AP Computer Science Review Game
Questions to help prepare for the midterm exam in AP Computer Science.
- 1.Which statement best describes a computer program? [Found in Quiz 1]
- A.
A program can only perform one simple task.
- B.
A program is a sequence of comments.
- C.
A program can decide what task it is to perform.
- D.
A program is a sequence of instructions and decisions that the computer carries out.
- 2.What translates high-level descriptions into machine code? [Appears on Quiz 1]
- A.
Interpreter
- B.
Linker
- C.
Assembler
- D.
Compiler
- 3.In Java, every statement must end with this symbol. [Appears on Quiz 1]
- A.
;
- B.
)
- C.
-
- D.
!
- 4.What term is used to refer to a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks? [Appears on Quiz 1]
- A.
Comment
- B.
String
- C.
Method
- D.
Object
- 5.What is a term used to describe an error detected by the compiler that is a violation of the programming language rules? [Appears on Quiz 1]
- A.
Logic error
- B.
Typo
- C.
Syntax error
- D.
Run-time error
- 6.What term is used to refer to a sequence of steps for solving a problem that is unambiguous, executable, and terminating? [Appears on Quiz 1]
- A.
Documentation
- B.
Comments
- C.
Pseudoprogram
- D.
Algorithm
- 7.Which statement about identifiers is correct? [Appears on Quiz 1]
- A.
Spaces are permitted inside identifiers.
- B.
Identifiers are not case sensitive.
- C.
Identifiers can be made up of letters, digits, and the underscore (_) character.
- D.
Identifiers can use symbols such as ? or %.
- 8.What is the result of a % b when variables a and b are declared as follows: int a = 9; int b = 5;? [Appears in Chap 2 & 4 HW3]
- A.
1.80
- B.
4
- C.
-80
- D.
1
- 9.What is the term that means to put strings together to form a longer string? [Appears in Chap 2 & 4 HW3]
- A.
Concatenation
- B.
Casting
- C.
Case
- D.
Adding
- 10.What is an object? [Appears in Quiz 2]
- A.
An entity in your program that is manipulated by calling methods.
- B.
A sequence of instructions.
- C.
Any input to a method.
- D.
Any value stored in a variable.
- 11.Which of the following statements about methods is correct? [Appears in Quiz 2]
- A.
A method is a sequence of instructions that accesses the data of an object.
- B.
A method name is unique across the entire program.
- C.
A method can be called on any object in any class.
- D.
Methods are stored in variables.
- 12.The input to a method is called a(n) _______________. [Appears in Quiz 2]
- A.
Parameter
- B.
Interface
- C.
Procedure
- D.
Overloaded
- 13.What is the type of an object? [Appears in Quiz 2]
- A.
Variable
- B.
Method
- C.
Reference
- D.
Class
- 14.The output of a method is called its __________ value. [Appears in Quiz 2]
- A.
Parameter
- B.
Return
- C.
Implicit
- D.
Explicit
- 15.A _____________ is a collection of classes with a related purpose. [Appears in Quiz 2]
- A.
Method
- B.
Collection
- C.
Package
- D.
Import
- 16.What contains the instructions to initialize the instance variables of an object? [Appears in Chap 3 HW5]
- A.
Initializer
- B.
Access specifier
- C.
Type name
- D.
Constructor
- 17.The name of the constructor is always the same as the name of the __. [Appears in Quiz 3]
- A.
Parameter variable
- B.
Access specifier
- C.
Class
- D.
Instance variable
- 18.A local variable is a variable declared in the... [Appears on Quiz 3]
- A.
Body of the class.
- B.
Header of a class.
- C.
Documentation comments.
- D.
Body of a method.
- 19.A method is invoked on what type of parameter? [Appears on Quiz 3]
- A.
Public parameter
- B.
Private parameter
- C.
Explicit parameter
- D.
Implicit parameter
- 20.You should provide documentation comments for ___. [Appears on Quiz 3]
- A.
Only classes
- B.
Only methods with return values
- C.
Only methods with parameters
- D.
Every class, every method, every parameter, and every return value
- 21.In the statement below, amount is referred to as the ____ parameter. public void deposit(double amount) [Appears on Quiz 3]
- A.
Private
- B.
Implicit
- C.
Public
- D.
Explicit
- 22.A method header consists of these parts: __________________________ [Appears on Quiz 3]
- 23.There are 3 items specified in when a method is called. Provide the order of those three items: __________________ [Appeasr on Exam 1]
- 24.Which statement is true about a Java program? [Appeasr on Exam 1]
- A.
Java requires that at most one statement appear on one line.
- B.
Java forces the programmer to use a particular layout for readability.
- C.
Java is case sensitive.
- D.
The first method that is executed in a Java program is called Main.
- 25.Which operator constructs object instances? [Appeasr on Exam 1]
- A.
Instanceof
- B.
Void
- C.
Construct
- D.
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