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15 Cards in this Set
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A method is invoked with a(n) _____________.
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method call
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A variable known only within the method in which it is declared is called a(n) ___________.
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local variable
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The _____________ statement in a called method can be used to pass the value of an expression
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return
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The ____________ keyword indicates that a method does not return a value.
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void
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Data can be added to or removed from only the ___________ of a stack.
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top
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Stacks are known as _____________data structures—the last item pushed (inserted) on the stack is the first item popped off (removed from) the stack.
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last-in-first-out (LIFO)
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The three ways to return control from a called method to a caller are ______________, _____________ and ______________.
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return, return expression and encountering the closing right brace of a method
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An object of class _____________ produces pseudorandom numbers.
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Random
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The program-execution stack contains the memory for local variables on each invocation of a method during an application’s execution. This data, stored as a portion of the program-execution stack, is known as the ____________ or _____________ of the method call.
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activation record or stack frame
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If there are more method calls than can be stored on the program-execution stack, an error known as a(n) ___________ occurs.
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stack overflow
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The _____________ of a declaration is the portion of an application that can refer to the entity in the declaration by its unqualified name.
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scope
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It is possible to have several methods with the same name that each operate on different types or numbers of arguments. This feature is called method _____________.
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overloading
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The program execution stack is also referred to as the _____________ stack.
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method call
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A method that calls itself either directly or indirectly is a(n) _________ method.
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recursive
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A recursive method typically has two components: one that provides a means for the recursion to terminate by testing for a(n) ___________ case and one that expresses the problem as a recursive call for a slightly simpler problem than does the original call.
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base
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