to

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another. True or false?
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True (*)
False

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

4.In Alice, a computer program requires functions to tell it how to

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perform the procedure. True or false?
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True
False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 6.

 5.In Alice, Do In Order and Do Together:
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Are move statements

Are control statements (*)
Are complex statements
None of the above

Correct
6. Which of the following is not a type of event listener in Alice? Mark for Review
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Scene Activation/Time

Cursor (*)

Keyboard

Mouse

Position/Orientation

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 11.

7. In Alice, which of the following programming statements moves the butterfly
forward, double the distance to the tree? Mark for Review
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this.Butterfly move forward {this.Butterfly getDistanceTo this.Tree * 2} (*)

this.Butterfly move backward {this.Butterfly getDistanceTo this.Tree * 2}

this.Butterfly move backward {this.Butterfly getDistanceTo this.Tree / 2}

this.Butterfly move forward {this.Butterfly getDistanceTo this.Tree / 2}

Correct
8. In Alice, we can avoid object collision using what? Mark for Review
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Slowing movements down.

Using math operators. (*)

Downloading the Alice 3 collision detector app.

Using object detection.

 Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 9.
9. Alice objects move relative to the orientation of the person viewing the
animation. True or false? Mark for Review
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True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 2.

10. In Alice, declaring a new procedure to shorten code and make it easier to read is
a procedural abstraction technique. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

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11. From your Alice lessons, a flowchart could be created in a software program, or
documented in a journal. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

Correct
12. In Alice, objects inherit the characteristics of their: Mark for Review
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Code

Project

Class (*)

Program

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 5.

13. A complete Alice instruction includes which of the following components?
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Image

Class
 Procedure (*)

Direction (*)

Amount (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 4.

14. From your Alice lessons, a textual storyboard provides a detailed, ordered list of
the actions each object performs in each scene of the animation. True or false? Mark for
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True (*)

False

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15. From your Alice lessons, animations should be tested by the programmer before
they are considered complete. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

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16. Java programs can be simple programs that run from the command line, or they can have
complex graphical user interfaces. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

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17. If you need to repeat a group of Java statements many times, which Java
construct should you use? Mark for Review
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repeat...until

do while loop (*)

while loop (*)

if

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 14.

 18. From your Alice lessons, which programming instruction represents the
following movement: A turtle moves forward half the distance to the flower. Mark for
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this.Turtle move Forward this.Turtle getDistanceTo this.Flower / 2.0 (*)

this.Turtle move Forward this.Turtle getDistanceTo this.Flower / 0.5

this.Turtle move Forward this.Turtle getDistanceTo this.Flower / 1.0

this.Turtle move Forward this.Turtle getDistanceTo this.Flower * 2

Incorrect. Refer to Section 2 Lesson 7.

19. Which of the following is not a relational operator? Mark for Review
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<

// (*)

>

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20. In Java, which symbol is used to assign one value to another? Mark for
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<

>

= (*)

//

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21. Which of the following programming instructions commands the fish to continuously
move forward a random speed between 0.5 and 1.0 meters, minus 0.25 meters, until it
collides with the shark? Mark for Review
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 (*)

Correct
22. A variable is a named location inside the computer's memory; once there, the
information can be retrieved and changed. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

Correct
 Section 3 (Answer all questions in this section) 23. In Greenfoot,
constructors can be used to create new instances of objects. True or false? Mark for
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True (*)

False

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 8.

24. When you re-initialize a scenario, Greenfoot automatically displays an instance
of the World subclass in the scenario. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

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25. In Greenfoot, actor constructors can be used to create images or values and
assign them to the variables. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

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Section 3 (Answer all questions in this section) 26. In Greenfoot, which method
checks if a key on the keyboard has been pressed? Mark for Review
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keyPress method

keyUp method

keyDown method (*)

keyClick method

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 7.

27. Use your Greenfoot skills to answer the question. What is incorrect in this code?
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Spacing missing

Curly brace missing

Parenthesis missing (*)

Comma missing

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28. In Greenfoot, in which programming task are the objects identified? Mark
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Define the problem.

