Question

**MEDAL + FAN**
Please check my Java Programming answers.

If they're wrong, please help me figure out the answer (if you can/have the time). I want to learn how do these on my own.

Answer 1

@woodrow73
Please help me when you can.

Answer 2

Let me know which ones in particular you're having trouble with. Many of them take a quick google search.

Answer 3

Yeah, this isn't really questiony enough for my tastes. I can answer concept questions about things you feel unsure about or don't understand, but to just blindly check all your homework is a waste of my time.

Answer 4

@woodrow73 Well, it's mostly me just wanting to know if I answered the questions incorrectly or not.

No problem, @Kainui

Answer 5

Like question #8 is at the most basic fundamentals of java (which isn't right btw), and yet you have questions concerning constructors and objects - doesn't look like you're really trying to learn java.. I would first understand the basics by undergoing some online resources such as 'java the complete reference 7th edition' (free pdf book online).

Without understanding the fundamentals, moving onto more advanced topics will not make any sense.

Answer 6

@woodrow73 I already finished the quiz. Anyways, I'm dropping this class after this semester (so next month). I have no interest to learn Java, but it's a tech class I'm supposed to complete.

Answer 7

Being forced to finish a class you have no interest in... I feel for your predicament, sounds like a symptom of a flawed system. Though that doesn't justify me filling the hw out for you.

Answer 8

@woodrow73 I'm not asking anybody to fill in the answers for me. I'm asking for assistance, really. "If they're wrong, please help me figure out the answer (if you can/have the time). I want to learn how do these on my own." When I say "figure out the answer" it's directed at somebody giving me an explanation.

Answer 9

Allright, even if you sort-of understand those questions, no big picture will arise regarding how to program. The efficient way to learn programming is to understand the fundamentals, create, learn from mistakes, and repeat -- though this only works in a ground-up fashion.

By getting pieces of information of intermediate programming (your multiple choice questions), without first understanding the fundamentals of OOP and more basic concepts, you aren't really going to be able to understand the concepts/questions and apply them in an efficient manner -- which is why I suggest understanding the fundamentals from a Beginner's java book before moving onto the intermediate concepts that you're class is currently on. (Books are great at presenting information in an order that helps one build knowledge, relate all the concepts together, and help the student see the bigger picture).


Thus, me explaining something like an object or a constructor would perhaps provide you with enough information to get the right multiple choice answer.. but you wouldn't really understand to the extent where you could implement it- like with constructors; to know them, you need to know how to make multiple class's that interact with each other, what field variables are, understand the static, private, public keywords, making methods, creating an instance of that class, and understanding where the constructor fits into that picture-- that's what I mean when I say you need to understand the fundamentals in order to understand more intermediate concepts.


From your answers, I can see that you don't understand field variables, multiple class's, constructors ect.. that's a good deal of information that surpasses simple answers to multiple choice questions.. if you reference this free online pdf book(google Java the complete reference 7th edition), you would be able to teach yourself the concepts, and be able to understand the answers to the questions.

Answer 10

@woodrow73

I understand where you're coming from. Even so, I have about two or three lessons left and then I'm done with the class. In the beginning I honestly really tried (and I enjoyed the class for the most part), but I came across a lesson that was a bit too confusing. When I asked for help, I was refrained to YouTube (even by my teacher and other openstudy helpers). I didn't understand the YouTube version, along with other online version that were supposed to clear things help.

Days turned into weeks, and I fell more and more behind in my class to the point where I was told I was going to fail the class (by my JP teacher and advisory teacher) if I didn't get all of the lessons turned in by the end of the week. So, I turned to Openstudy since I was a good month behind in the class (not to mention, I had state testing and Military testing on top of this fiasco as well).

I still try in the class, but its to the point where I can't go back and relearn everything (trust me, I've already tried that "solution" more then once). Also, I feel as if there's no point to go back and attempt to reteach myself again since I'm through with this class in a month's time.

So yes, I understand where you're coming from. If I wanted straight answers, I wouldn't fill out the questions first and ask for corrections. Better yet, I wouldn't come to Openstudy at all if I wanted straight answers. I came to Openstudy looking for assistance, but honestly my motivation and drive regarding this class is vivid. I no longer enjoy the class as you can probably tell. I am not required to take this class, and I only took the class to try new things. Tried it, didn't like it. Maybe I'll come back and try to learn it again at a later time. It would be a whole new element if I'm learning out of enjoyment, rather then competing for a grade!

So once again, thank you for your help. I suppose I'll take my questions to Yahoo Answers or whatever other website there is that can help me finish out this class.