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Handling Date, Time, Text, Numeric and Boolean Values
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Given the exhibit, what is the output? (Assume America/New_York observes daylight saving time, with spring forward on March 12, 2023 at 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM.)
Hard2Which three of the following are valid methods in the String class in Java 17? (Choose three.)
Easy3What is the result of executing the following code snippet? BigDecimal d1 = new BigDecimal("1.00"); BigDecimal d2 = new BigDecimal("1.0"); System.out.println(d1.equals(d2));
Hard4Which of the following correctly uses DateTimeFormatter to parse the date "2023-01-15" into a LocalDate?
Medium5Which two statements about the java.time.Duration class are true? (Choose two.)
Medium6Which code correctly reads a line of text from the console using System.console()?
Hard7What is the output?
Medium8Given the exhibit, what is the output?
Medium9Which TWO of the following are valid ways to create a LocalDate object in Java 17?
Easy10Refer to the exhibit. Which Java code correctly performs the equivalent timezone conversion?
Hard11Refer to the exhibit. What is the output?
Easy12A program reads user input as a string and needs to parse it into an integer, handling invalid input gracefully. Which code snippet correctly uses try-catch to parse and prints the result or 'Invalid number'?
Medium13A financial application uses Java SE 17 with a custom date format. The requirement is to parse strings like "2023-12-31T23:59:59.999Z" into an Instant. The existing code uses SimpleDateFormat with pattern "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'" and then calls parse(). It works fine in single-threaded testing, but in production under load, intermittent parsing failures occur with DateTimeParseException or wrong values. The application is multi-threaded and reuses the same formatter instance. Which single change should be made to fix the issue while maintaining performance?
Hard14What is the output of the code in the exhibit?
Medium15Which two of the following are valid ways to create a LocalDate representing the current date in the system's default timezone? (Choose two.)
Hard16Given: ZonedDateTime zdt = ZonedDateTime.of(2024, 3, 10, 2, 30, 0, 0, ZoneId.of("America/New_York")); In the US, on March 10, 2024, clocks spring forward at 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM. What is the output of System.out.println(zdt);?
Hard17Which of the following correctly formats a NumberFormat instance to display a currency value for the US locale with exactly two decimal places, rounding half-up?
Easy18Which TWO statements correctly use the DateTimeFormatter class? (Choose two.)
Easy19A developer is writing a method that takes a LocalDate and a ZoneId and returns the current time in that time zone as an OffsetDateTime. Which approach correctly implements this?
Medium20Which TWO statements are true about the java.time.Duration class? (Choose two.)
Hard21Which method checks if a String is empty or contains only whitespace?
Easy22Arrange the steps to create a custom exception class in Java in the correct order.
Medium23Match each annotation to its retention policy.
Medium24Arrange the steps to use a lambda expression to sort a list of strings by length.
Medium25A financial application uses BigDecimal for monetary calculations. Which rounding mode should be used to round to the nearest neighbor, and if both neighbors are equidistant, round to the even neighbor?
Medium26A developer needs to parse a date string '2024-07-04' into a LocalDate object. Which approach is correct?
Easy27A company's Java application processes time-sensitive data from IoT sensors. The system must handle timestamps across multiple time zones. The application runs on a server set to UTC. Developers have been using java.util.Date and SimpleDateFormat for date parsing. Recently, there have been intermittent failures where timestamps from sensors in the America/New_York time zone are parsed incorrectly around daylight saving time transitions. Specifically, during the spring forward (March 12, 2023, at 2:00 AM EST to 3:00 AM EDT), timestamps like "2023-03-12 02:30:00" are being interpreted as times that do not exist, causing DateTimeParseException. The team decides to migrate to the java.time API. They need to parse sensor timestamps that include a time zone offset (e.g., "2023-03-12 02:30:00 -05:00") into an OffsetDateTime. Which course of action correctly parses the timestamp and handles the DST issue?
Hard28Which THREE statements are true about the Boolean class? (Choose three.)
Medium29Match each Java keyword to its primary purpose.
Medium30Refer to the exhibit. Which concept does this error relate to?
Medium31Which of the following correctly formats a LocalDateTime object into a string with pattern 'dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss'?
Medium32A financial application processes a large log file containing millions of timestamp entries in two different formats: "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z" (ISO 8601) and "01/15/2024 10:30:00 AM" (US locale). The current implementation uses a single DateTimeFormatter with a pattern that throws an exception for the other format. The team wants to parse both formats efficiently without using try-catch for each line. Performance is critical, and the code must be thread-safe. Which approach should be used?
Hard33Which of the following correctly creates a text block in Java?
Easy34A developer needs to parse the string "2023-12-31T23:59:60Z" (a leap second) into a java.time.Instant. Which statement is true?
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