Midterm Study Guide

• Chapters: 1,2, 3 & 7 and 8 and part of 9
  
• Read both Alice and Java code.
  • Be able to tell what it will do from looking at the code
  • Be able to tell which order each step happens, including flow through methods and functions
  • Be able to tell the value of a variable at each step.
• Create a new Java or Alice program.
• Say something on the screen in Alice and Java.
  
• Create a variable (both parameter and method types) in Alice and Java.
  • Know what data type of variable you want to create in both Alice and Java.
• In Alice the possible choices include Number, String, Boolean.
• In Java, the choices include: (I struck out type you do not need to know for the quiz.)
  • note that String is really a class holding char, and not a primitive type like the ones above
  • If you were given the following values, what data type would you create to hold the value: 0.5; 20,000,000,000; 0, 333.5, abc, 10
• Change a variable's contents in Alice and Java:
• Create (define) a method/fuction in Java and Alice (including methods that take in parameters and return something)
• Call a method/function, passing parameters and setting the return value in Alice or Java
• Read from the screen using Scanner
• Use the Math class
• Use the String class
• Create and set and print boolean variables
• Know how to swap the value of two variables
• Know how to put these tools together to solve problems and code stories.

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Midterm Study Exercises

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