Java Collection Framework Test
Section 1: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. Which of the following is a part of the Java Collections Framework?
o a) Arrays
o b) HashMap
o c) File
o d) String
2. Which interface provides the basic methods for adding, removing, and querying
elements?
o a) List
o b) Set
o c) Collection
o d) Map
3. Which class implements the List interface and provides a resizable array?
o a) LinkedList
o b) ArrayList
o c) HashSet
o d) TreeMap
4. Which of the following is true about a Set in Java?
o a) It allows duplicate elements.
o b) It maintains the insertion order.
o c) It automatically sorts elements.
o d) It does not allow duplicate elements.
5. Which method is used to sort elements in a List?
o a) Collections.order()
o b) Collections.sort()
o c) List.sort()
o d) ArrayList.sort()
6. Which data structure does a TreeMap internally use?
o a) Hash table
o b) Binary search tree
o c) Red-Black tree
o d) B-tree
7. What is the default initial capacity of an ArrayList?
o a) 5
o b) 8
o c) 10
o d) 16
8. Which of the following classes does not allow null elements?
o a) ArrayList
o b) HashSet
o c) LinkedList
o d) TreeSet
9. Which method is used to check if a Map contains a specific key?
o a) containsValue()
o b) contains()
o c) containsKey()
o d) hasKey()
10. Which of the following statements is true for a PriorityQueue in Java?
o a) It maintains elements in natural order or according to a comparator.
o b) It allows duplicate elements.
o c) It allows null elements.
o d) It uses a hash table for internal storage.
11. Which collection class is synchronized?
o a) HashSet
o b) ArrayList
o c) Vector
o d) TreeSet
Section 2: True/False
13. The Collection interface extends the Map interface. (True/False)
14. A LinkedHashMap maintains the insertion order of its elements. (True/False)
15. The Queue interface is a subtype of the Collection interface. (True/False)
16. A TreeSet can contain duplicate elements. (True/False)
17. The ConcurrentModificationException is thrown when two threads modify
the same collection concurrently. (True/False)
18. A Deque can be used both as a stack and a queue. (True/False)
Section 3: Short Answer Questions
19. Explain the difference between HashSet and TreeSet.
20. What are the key differences betwe en an ArrayList and a LinkedList?
21. Describe how the equals() and hashCode() methods are related in the context
of the Java Collections Framework.
22. How does a WeakHashMap differ from a regular HashMap in Java?
23. Describe the behavior of the remove() method in a PriorityQueue.
24. What is the significance of the Comparator and Comparable interfaces in Java?
Section 4: Coding Questions
25. Write a Java program to remove duplicate elements from an ArrayList.
26. Write a Java code snippet to sort a Map by Customized sorting.
27. Write a Java code to convert Arraylist a synchronized list
28. Find the Most Frequent Element in an ArrayList
29. Write a Java method that merges two sorted LinkedLists into one
sorted LinkedList.
30. Reverse a LinkedList
31. Write a Java program to create a custom Comparator that sorts strings based
on their length.
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32. Create a program that demonstrates the difference between peek(), poll(), and
remove() methods in a Queue.
33. Write code in java to explain Enumeration.
