Course: Easy-to-follow Java programming
The quiz questions
Answer the questions below to review what you have learned in Video 14. You will
find the right answers after the questions in the solution part.
1. Exceptions…
… are errors.
… denote exceptional situations that might be errors or something
you should handle.
… are objects in Java.
… are people from the medieval ages.
… are good for separating error handling from the normal algorithm.
2. Which keyword is used to create an exception?
throws
throw
raise
create
catch
try
finally
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3. Which keyword is used to get and handle an exception?
throws
throw
raise
create
catch
try
finally
4. What is the finally keyword for?
To denote that we are fed up with programming and need a holiday
To denote that a method can produce an exception
To denote the exception handling part in the code
To denote a block of code that always run either there is an exception
or not.
5. What are true for the Exception class hierarchy?
Error class is a subclass of Exception.
RuntimeException class is a subclass of Exception.
RuntimeException class is a subclass of NullPointerException.
Exceptions and Errors are subclasses of Throwable.
Throwable is a subclass of FileNotFoundException.
FileNotFoundException class is a subclass of Exception but not a
subclass of RuntimeException.
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException is a RuntimeException.
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6. What is true for checked exceptions?
You have to denote its throwing.
They can move through your program without noting them.
Obey the throw-or-catch rule.
Subclasses of RuntimeException
Subclasses of Exception but not RuntimeException
7. What is true for unchecked exceptions?
You have to denote its throwing.
They can move through your program without noting them.
Obey the throw-or-catch rule.
Subclasses of RuntimeException
Subclasses of Exception but not RuntimeException
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The answers
1. Exceptions…
… are errors.
X … denote exceptional situations that might be errors or something
you should handle.
X … are objects in Java.
… are people from the medieval ages.
X … are good for separating error handling from the normal algorithm.
2. Which keyword is used to create an exception?
throws
X throw
raise
create
catch
try
finally
3. Which keyword is used to get and handle an exception?
throws
throw
raise
create
X catch
try
finally
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4. What is the finally keyword for?
To denote that we are fed up with programming and need a holiday
To denote that a method can produce an exception
To denote the exception handling part in the code
X To denote a block of code that always run either there is an
exception or not.
5. What are true for the Exception class hierarchy?
Error class is a subclass of Exception.
X RuntimeException class is a subclass of Exception.
RuntimeException class is a subclass of NullPointerException.
X Exceptions and Errors are subclasses of Throwable.
Throwable is a subclass of FileNotFoundException.
X FileNotFoundException class is a subclass of Exception but
not a subclass of RuntimeException.
X ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException is a RuntimeException.
6. What is true for checked exceptions?
X You have to denote its throwing.
They can move through your program without noting them.
X Obey the throw-or-catch rule.
Subclasses of RuntimeException
X Subclasses of Exception but not RuntimeException
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7. What is true for unchecked exceptions?
You have to denote its throwing.
X They can move through your program without noting them.
Obey the throw-or-catch rule.
X Subclasses of RuntimeException
Subclasses of Exception but not RuntimeException
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