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Very frequently asked. Usually followed by questions related to private constructor and synchronized access. Frequently asked in JPMorgan and TCS (Based on 2 feedback)
  Q181. Explain Singleton Design Pattern ?Design
Ans. http://www.buggybread.com/2014/03/java-design-pattern-singleton-interview.html

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 Q182. How can we protect an application from throwing a NullPointerException ?
Ans. By having Null Checks.

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 Q183. Why is a constant defined as a static final in Java?Core Java
Ans. Final makes sure that the value doesn't change after initialization and static makes sure that there is only one copy that can be shared across objects.

Making it non static will unnecessarily create a different copy per object wherein the same value will kept for all copies ( as its final and cannot be changed ).

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 Q184. What is Criteria in Hibernate ?Hibernate
Ans. Criteria is a simplified API for retrieving entities by composing Criterion objects.

For example - session.createCriteria(Employee.class).add( Restrictions.like("name", "A%") ).list();

will return all employee objects having name starting with A.

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  Q185. Which Software Development methodology is being used in your current Job ?General
Ans. We are using Agile methodology. I attend daily stand up where the development leads takes the status of assigned stories, achievements, any bottlenecks or challenges. We follow iteration of 2 weeks.

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 Q186. Which UML diagrams you usually use for design ?Design
Ans. Use Case Diagram, Component Diagram for High level Design and Class Diagram , Sequence Diagram for low level design.

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 Q187. What is your role in current position ?General
Ans. I am working as a Software System Analyst that specializes in understanding Business Requirements, Analyzing them , Performs Cost / Benefit analysis, Make suggestions to business , translate the business requirements into technical requirements, Discuss their feasibility with the technical team, performs sizing in coordination with developers and prepare high level design document.

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  Q188. What is Jenkins ?Jenkins
Ans. It is a continuous integration tool written in Java.

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 Q189. Which takes more memory - float or Float ?Core Java
Ans. float is a native data type whereas Float is a class. A Float object will always take more memory than float variable as there are metadata overheads with the objects.

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 Q190. What is collision in hash collections ?Core Java
Ans. Collision is the situation when two different elements have the same Hash Code.

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 Q191. Which of the collections allows null as the key ?

a. HashTable
b. HashMap
c. TreeMap
d. LinkedHashMap
Core Java
Ans. HashMap

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  Q192. Explain Application / Server architecture being used in your project ?

or

Explain your project architecture ?
Ans. We are using cluster of Web servers and Application servers. Load Balancer is used to manage the load between them. Down the layer we have middleware server and then DB server to access database.

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 Q193. Difference between prefix and postfix increment operator ?
Ans. Prefix operator performs the increment and then assignment whereas its inverse for postfix operator.

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  Q194. Explain the challenging problems you faced recently and how you overcame it ?General
Ans. [Open Ended Answer]

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 Q195. Explain TDD or Test Driven Design ?Design
Ans. TDD is a development process that involves short iterations: first an automated test case is written. Then, the code is written to pass that test, and finally one refactors the new code to acceptable standards.

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Frequently asked in face to face interviews.
  Q196. Write a program to print fibonacci series.Core Java
Ans. int count = 15;
int[] fibonacci = new int[count];
fibonacci[0] = 0;
fibonacci[1] = 1;
for(int x=2; x < count; x++){
fibonacci[x] = fibonacci[x-1] + fibonacci[x-2];
}

for(int x=0; x< count; x++){
System.out.print(fibonacci[x] + " ");
}

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 Q197. What is the use of Synchronized block ?Core Java
Ans. The goal of a synchronised block is to achieve mutual exclusion i.e at one time, the segment of the code should be executed by single thread only and hence the lock needs to be retrieved before executing the segment and then released.

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Must know at all levels. Among Top 10 frequently asked questions in Java. Very frequently asked to fresh graduates or less experienced professionals.
  Q198. What is Inheritance ?Core Java
Ans. Its a facility for code reuse and independent extension wherein a derived class inherits the properties of parent class.

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 Q199. What is a Java Bean ? How is it different from other Java classes ?
Ans. A Java bean is a class which abides by following conventions:

Core of the object is member elements and not operations ( methods )

Member Elements can be accessed by getters (and setters if those properties are not read-only).

serializable.

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 Q200. Write code for singleton classDesign
Ans. http://javasearch.buggybread.com/CodeSnippets/searchCodeSamples.php?keyword=singleton+class&category=code

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 Q201. How is static and dynamic polymorphism achieved in Java ?Core Java
Ans. Static polymorphism is the polymorphic resolution identified at compile time and is achieved through function overloading whereas dynamic polymorphism is the polymorphic resolution identified at runtime and is achieved through method overriding.

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Very frequently asked to fresh graduates. Frequently asked in NSEiT and Accenture India
 Q202. Write a program to Generate prime numbers till a given numberCore Java
Ans. public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int number = 2;
int count = 0;
long sum = 0;
int givenNumber = 1000;
while (count < givenNumber) {
if (isPrimeNumber(number)) {
sum = number;
count;
}
number;
}
System.out.println(sum);
}
private static boolean isPrimeNumber(int number) {
for (int i = 2; i <= number / 2; i) {
if (number % i == 0) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}

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 Q203. What will the following code print ?

Integer a = 100, b =100;
Integer c = 1000, d = 1000;
System.out.println(a == b);
System.out.println(c ==d);
Core Java
Ans. false
false

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  Q204. How is multiple inheritance implemented in Java ?Core Java
Ans. There was no multiple inheritance in java before version 8 as implementing multiple interfaces cannot be termed as inheritance.

With Java 8 , came the concept of default methods wherein the class implementing the interface carries the default implementation from the interface and hence facilitating multiple inheritance.

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  Q205. What is a Destructor ? Do we have Destructors in Java ?Core Java
Ans. Destructor is used to de-allocate memory allocated by objects.

There are no destructors in Java. Alternatively, Java provides Automatic garbage collection i.e automatically releasing the un-referenced memory.

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Frequently asked.
 Q206. What should a class do if its implementing an interface ?Core Java
Ans. It should either implement all interface methods or declare unimplemented methods as abstract.

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 Q207. What should a class do if its extending an abstract class ?Core Java
Ans. It should either implement the abstract methods or re-declare them abstract.

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 Q208. What are different types of variables in Java ?
Ans. 1. Function Local Variables
2. Instance Variables
3. Class variables or static variables

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 Q209. What are the two main components of Hadoop System ?BigData
Ans. Distributed file system and Map Reduce system.

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 Q210. Write a java program to implement Quick sort ?Core Java
Ans. http://www.programcreek.com/2012/11/quicksort-array-in-java/

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