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PROGRAMMING IN JAVA
Assignment 1
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 × 1 = 10
QUESTION 1:
Which of the following is NOT a primitive data type in Java??
a. int
b. boolean
c. String
d. char
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
String is not a primitive data type.
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QUESTION 2:
Consider the following program.
public class Question{
public static void main(String[] args){
byte x = 127;
x++;
++x;
System.out.print(x);
}
}
What is the output of the above code?
a. 127
b. -127
c. 129
d. 2
Correct Answer: b
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Detailed Solution:
Range of byte data in java is -128 to 127. But the byte data type in java is cyclic in nature.
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QUESTION 3:
Which of the following concept that Java doesn’t support?
a. inheritance
b. encapsulation
c. pointer
d. array
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
Java does not support pointer.
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QUESTION 4:
Which of the following is not a keyword in java?
a. import
b. super
c. method
d. class
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
Here, import, super and class are reserved keywords in Java, which cannot be used for naming a
variable or class.
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QUESTION 5:
Consider the following program.
public class Question{
public static void main(String[] args){
int[] x = {12, 20, 015};
for(int i = 0; i < x.length; i++){
System.out.print(x[i] + " ");
}
}
}
What will be the output of the program if it is executed?
a. 12 20 13
b. 12 20 15
c. 12 20 015
d. 12 20 F
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
015 is an octal number, its equivalent decimal number is 13.
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QUESTION 6:
Match the following java terms with their descriptions?
A. JDK 1. A software development kit that provides all the necessary
tools and libraries to develop, compile, and run Java applications.
B. JRE 2. A software package that provides the necessary runtime
environment for executing Java applications.
C. JVM 3. An abstract machine that executes java bytecode.
Choose the correct option.
a. A-1 , B-2, C-3
b. A-2 , B-3, C-1
c. A-3, B-2 ,C-1
d. A-3, B-1,C-2
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
Option a is correct.
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QUESTION 7:
Consider the following program.
public class Question{
public static void main(String[] args){
short x = 20;
x = x * 2;
System.out.print(x);
}
}
What will be the output of the program if it is executed ?
a. 20
b. 2
c. Compiler error
d. 40
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
This will give compile error - “Lossy conversion from int to short”.
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QUESTION 8:
What is the output of the following code ?
public class Question{
public static void main(String[] args){
boolean x = true;
boolean y = false;
boolean z=(x==y);
System.out.println(z);
}
}
a. null
b. true
c. false
d. 1
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
Test by run.
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QUESTION 9:
Which program is used to compile Java source code into bytecode?
a. javap
b. javac
c. java
d. javad
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution:
The JDK includes a tool, ‘javac’ that compiles from Java source code to a target of Java bytecodes.
The program ‘java’ is used to execute Java bytecode. Note that there is no program like ‘javap’
and ‘javad’.
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QUESTION 10:
Consider the following program.
public class Question{
public static void main(String[] args){
int x = 5;
x *= (2 + 8);
System.out.println(x);
}
}
What will be the output of the program if it is executed ?
a. 50
b. 10
c. Compiler error
d. 5
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
Here, x* = 2 + 8 is equivalent to x * (2+ 8) = x * 10. Therefore, x = 50.
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