CIST 1305 Chapter 9

A method's interface is its ____.

• parameter list

• return type

• identifier

• all of the above

Which of the following is most closely related to the concept of local?

• program level

• abstract

• object-oriented

• in scope

Assume you have written a method with the header num yourMethod(string name, num code). The method's type is _____.

• num and string

• num

• string

• void

The value used in a method's return statement must _____.

• be a variable

• be numeric

• match the data type used before the method name in the header

• two of the above

When you write the declaration for a method that can receive a parameter, which of the following must be included in the method declaration?

• the name of the argument that will be used to call the method

• a local name for the parameter

• two of these

• the data type of the parameter

Assume you have written a method with the header string myMethod(num score, string grade). Also assume you have declared a numeric variable named test. Which of the following is a correct method call?

• myMethod(test, "A")

• myMethod(test)

• myMethod()

• myMethod(test,test)

Methods in the same program with identical names and identical parameter lists are _____.

• overwhelmed

• overloaded

• overworked

• ambiguous

Although the terms parameter and argument are closely related, the difference is that argument refers to _____.

• a variable that is local to a method

• a value in a method call

• a formal parameter

• a passed constant

When an array is passed to a method, it is _____.

• unalterable in the method

• unnamed in the method

• passed by reference

• passed by value

A void method _______.

• contains no statements

• requires no parameters

• returns nothing

• has no name