When and Where
Date: Saturday, April 21st
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 am (arrive by 8:50 am)
Location: basement of Manitou
Preparation
To best prepare for the final exam, review the following:
- the textbook (Ch 1 – 7, parts of Ch 11) including all important terms
- your class notes and group activities
- quizzes and homework assignments
- midterm exams
- your code for the lab activities
- your code from all projects (especially Project 3 for ArrayLists and Project 5)
- the pratice problems
- practice with javabat.com (String 2 and Array 2)
Objectives
The CS 162 final exam will allow you to demonstrate your ability to:
- describe the state and behavior of an object
- describe the differences between classes and objects
- trace the execution of code that includes: while loops, for loops, for each loops (ArrayLists), do while loops, nested loops, if statements, nested if-else statements, switch statements, arithmetic calculations, method calls, parameter passing
- complete a class definition that may include: instance variables, constructors, local variables, public methods, private methods, methods with and without return values
- read and understand the Java API. You will be given the API for one or more classes and asked to write code using the class methods.
- write methods to manipulate arrays
- use objects of type ArrayList, HashMap, String and Random to solve problems
- write methods that use loops and conditional statements to solve problems
- trace the execution of an event driven program
- describe the differences between local variables and instance variables with respect to their scope and lifetime
- invoke internal and external methods
- describe the differences between public and private class members
- describe the concepts of high cohesion and loose coupling
- compare static members with instance members
- describe the roll of the main ( ) method in a java application
Grading Criteria
- notes and books are not permited
- the final exam is worth 20% or your course grade
- partial credit may be given for reasonable attempts. Never leave a question completly blank.
- a passing average (60) on all exams is required to pass the course
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