Java Platform

1 . Why is Java so popular?

2 . What is platform independence?

3 . What is bytecode?

4 . Compare JDK vs JVM vs JRE

5 . What are the important differences between C++ and Java?

6 . What is the role for a classloader in Java?

Strings

16 . Are all String’s immutable?

17 . Where are String values stored in memory?

18 . Why should you be careful about String concatenation(+) operator in loops?

19 . How do you solve above problem?

20 . What are differences between String and StringBuffer?

21 . What are differences between StringBuilder and StringBuffer?

22 . Can you give examples of different utility methods in String class?

Object oriented programming basics

23 . What is a class?

24 . What is an object?

25 . What is state of an object?

26 . What is behavior of an object?

27 . What is the super class of every class in Java?

28 . Explain about toString method ?

29 . What is the use of equals method in Java?

30 . What are the important things to consider when implementing equals method?

31 . What is the Hashcode method used for in Java?

32 . Explain inheritance with examples .

34 . What is method overriding?

35 . Can super class reference variable can hold an object of sub class?

36 . Is multiple inheritance allowed in Java?

37 . What is an interface?

38 . How do you define an interface?

39 . How do you implement an interface?

40 . Can you explain a few tricky things about interfaces?

41 . Can you extend an interface?

42 . Can a class extend multiple interfaces?

43 . What is an abstract class?

44 . When do you use an abstract class?

45 . How do you define an abstract method?

46 . Compare abstract class vs interface?

47 . What is a constructor?

48 . What is a default constructor?

49 . Will this code compile?

50 . How do you call a super class constructor from a constructor?

51 . Will this code compile?

52 . What is the use of this()?

53 . Can a constructor be called directly from a method?

54 . Is a super class constructor called even when there is no explicit call from a sub
class constructor?

Advanced object oriented concepts

55 . What is polymorphism?

56 . What is the use of instanceof operator in Java?

57 . What is coupling?
58 . What is cohesion?

59 . What is encapsulation?

60 . What is an inner class?

61 . What is a static inner class?

62 . Can you create an inner class inside a method?

63 . What is an anonymous class?

Modifiers

64 . What is default class modifier?

65 . What is private access modifier?

66 . What is default or package access modifier?

67 . What is protected access modifier?

68 . What is public access modifier?

69 . What access types of variables can be accessed from a class in same package?

70 . What access types of variables can be accessed from a class in different package?

71 . What access types of variables can be accessed from a sub class in same package?

72 . What access types of variables can be accessed from a sub class in different
package?

73 . What is the use of a final modifier on a class?

74 . What is the use of a final modifier on a method?

75 . What is a final variable?

76 . What is a final argument?

77 . What happens when a variable is marked as volatile?

78 . What is a static variable?

conditions & loops

79 . Why should you always use blocks around if statement?

80 . Guess the output

82 . Guess the output of this switch block .

83 . Guess the output of this switch block?

84 . Should default be the last case in a switch statement?

85 . Can a switch statement be used around a String

86 . Guess the output of this for loop (P.S. there is an error as the output of given
question should be 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. So please ignore that.)

87 . What is an enhanced for loop?

88 . What is the output of the for loop below?

89 . What is the output of the program below?

90 . What is the output of the program below?

Exception handling

91 . Why is exception handling important?

92 . What design pattern is used to implement exception handling features in most

93 . What is the need for finally block?

94 . In what scenarios is code in finally not executed?

95 . Will finally be executed in the program below?

96 . Is try without a catch is allowed?

97 . Is try without catch and finally allowed?

98 . Can you explain the hierarchy of exception handling classes?

99 . What is the difference between error and exception?

100 . What is the difference between checked exceptions and unchecked exceptions?

101 . How do you throw an exception from a method?

102 . What happens when you throw a checked exception from a method?

103 . What are the options you have to eliminate compilation errors when handling
checked exceptions?

104 . How do you create a custom exception?

106 . Can you explain about try with resources?

107 . How does try with resources work?

108 . Can you explain a few exception handling best practices?

Miscellaneous topics

109 . What are the default values in an array?

110 . How do you loop around an array using enhanced for loop?

111 . How do you print the content of an array?

112 . How do you compare two arrays?

113 . What is an enum?

114 . Can you use a switch statement around an enum?

115 . What are variable arguments or varargs?

116 . What are asserts used for?

117 . When should asserts be used?

118 . What is garbage collection?

119 . Can you explain garbage collection with an example?

120 . When is garbage collection run?

121 . What are best practices on garbage collection?

122 . What are initialization blocks?

123 . What is a static initializer?

124 . What is an instance initializer block?

125 . What is tokenizing?

126 . Can you give an example of tokenizing?

127 . What is serialization?

128 . How do you serialize an object using serializable interface?

129 . How do you de-serialize in Java?

130 . What do you do if only parts of the object have to be serialized?

132 . Are the constructors in an object invoked when it is de-serialized?

133 . Are the values of static variables stored when an object is serialized?

Multi threading

185 . What is the need for threads in Java?

186 . How do you create a thread?

187 . How do you create a thread by extending thread class?

188 . How do you create a thread by implementing runnable interface?

189 . How do you run a thread in Java?

190 . What are the different states of a thread?

191 . What is priority of a thread? How do you change the priority of a thread?

192 . What is executorservice?

193 . Can you give an example for executorservice?

194 . Explain different ways of creating executor services .

195 . How do you check whether an executionservice task executed successfully?

196 . What is callable? How do you execute a callable from executionservice?

197 . What is synchronization of threads?

198 . Can you give an example of a synchronized block?

199 . Can a static method be synchronized?

200 . What is the use of join method in threads?

201 . Describe a few other important methods in threads?

202 . What is a deadlock?

203 . What are the important methods in Java for inter-thread communication?

204 . What is the use of wait method?

205 . What is the use of notify method?

206 . What is the use of notifyall method?

207 . Can you write a synchronized program with wait and notify methods?