Computer Science 261

Exam 1 Review

DRAFT

Please note that while I do try to be comprehensive in these exam reviews, all of the material covered is fair game.  Of course, if you notice that I've left something important out, please let me know as quickly as possible.

• Be able to write programs in Java that review material in the first semester course.
• Be able to write and use basic objects (part object, student object).
• Be able to discuss some of the differences between object oriented and functional programming.  In particular, be able to define the terms of object oriented programming, including (but not limited to):
• Objects
• Methods
• Class Hierarchies (sub-class/super-class)
• Inheritance / method over-riding
• Polymorphism
• Public vs Private
• Be able to describe basic testing heuristics for unit testing *new* - this was not on the list Monday
• Be able to define and discuss terms including (but not limited to):
  • information hiding
  • abstract data types
  • functional decomposition
  • etc.
  that appeared in text and discussions.
• Be able to identify some of the important names from computer science.  Among others, we have discussed
• Charles Babbage
• Ada Lovelace
• Commander Grace Murry Hopper
• John von Neumann
• Donald Knuth (have we talked about these last two?  We should have)
• Be able to describe and write the basic parts of an object
  • constructor
  • observer
  • modifier
  • iterator