Programmer Questionnaire
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- 1.What is the default name of an ant project file?
- A.
Ant.xml
- B.
Projectfile.txt
- C.
Projectfile.xml
- D.
Build.xml
- 2.Which of the following commands would most likely be used to build a JAR?
- A.
Javac
- B.
Jar -cf
- C.
Java -jar
- D.
Jar -xf
- 3.If you have a JAR file and want to know the API, what is the standard way to get that information?
- A.
Find the source code online
- B.
Use a debugger
- C.
Use javap to decompile the JAR
- D.
Read the javadoc
- 4.In addition to logging in as root to the mysql server, what does the command "mysql -u root -p mail" do?
- A.
Selects the mail database.
- B.
Uses the password "mail" to log in.
- C.
Lists the tables in the database.
- D.
Connects without requiring a password.
- 5.Why would this be a bad way to create a backup? mysqldump -u user -p marketing -t person
- A.
The -t flag affects the tabs being output by mysqldump.
- B.
The create statements are omitted.
- C.
The -u flag will affect the permissions on the table being dumped.
- D.
The dump won't be readable without the original password.
- 6.Which command lists all processes running on a Fedora machine?
- A.
Tasklist
- B.
Top
- C.
Ps -ef
- D.
Jobs
- 7.Why should you never use "rm -fr /"?
- A.
The -r deletes subdirectories, which you never want to do.
- B.
The -f should never be used, even when deleting a lot of files.
- C.
The / will result in everything being deleted.
- D.
Nothing, this command is safe on any machine.
- 8.What are the SWT libraries used for?
- A.
Desktop User interface
- B.
Web application interface
- C.
Network Interface
- D.
Eclipse Parser
- 9.Spring would most likely be run under:
- A.
Tomcat
- B.
Hibernate
- C.
James
- D.
Swt
- 10.What is wrong with this snippet?public int indexOfName(String name, List names) { for(String aName : names) { if (aName.equals(name)) { return i; } else { i++; } } return -1;}
- A.
The List interface cannot be used in the for-each construct.
- B.
The if should check if aName == name
- C.
AName cannot be declared in the for contstruct.
- D.
The variable "i" can't be used this way.
- 11.If the snippet were rewritten as below, what would it return given a list (alice, bob, charlie, dave) and input "zebra"? (assume the foreach is in alphabetic order)public int indexOfName(String name, List names) { int i = 0; for(String aName : names) { if (aName.equals(name)) { return i; } else { i++; } } return i;}
- A.
4
- B.
-1
- C.
5
- D.
26
- 12.Lastly for this snippet, what would it return given a list (alice, bob, charlie, dave) and input "bob"? (assume the foreach is in alphabetic order)public int indexOfName(String name, List names) { int i = 0; for(String aName : names) { if (aName.equals(name)) { return i; } else { i++; } } return i;}
- A.
2
- B.
0
- C.
1
- D.
-1
- 13.What is the file catalina.out used for?
- A.
Apache logs
- B.
Tomcat logs
- C.
James logs
- D.
Java logs
- E.
MySQL logs
- 14.The easiest way to determine the length of an array (people) in java is:
- A.
Array_count($people)
- B.
People.length
- C.
Using a for loop
- D.
Arrays.sizeof(people)
- E.
People.length()
- 15.What command is used to compile a java class?
- A.
Javac HelloWorld.java
- B.
Java --compile HelloWorld.java
- C.
Javap HelloWorld.java
- D.
Javah HelloWorld.java
- 16.Which command would you use to execute commands on a remote unix server?
- A.
- B.
Telnet [email protected]
- C.
- D.
- 17.Finally, are you still interested in the job?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
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