AP Computer Science A : Unit Testing

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for AP Computer Science A

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Unit Testing

The function fun is defined as follows:

public int fun(int[] a)
{
a[a.length - 1] = a[0];
return a[0] + (a[0] % 2);
}
 
What is the value of a[0] after the following code segment is executed?
 
int[] a = {3, 6, 9, 12};
a[0] = fun(a);
Possible Answers:

6

13

9

12

3

Correct answer:

12

Explanation:

The first part of fun assigns the value of the last location of the array to the first location. Then, it returns the a[0] + (a[0] % 2). That last portion will be a "1" if a[0] is odd, and "0" if a[0] is even. Since a[0] == 12, which is even, the expression evaluates to 12 + 0, which is 12.

Example Question #231 : Computer Science

What are the values of x, y, and z after the following code is executed?
 
int x = 4, y = 3, z;
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
     z = x + y;
     y = x - y;
     x = z;
}
Possible Answers:

x == 14, y == 2, z == 14

x == 28, y == 4, z== 28

x == 32, y == 24, z == 32

x == 16, y == 12, z== 16

x == 28, y == 4, z== 4

Correct answer:

x == 28, y == 4, z== 28

Explanation:

The loop will run 5 times. The values of x, y, and z after each run will be as follows:

  • i == 0: x == 7,   y == 1,   z == 7 
  • i == 1: x == 8,   y == 6,   z == 8 
  • i == 2: x == 14, y == 2,   z == 14 
  • i == 3: x == 16, y == 12, z == 16
  • i == 4: x == 28, y == 4,   z == 28

At the end, i will equal 5, and the values will no longer change.

Example Question #3 : Unit Testing

Consider the method
 
public String mystery(String s)
{
String s1 = s.substring(0,1);
String s2 = s.substring(1,2);
String s3 = s.substring(2, s.length() - 2);
String s4 = s.substring(s.length() - 2, s.length() - 1);
String s5 = s.substring(s.length() - 1);
 
     if (s.length() <= 5)
          return s5 + s4 + s3 + s2 + s1;
     else
          return s1 + s2 + mystery(s3) + s4 + s5;
}

What is the output of

System.out.println(mystery("ABNORMALITIES"));

Possible Answers:

ABNOILAMRTIES

None of these answers is correct.

ABNORMALITIES

SEITRMALIONBA

SEITILAMRONBA

Correct answer:

ABNOILAMRTIES

Explanation:

The .substring() method takes the character at the first number in the arguments, and goes through the String until it reaches the second number in the arguments, without copying the character at the second number.

In the first part of mystery(), the Strings s1, s2, s3, s4, and s5 are made and filled. If n = # of characters in s, s1 gets the first character in s, s2 gets the second character in s, s3 gets the third through n-2 characters, s4 gets the n-1 character, and s5 gets the last character.

String s1 = s.substring(0,1);
String s2 = s.substring(1,2);
String s3 = s.substring(2, s.length() - 2);
String s4 = s.substring(s.length() - 2, s.length() - 1);
String s5 = s.substring(s.length() - 1);
 

Let's look at the second portion of mystery(). 

if (s.length() <= 5)
     return s5 + s4 + s3 + s2 + s1;
else
     return s1 + s2 + mystery(s3) + s4 + s5;

The if statement checks the length of s, and if it's less than or equal to 5, it returns a String made from s5, followed by s4, etc. If s were equal to "abcde", then the if would evaluate to true, and would return "edcba". In recursion, this is known as the "base case".

The else statement is for strings that are greater than 5 characters in length. It returns s1, followed by s2, then the result of mystery(s3), then s4 and s5. The fact that it calls itself makes this recursion. 

Let's step through the example. The argument for mystery(), s, is "ABNORMALITIES". After the first part, this is the result:

s1 = "A"
s2 = "B"
s3 = "NORMALITI"
s4 = "E"
s5 = "S"
 
Because s is longer than 5 characters, we take the else, so it returns the following:
 
A + B + mystery(NORMALITI) + E + S
 
Next, we repeat with the new argument. s = NORMALITI, so after the first part, the result is:
 
s1 = "N"
s2 = "O"
s3 = "RMALI"
s4 = "T"
s5 = "I"
 
Because s is longer than 5 characters again, we take the else, so it returns the following:
 
N + O + mystery(RMALI) + T + I
 
Which gets added to the previous return, making it this:
 
A + B + N + O + mystery(RMALI) + T + I + E + S
 
Once again, we repeat with the argument s = RMALI. After the first part, the result is:
 
s1 = "R"
s2 = "M"
s3 = "A"
s4 = "L"
s5 = "I"
 
Because s is less than or equal to 5 characters in length, we take the if this time. It returns the following:
 
I + L + A + M + R
 
We can replace all instances of mystery(RMALI) with the above, so the original return becomes this:
 
A + B + N + O + I + L + A + M + R + T + I + E + S
 
Which gets printed as ABNOILAMRTIES, the answer.
 

Example Question #232 : Computer Science

Consider the Array

int[] arr = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

What are the values in arr after the following code is executed?

for (int i = 0; i < arr.length - 2; i++)
{
int temp = arr[i];
arr[i] = arr[i+1];
arr[i+1] = temp;
}
Possible Answers:

54321

15432

12345

23451

OutOfBoundsException

Correct answer:

23451

Explanation:

We start with an array, arr, of size 5, containing {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. 

The loop in the code,

for (int i = 0; i < arr.length - 2; i++)

loops through the array up to the second to last cell, given that arr.length - 2 is the index of the second to last cell, and it starts at the first cell. 

Let's look at the code inside the loop.

int temp = arr[i];
arr[i] = arr[i+1];
arr[i+1] = temp;
 
When i = 0,
 
arr[0] == 1
arr[1] == 2
 
temp = 1
arr[0] = 2
arr[1] = 1
 
arr[] == {2, 1, 3, 4, 5}
 
When i = 1
 
arr[1] == 1
arr[2] == 3
 
temp = 1
arr[1] = 3
arr[2] = 1
 
arr[] == {2, 3, 1, 4, 5}

When i = 2

arr[2] == 1
arr[3] == 4
 
temp = 1
arr[2] = 4
arr[3] = 1
 
arr[] == {2, 3, 4, 1, 5}
 
When i = 3
 
arr[3] == 1
arr[4] == 3
 
temp = 1
arr[3] = 3
arr[4] = 1
 
arr[] == {2, 3, 4, 5, 1}

As the loop progresses, it moves whatever value is in arr[0] all the way to the end of the array.

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