Java Chapter 1 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
What is a program written in a high-level language called? - Answer✔A source program.
What translates a source program into a machine language program called an object program? -
Answer✔A compiler.
Characteristics of Java are: - Answer✔Simple, object-oriented, distributed, interpreted, robust,
secure, architecture-neutral, portable, performance, multithreaded, and dynamic.
________ programming provides great flexibility, modularity, clarity, and reuseability through
encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. - Answer✔Object-oriented
What allows you to write one program that can run on any machine? - Answer✔The Java Virtual
Machine.
Give an example of a simple Java Program. - Answer✔//This program prints Welcome to Java!
public class Welcome {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!");
}
}
What is the anatomy of a Java Program? - Answer✔Comments, reserved words, modifiers,
statements, blocks, classes, methods, and the main method.
What are the 2 most common types of comments in Java? - Answer✔Line comment (//) and
paragraph comment (/* comments */).
What are reserved words? - Answer✔Words that have a specific meaning to the compiler and
cannot be used for other purposes in the program. E.g. class, public, static, void etc.
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