IT 114: Introduction to Java
Answers to Class 19 Ungraded Quiz

  1. What do you call a linear arrangement of data on an external storage medium?
    a file
  2. What are the two types of files?
    text and binary
  3. What are the two things that identify a file?
    name and location
  4. What do you call the software that allows an operating system to communicate with a device?
    a device driver
  5. What is the program that controls all interaction with hardware?
    the kernel
  6. What kind of object would you use to get information from a file?
    a Scanner object
  7. What are the two kinds of exception?
    checked and unchecked exceptions
  8. Which type of exception requires you to use either a throws clause or a try\catch statement?
    a checked exception