Deck 1: The Object-Oriented Revolution

Question 1

What approach is defined as the modification of similar objects to be used in new systems?

A) Building-block
B) Object-oriented
C) Modular programming
D) Structured procedural

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The object-oriented approach addresses three pervasive problems with traditional system development: _________, __________, and __________.

Answer 2

Quality, productivity, and flexibility

Question 3

The __________ standard resulted from the work of many leading researchers and methodologists collaborating to standardize terms and diagramming notation for the object-oriented approach.

Answer 3

UML

Question 4

What purely object-oriented programming language was developed by Sun Microsystems?

A) J++
B) C++
C) Pascal
D) Java

Question 5

A computer system is viewed as a collection of interacting _________.

Question 6

The object-oriented approach addresses which of the following programming problems?

A) Quality
B) Productivity
C) Flexibility
D) All the above

Question 7

The process of identifying objects already in existence that can be used in a new system is _________.

A) Plagiarism
B) Building-block
C) Reuse
D) None of the above

Question 8

Defining all of the types of objects is called object-oriented ___________.

A) Design
B) Analysis
C) Programming
D) Development

Question 9

Modular programming is characterized by _________.

A) A set of smaller programs organized in a hierarchy
B) Methods instead of procedures
C) Few rules and methods
D) None of the above

Question 10

An important aspect of object-oriented approach is that things ___________.

A) Conflict
B) Compete
C) Interact
D) Interface

Question 11

The object-oriented language developed by Xerox in the seventies was called __________.

Question 12

Which of the following is/are object-oriented programming languages?

A) C++
B) Java
C) COBOL
D) Both a and b

Question 13

Additional methods and rules requiring programmers to write sets of smaller programs organized into a hierarchy led to ___________ programming.

Question 14

Object __________ can greatly increase productivity.

Question 15

Rules for writing procedures to help create logically correct programs came to be known as ___________.

Question 16

Which of the following is true concerning object-oriented programming?

A) Programmers may only use objects once but can modify objects as the program becomes more complex.
B) Programmers must write statements that define all types of objects, including their attributes and behaviors.
C) Programmers are more error prone using the object-oriented approach.
D) Object-oriented programming is too complex and inflexible to be used in many applications.

Question 17

The Java programming language was developed by _________.

Question 18

Which of the following is true about Unified Modeling Language (UML)?

A) UML is used to help define object-oriented constructs and models.
B) UML has been helpful in standardizing object-oriented methods and diagramming techniques.
C) Primarily methodologist and researchers use UML.
D) Both a and b

Question 19

Objects have ________.

A) Features
B) Attributes
C) Behaviors
D) All the above

Question 20

In the object-oriented approach, one important aspect is that things _________.

Question 21

Objects that exist in other systems may not be used in other systems.

Question 22

Information systems use object-oriented approach in ____________.

A) Programming
B) Database management
C) System analysis and design
D) All the above

Question 23

Java and J++ were object-oriented languages developed by Microsoft as an extension to Visual Basic.

Question 24

Structured programming is characterized by __________.

A) Sequence
B) Choice
C) Repetition
D) All the above

Question 25

The acronym OOP stands for _________.

A) Object-oriented procedures
B) Object-oriented programming
C) Opposing object processes
D) Object-oriented potential

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of the object-oriented approach?

A) Flexible
B) Increased productivity
C) Higher quality systems
D) High maintenance and expense

Question 27

Which of the following companies developed J++?

A) Sun Microsystems
B) Borland
C) Microsoft
D) Xerox

Question 28

Finding objects that already exist and modifying them to be included in a new system is called the building-block approach to systems development.

Question 29

Smalltalk was an object-oriented programming language developed in the _________.

A) Sixties
B) Seventies
C) Eighties
D) Nineties

Question 30

The object-oriented approach is based on a fundamentally different view of computer systems than that found in the traditional structured approach.

Question 31

Which language was the first object-oriented programming language?

A) Smalltalk
B) SIMULA
C) C++
D) Java

Question 32

Which company developed Smalltalk?

A) IBM
B) Xerox
C) Borland
D) Microsoft

Question 33

In computer systems, objects typically are viewed as a collection of competing things that can be classified as a specific type.

Question 34

Object-oriented analysis is described as the defining of the user's __________.

A) Interaction with other objects
B) Interface and operating environment
C) Work environment
D) None of the above

Question 35

Which object-oriented programming language was responsible for popularizing the graphical user interface?

A) Smalltalk
B) C++
C) COBOL
D) Java

Question 36

Which object-oriented programming language is used for developing applets to be run on web sites?

A) Smalltalk
B) C++
C) Pascal
D) Java

Question 37

The first step in building an information system using the object-oriented approach is to first identify the objects that are needed in the system.

Question 38

Which statement(s) is true concerning objects?

A) Objects are typically complex.
B) Objects cannot be reused in other systems.
C) Objects are self-contained.
D) None of the above

Question 39

Defining objects that involve the user interface and operating environment and the way they interact with objects in the user's work environment is described as object-oriented _________.

A) Analysis
B) Design
C) Programming
D) Development

Question 40

The structured programming approach views a computer systems as

A) A collection of computer programs
B) A competing set of objects
C) A collaborative method of objects
D) None of the above

Question 41

Reuse of objects can greatly increase productivity in object-oriented programming.

Question 42

The first object-oriented programming language __________ was developed in Norway in the mid-sixties.

Question 43

Each object in a system is relatively small, self-contained, and manageable.

Question 44

The object-oriented approach can lead to higher quality systems that are less expensive to build and maintain.

Question 45

The object-oriented approach addresses the programming problems of quality and productivity but is not very flexible.