CSC 211 Spring, 2003

Sample midterm questions

Listed below are questions similar to those I will put on the midterm. Sample solutions will be posted Thursday.

• Write a method with the header:

  public static double average(double a, double b)

  that returns the average of a and b.
  

• Write a method with the header:

  public static int minimum(int i, int j)

  that returns the smaller of i and j.
  

• Rewrite the following mathematical expression as a Java expression: 4x³ + 16x² - 9x + 56.
  
• Write a loop that prompts the user for a month, which is an integer between 1 and 12 (inclusive).  
  
• What is printed by the following program?

  public class ExampleProgram {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          int index = 0;
          int total = 0;
          int upper = 10;
          while (index <= upper) {
              total += index;
              index++;
          }
          System.out.println("The total is " + total);
      }
  }