Homework 8: Due November 16th

Note:

An actual parameter (called argument in the book) is in the calling statement. A formal parameter (called parameter in the book) is in the method header. The values returned from a value-returning method are used in one of three ways:

• save the value for further calculation
• use the value in some calculation (or in a boolean expression if it is boolean)
• print the value

• Read Chapter 5, sections 5.1 - 5.6
• Answer the study questions.

Study Questions

1. Complete checkpoints 5.1 - 5.5.
2. What are arguments?
3. Write the method header for a method named study1 that is passed two integers and returns no values.
4. Write a calling statement to method study1.
5. What does it mean to pass by value?
6. When you pass a String object describe what happens when you change its value.
7. String objects in Java are immutable. What does that mean?
8. Complete checkpoints 5.7 - 5.10.
9. What is a local variable?
10. Are local variables initialized with a default value?
11. How many values can a value-returning method return?
12. How do you indicate that a method is returning a value?
13. Can a value-returning method return a boolean value?
14. Complete checkpoints 5.11 - 5.14.
15. Complete Multiple Choice and True/False questions 1-4, 8, 10-20.
16. Complete Find the Error questions 1-4.
17. Complete Algorithm Workbench questions 1-9.

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