Design the solution.

Program the solution. (*)

Test the solution.

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 12.

29. From your Greenfoot lessons, which of the following are examples of Q/A test
variations? Mark for Review
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Change the environment.

Change the execution.

Change the data.

All of the above. (*)

Correct
 30. Use your Greenfoot knowldege: Abstraction occurs in many different ways in
programming. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

Correct
Section 3 (Answer all questions in this section) 31. In Greenfoot, instances inherit
the characteristics of the subclass they belong to, but not the superclass. True or false?
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True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 2.

32. From your Greenfoot lessons, when a method needs additional data to perform a
task, this data comes from parameters. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

Correct
33. From the Greenfoot IDE, where are inherited methods located? Mark for
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In the computer network

In the Greenfoot image gallery

In the Scene editor

In the documentation (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 2.

34. From your Greenfoot lessons, to view the methods that a class inherits, open the
code editor and select documentation from the Tools menu. True or false? Mark for
Review
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True (*)

False
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35. From your Greenfoot lessons, a comparison operator returns what value when a
number meets its requirement? Mark for Review
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0

VOID

1 (*)

NULL

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 5.

36. Read the following method signature. Using your Greenfoot experience, what does this
method do?

public static int getRandomNumber (int limit) Mark for Review

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Returns a random number less than 10.

Returns a random coordinate position in the world.

Returns a random number between zero and parameter limit. (*)

Returns a random number for instances in the animal class only.

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 5.

37. In a Greenfoot if-else statement, if the condition is true, the if-statement is
executed, and then the else-statement is executed. True or false? Mark for Review
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True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 5.

38. From your Greenfoot lessons, what can methods belong to? Mark for
Review
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Galleries

Classes (*)

Scenarios
 Objects (*)

All of the above

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 5.

39. How would the following sentence be written in Greenfoot source code? If
Duke's leg is down, and the keyboard key "d" is down... Mark for Review
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if (&&isDown ! Greenfoot.isKeyDown("d") )

if (!isDown && Greenfoot.isKeyDown("d") )

if (isDown && Greenfoot.isKeyDown("d") ) (*)

if (!Greenfoot.isKeyDown && isDown("d") )

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 10.

40. Use your Greenfoot knowledge: An array object holds a single variable. True or
false? Mark for Review
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True

False (*)

Correct
41. From your Greenfoot lessons, which of the following logic operators represents "and"?
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&

&& (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 10.

42. Use your Greenfoot knowledge to answer the question: String concatenation is a
way to avoid having to write additional characters in your source code. True or false?
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True (*)
 False

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 10.

43. From your Greenfoot lessons, an instance inherits all of the characteristics of the
class, and those characteristics cannot be changed. True or false? Mark for Review
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True

False (*)

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 1.

44. From your Greenfoot lessons, to create a new instance of the Duke class, you
right-click on the class, then select which of the following commands in the class menu?
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New subclass...

Set image...

new Duke() (*)

Inspect

Remove

Correct
45. From your Greenfoot lessons, in an if-statement, the programming statements
written in curly brackets are executed simultaneously. True or false? Mark for Review
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True

False (*)

Correct
46. From your Greenfoot lessons, if the condition in an if-statement is true, the first code
segment is executed. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 3.

 47. From your Greenfoot lessons, how do you test that your code does not contain
bugs? Mark for Review
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Write the code.

Inspect the instances.

Review the documentation.

Compile the code. (*)

Correct
48. When designing a game in Greenfoot, it helps to define the actions that will take
place in a textual storyboard. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

Correct
49. In Greenfoot, a way to have all subclasses of a superclass inherit a method is by
adding the method to the superclass. True or false? Mark for Review
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True (*)

False

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 6.

50. From your Greenfoot lessons, to save space in the act method, you can write an
entirely new method below it, called a _____________. Mark for Review
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Class method

Instance method

Defined method (*)

World method

Code method

Incorrect. Refer to Section 3 Lesson 6.