anilbachi's mock

[Dinesh Kumar]

Hi,
Here are three q's from anilbachi's site on Language Fundamentals. The answers as given on the site are as indicated next to each question. I think all these answers are incorrect:
Q16: Which of the following is not a valid top level class?
a). public class topclass
b). static class topclass
c). private class topclass
d). all the above
e). a and b

Ans. e
Correct ans. should be: c
Q17: An example unicode value is '0x3c0' in hexadecimal.
Which of the following correctly initializes the char primitive to the
pi?
a). char pi='u3c0';
b). char pi='\u03c0';
c). char pi="\u03c0";
d). char pi='\x03c0';

Ans. a
Correct should be: b
Q23: Choose the correct applicable statement for the following code
fragment
1.String countries[];
2.countries[0]="india";
a]. no error occurs
b]. compile time error occurs because the countries array object has
not been created
c]. runtime error occurs because the countries array object has not
been created

Ans. c
Correct should be b.
Am I right?

[Lionel Port]

Q16: Which of the following is not a valid top level class?
a). public class topclass
b). static class topclass
c). private class topclass
d). all the above
e). a and b

Ans. e
Correct ans. should be: c

I would go even further and say that the answer should be (b) and (c).

[Ron Newman]

The given answer to Q23 is correct. You will get a NullPointerException at runtime because "countries" starts out as a null reference.

[Dinesh Kumar]

Hmmm yes,
Well, it shows me the exception if the String object is declared as a class member, but if I have both these statements inside a method, then it shows "variable may not have been initialized"
at compile time.
Therefore, I would call it an ambiguous question.
Thanks.

[suresh kamsa]

How do I go to anilbachi mock exam site? If you have please send me the link.
Thanks

[Barkat Mardhani]

Hi Denish:

Well, it shows me the exception if the String object is declared as a class member, but if I have both these statements inside a method, then it shows "variable may not have been initialized"
at compile time.

Are you also creating the object from within method? I think Ron is correct!!
[ September 16, 2002: Message edited by: Barkat Mardhani ]

[Jeremy Hynoski]

I think that the answer on the test is wrong unless the array is declared as a member variable, as only member variables (and array references) are automatically initialised to null.
Thus it is an ambiguous question, as the fragment depends heavily on context!

[Shishio San]

Hi guys,
Why is it that the compiler doesn't complain about countries[0]="india" when it's decraled as an instance variable and does complain only when it's a local variable. ??? Can anyone say ?
Thx in advance.

[Ron Newman]

If it's a local variable, then
String countries[];
is uninitialized. If you don't assign something to it before indexing it, the compiler will complain.
If it's an instance or static variable, the compiler will initialize it to null. A later attempt to assign to countries[0] will cause a NullPointerException.