Software Design and Development

Question 1

When a procedure is DECLARED...

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The procedure or section of code is specifically named

Question 2

Given a class called Mammals, the class Dogs could be...

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a child (or sub) class of the parent (super) class Mammals

Question 3

In programming INSTANTIATION is

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The creation of a specific object of a class

Question 4

What does the Try...Catch block do?

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Handles errors gracefully so program does not crash

Question 5

In object oriented programming, a DEFAULT constructor method...

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Creates a specific instance of a class with default values

Question 6

How many parameters for this method? static void processNumber(int thisNum, string userName);

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2

Question 7

Which of these are strings?

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"Goldfish44", "567"

Question 8

A FORMAL parameter is ...

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Expected input(s) to a procedure defined in its declaration

Question 9

Parameter passing is used to..

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Move data in and out of procedures or sections of code

Question 10

What is this? static void getNum(); int userNum = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine()); //End method

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Method to get integer input from the user. Doesn't return it

Question 11

The scope of a variable is..

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the section of code that it belongs to

Question 12

A procedure that has been declared can be...

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Called (run) as many times as needed

Question 13

Procedures are useful because..

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they make code easier for people to understand

Question 14

Event driven programming usually has...

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a GUI, events and a focus on user interaction

Question 15

A procedure call..

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Runs the named procedure or section of code

Question 16

In programming, an object is created by...

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calling a constructor method, held in the class definition

Question 17

Logical cohesion is a design goal in programming that focuses on...

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Having a procedure do only a small number of related actions

Question 18

A programming paradigm is...

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a family or group of coding languages

Question 19

A datatype is used to..

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define the kind of data a variable might hold

Question 20

What does this do? Dog Pickle = new Dog();

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Creates new object of class Dog. The object is named Pickle.

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