QCM - Java Collections (50 Questions)

1. What does a Java Collection represent?

A) A single object
B) A group of objects
C) Only numbers
D) Only strings

2. Which package contains Java Collection classes?

A) java.io
B) java.sql
C) java.util
D) java.lang

3. Which interface is NOT a child of the Collection interface?

A) List
B) Set
C) Map
D) Queue

4. Which class implements the List interface?

A) HashSet
B) ArrayList
C) TreeMap
D) HashMap

5. In which case is LinkedList preferred over ArrayList?

A) Frequent random access

6. Which of the following allows duplicate elements?

A) Set
B) HashSet
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C) List
D) TreeSet

7. Which method adds an object to a Collection?

A) put(Object o)
B) append(Object o)
C) add(Object o)
D) insert(Object o)

8. The method isEmpty() in Collection returns:

A) Object
B) Boolean
C) Integer
D) Array

9. Which interface maintains insertion order?

A) Set
B) List
C) Map
D) Queue

10. Which class is NOT a part of the Java Collection Framework?

A) ArrayList
B) HashMap
C) Scanner
D) LinkedList

11. Which method retrieves an element from a List by index?

A) get()
B) retrieve()
C) fetch()
D) obtain()

12. Which class implements Set interface?

A) ArrayList
B) HashSet
C) LinkedList
D) Vector

13. What happens when you add a duplicate in a HashSet?

A) Added twice
B) Replaces old
C) Ignored
D) Throws error

14. Which collection does not maintain order?

A) ArrayList
B) LinkedHashSet
C) HashSet
D) LinkedList

15. Which class implements both List and Deque interfaces?

A) HashSet
B) LinkedList
C) TreeSet
D) PriorityQueue

16. Which method removes an element by value in Collection?

A) delete()
B) remove()
C) eliminate()
D) destroy()

17. In a HashMap, keys must be:

A) Unique
B) Duplicate
C) Null always
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D) Primitive types

18. Which structure stores elements in key-value pairs?

A) List
B) Set
C) Map
D) Queue

19. TreeSet elements are sorted by:

A) Insertion order
B) Random order
C) Natural ordering
D) Hash code

20. Which method checks if a Collection contains an object?

A) has()
B) find()
C) contains()
D) search()

21. Which interface uses FIFO (First In First Out)?

A) List
B) Set
C) Queue
D) Map

22. PriorityQueue orders elements by:

A) Hash code
B) Insertion time
C) Priority
D) Size

23. LinkedList allows:

A) Only FIFO
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B) Only random access

24. The method to remove all elements from a Collection:

A) deleteAll()
B) clear()
C) removeAll()
D) empty()

25. In ArrayList, access time is:

A) Constant
B) Linear
C) Quadratic
D) Random

26. HashSet belongs to which package?

A) java.util
B) java.sql
C) java.io
D) java.lang

27. LinkedHashSet maintains:

A) Random order
B) Sorted order
C) Insertion order
D) No order

28. Which Collection method returns the size?

A) length()
B) count()
C) size()
D) measure()
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29. Which collection is best for fast lookup?

A) ArrayList
B) HashSet
C) LinkedList
D) TreeSet

30. Comparable interface requires overriding:

A) compareTo()
B) equals()
C) hashCode()
D) toString()

31. Which class allows one null key?

A) TreeMap
B) HashMap
C) HashSet
D) LinkedList

32. Iterator has method to remove element during iteration?

A) delete()
B) remove()
C) eliminate()
D) discard()

33. Collections.reverse() works on:

A) Arrays only
B) Sets
C) Lists
D) Maps

34. Which is a legacy class?

A) ArrayList
B) Vector
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C) HashSet
D) TreeMap

35. The interface for sorted map is:

A) HashMap
B) TreeMap
C) LinkedHashMap
D) SortedMap

36. Which collection is thread-safe?

A) ArrayList
B) HashMap
C) Vector
D) HashSet

37. Which allows duplicate keys?

A) HashMap
B) TreeMap
C) Hashtable
D) None

38. Which allows duplicate values?

A) Set
B) Map
C) List
D) TreeSet

39. Which method returns first element of LinkedList?

A) first()
B) getFirst()
C) peek()
D) retrieve()

40. Which class automatically orders elements?

A) HashSet
B) TreeSet
C) LinkedHashSet
D) HashMap

41. Which interface helps to iterate?

A) Comparable
B) Collection
C) Iterator
D) List

42. Which method of Iterator moves to next element?

A) move()
B) hasNext()
C) next()
D) step()

43. Collections.sort() can be applied to:

A) Maps
B) Lists
C) Sets
D) Arrays only

44. Which keyword is used in Generics?

A) T
B) V
C) E
D) All of these

45. Generics help in:

A) Runtime casting
B) Compile-time type checking
C) Memory allocation
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D) Performance slowing

46. What is the default initial capacity of ArrayList?

A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20

47. What happens if HashMap keys are not unique?

A) Error thrown
B) Last value replaces previous
C) Duplicates allowed
D) Runtime exception

48. Which Collection interface supports duplicate and null values?

A) List
B) Set
C) Map
D) Queue

49. Which structure uses buckets internally?

A) HashSet
B) ArrayList
C) LinkedList
D) Vector

50. Default sorting order is:

A) Descending
B) Ascending
C) Random
D) Insertion order