The method below is designed to return the smaller of two Comparable objects received as arguments. Assume that the objects are instances of the same class. Select the correct expression to complete the method. public static Comparable smaller(Comparable value1, Comparable value2) { if (_________________________ ) return value1; else return value2); }

Given the following code snippet: public static int newCalc(int n) { if (n < 0) { return -1; } else if (n < 10) { return n; } else { return (1 + newCalc(n / 10)); } } What value will be returned when this code is executed with a call to newCalc(5)?

What mechanism is used by a class that is designed to collect and store a growing set of values?

Consider the following class: public class BowlingGame implements Comparable { private int score; // other methods go here public int compareTo(Object otherObject) { BowlingGame otherGame = (BowlingGame) otherObject; __________________________________; } } What statement can be used to complete the compareTo() method?

Which of the following does NOT describe a particular side effect related to standard output?

Select an appropriate expression to complete the following method, which is designed to visit the elements in theList and replace each occurrence of the string “hello” with the string “goodbye”. public static void helloGoodbye(LinkedList theList) { ListIterator iterator = theList.listIterator(); while (iterator.hasNext()) { if (iterator.next().equals(“hello”)) { _____________________________ } } }

Which of the following types of methods are invoked on objects?

Why can’t Java methods change parameters of primitive type?

Which of the following constitutes a common reason for creating a static method?

In Java, which of the following mechanisms describe the copying of an object reference into a parameter variable?