Week-01 Assignment

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DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS USING JAVA

Assignment 1
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 10 Total marks: 10× 1 = 10
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QUESTION 1:
What is “generic programming” in Java?
a. A programming paradigm that focuses on reusability and type safety.

b. A technique to optimize code execution in Java programs.
c. A feature to dynamically modify variable types at runtime.
d. A method to generate random data in Java programs.
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
Java Generic Programming is a programming paradigm that enables the creation of reusable code
by allowing the definition of classes and methods that can work with different types while
maintaining type safety.
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QUESTION 2:
Which symbol is used to denote a generic type in Java?
a. *
b. &
c. #
d. <>
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution:
In Java, the diamond operator (<>) is used to denote a generic type. It is typically used when
declaring and instantiating generic classes or when invoking generic methods.
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QUESTION 3:
Consider the following piece of code.
public class Test {

public static < T > void printArray( T[] input ) {
for(T t : input) {
System.out.printf("%s ", t);
}
}
public static void main(String args[]) {

Integer[] A ={ 5, 4, 3, 2, 1} ;
printArray(A);
}
}
Which of the following is true?

a. The code suffers from syntax errors.
b. Program will give a compile-time error.
c. It will produce output: 5 4 3 2 1
d. Program will yield a run-time error.
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
printArray() is a generic function which an array of any data type as input and prints it.
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QUESTION 4:
What will be the output of the following code snippet?
public class DemoClass {

static void DemoMethod(int ...v) {
for (int i: v)
System.out.print(i + " ");
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
DemoMethod(9, 5, 4);
DemoMethod(7);
}
}
a. Compile-time error
b. 9 5 47
c. Run-time error
d. 9547
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution:
This is an example of varargs methods using Ellipsis. Therefore, the output will be 9 5 4 7 as the
method can have zero or more parameters.
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QUESTION 5:
Which of these is wildcard symbol?
a. ?
b. !
c. &
d. %
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
The question mark symbol (?) is known as the wildcard in generic programming in Java
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QUESTION 6:
Which of the following keywords is used to declare an upper bounded wildcard?
a. bound
b. extends
c. implement
d. super
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution:
To declare an upper-bounded wildcard, use the wildcard character ?, followed by the extends
keyword, followed by its upper bound class name.
<type> methodUBA(? extends A) { … }
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QUESTION 7:
Can primitive types be used as type arguments in Java generics?
a. Yes, any primitive type can be used.

b. No, only reference types are allowed as type arguments.
c. Yes, but they need to be wrapped in their corresponding wrapper classes.
d. No, primitive types are not compatible with Java generics.
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
Java generics only work with reference types, so if you want to use a primitive type as a type
argument, it needs to be wrapped in its corresponding wrapper class. For example, "Integer" for
int, "Double" for double, etc.
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QUESTION 8:
What is type erasure in Java generics?
a. The process of automatically converting generic types to their raw types during
compilation.
b. The ability to perform runtime type checking of generic types.
c. The process of inferring type arguments based on method calls.
d. The feature that allows dynamic dispatch of the generic method.
Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
Type erasure in Java generics refers to the process in which the compiler replaces the type
parameters and uses the raw types during compilation. This is done to ensure backward
compatibility with older versions of Java that did not support generics.
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QUESTION 9:
Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true with respect to the use of generics?
a. The Java compiler enforces tighter type checks on generic code at compile time.
b. Generics support programming types as parameters.
c. Generics enable you to implement generic algorithms.
d. In case of a generic method, the same code can work for different types of data.
Correct Answer: a, b, c, d
Detailed Solution:
You should use generics because:
● The Java compiler enforces tighter type checks on generic code at compile time.
● Generics support programming types as parameters.
● Generics enable you to implement generic algorithms.
● In case of generic method, same code can work for the different type of data.
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QUESTION 10:
class MyGenericClass<T extends Number> {
private T data;
public MyGenericClass(T data) {
this.data = data;
}
public double square() {
return data.doubleValue() * data.doubleValue();
}
}
MyGenericClass<Integer> integerObj = new MyGenericClass<>(5);

MyGenericClass<String> stringObj = new MyGenericClass<>("Hello");
double result1 = integerObj.square();

double result2 = stringObj.square();
Which of the following statements about the code snippet is correct?
a. The code will compile and execute without any error.

b. code will compile but throw a runtime exception.
c. The code will not compile due to a type mismatch error
d. The code will not compile due to a missing implementation error.
Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution:
In the given code snippet, MyGenericClass is a generic class that has a type parameter T that
extends the Number class. It means that the type argument passed while creating an instance of
MyGenericClass must be a subclass of Number.
In the code, MyGenericClass<Integer> integerObj = new MyGenericClass<>(5); creates an

instance of MyGenericClass with the type argument as Integer. Since Integer is a subclass of
Number, this line of code will compile without any error.
However, MyGenericClass<String> stringObj = new MyGenericClass<>("Hello"); creates an

instance of MyGenericClass with the type argument as String. Since String is not a subclass of
Number, this line of code will cause a compilation error. The compiler will detect a type mismatch
error and prevent the code from compiling.
Therefore, option c) is the correct answer as the code will not compile due to a type mismatch error
when creating MyGenericClass<String> stringObj.
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DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS USING JAVA

a. A programming paradigm that focuses on reusability and type safety.

public class Test {

public static void main(String args[]) {

Which of the following is true?

public class DemoClass {

<type> methodUBA(? extends A) { … }

a. Yes, any primitive type can be used.

You should use generics because:

MyGenericClass<Integer> integerObj = new MyGenericClass<>(5);

double result1 = integerObj.square();

Which of the following statements about the code snippet is correct?

a. The code will compile and execute without any error.

In the code, MyGenericClass<Integer> integerObj = new MyGenericClass<>(5); creates an

However, MyGenericClass<String> stringObj = new MyGenericClass<>("Hello"); creates an

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