Elementary Concept of Object and
Classes
Class 9 - APC Understanding Computer Applications
with BlueJ
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Question 1
A Class is also considered as an object factory.
Question 2
The Object of a class differs on various characteristics.
Question 3
The object of a class is represented through the attributes.
Question 4
The term instantiation is used for creating various objects.
Question 5
Class is a blueprint of the objects.
Question 6
new keyword indicates an operator for dynamic allocation of an object.
Question 7
Objects are also termed as class tags or entities.
Question 8
Different objects of a class have common behaviour.
Answer the following questions
Question 1
Define Object with an example.
Answer
An object is an entity having a specific identity, specific characteristics and specific behavior.
Taking a car as an example of an object, it has characteristics like colour, model, version,
registration number, etc. It has behaviours like start the engine, stop the engine, accelerate the
car, apply the brakes, etc.
Question 2
Mention five states (characteristics) and two methods for the following Classes:
(a) Class Employee
Answer
Characteristics Methods
Name computeSalary()
Employee Number computeTax()
Pan Number
Salary
Income Tax
(b) Class Bank
Answer
Characteristics Methods
Bank Name openAccount()
Bank Address depositMoney()
IFSC Code
MICR Code
Accounts
(c) Class School
Answer
Characteristics Methods
School Name admitStudent()
School Address conductExams()
Classes
Students
Teachers
(d) Class Book
Answer
Characteristics Methods
Book Name buyBook()
ISBN Number readBook()
Price
Author
Publisher
(e) Class Park
Answer
Characteristics Methods
Park Name openPark()
Park Address closePark()
Ticket Price
Opening Time
Closing Time
(f) Class Medicine
Answer
Characteristics Methods
Name buyMedicine()
Quantity sellMedicine()
Manufacturing Date
Expiry Date
Price
(g) Class Computer
Answer
Characteristics Methods
Model startComputer()
Serial Number shutdownComputer()
Processor
RAM
Hard Disk
(h) Class Camera
Answer
Characteristics Methods
Model takePicture()
Serial Number adjustZoom()
Colour
Price
Resolution
Question 3
What is an Object? Give five examples of real world objects.
Answer
An object is an entity having a specific identity, specific characteristics and specific behavior.
Examples — car, bottle, mobile phone, computer, student.
Question 4
How will you define a software object?
Answer
A software object replaces the characteristics and behaviours of a real world object with data
members and member methods, respectively.
Question 5
Class and Objects are inter-related. Explain.
Answer
A Class is used to create various Objects that have different characteristics and common
behaviours. Each object follows all the features defined within a class. That is why class is also
referred to as a blue print or prototype of an object. This way we can say that they are inter-
related.
Question 6
A class is also referred as 'Object Factory'. Comment.
Answer
A class has the complete description of the data elements the object will contain, the methods
the object can do, the way these data elements and methods can be accessed. A class can
create objects of itself with different characteristics and common behaviour just like a factory
can produce similar items based on a particular design. Hence, class is also referred to as
'Object Factory'.
Question 7
What does the following statement mean?
Employee staff = new Employee ( );
Answer
This statement creates a new object of class Employee. The newly created object is assigned to
a variable named staff which is of Employee type. The object can be accessed using staff
variable.
Question 8
Why is an Object called an 'Instance' of a class? Explain.
Answer
A class can create objects of itself with different characteristics and common behaviour. So, we
can say that an Object represents a specific state of the class. For these reasons, an Object is
called an Instance of a Class.
Question 9
Why is a class known as composite data type?
Answer
A class can contain data members of various primitive and reference data types. Hence, class is
known as composite data type.
Question 10
Write a statement to create an object 'Keyboard' of the class 'Computer'.
Answer
Computer Keyboard = new Computer();
Question 11
Consider a real world object as 'Cricket Ball'. Now, mention two behaviours and methods each
by taking the 'Cricket Ball' as a software Object.
Answer
Characteristics — Colour, Condition
Behaviours/Methods — throw(), stop()
Question 12
Refer a class structure as shown below:
class MySchool {
Name
Address
Principal's name
AcceptData();
PrintData();
}
With reference to the above class declaration, indicate whether the following statements are
True/False:
1. Acceptdata( ) is the characteristic of the class.
False
2. Address is behaviour of the class.
False
3. Acceptdata( ) and PrintData( ) are the common behaviour of the objects of class
'MySchool'.
True
4. Behaviours are the medium of inter-object communication.
True
5. Creating multiple objects of class 'MySchool' is not possible.
False
Question 13
You want to create a class 'Football'. Choose the elements to be used as characteristics and
behavior from the list given below:
Ball, Goalkeeper, Making a goal, Defender, Forward player, passing ball, Referee, hitting
corner, making fault
Answer
Characteristics Behaviours
Ball Making a goal
Goalkeeper passing ball
Defender hitting corner
Forward player making fault
Referee
Question 14
Write a program by using a class 'Picnic' without any data members but having only functions as
per the specifications given below:
class name : Picnic
void display1( ): To print venue, place and reporting time.
void display2( ): To print number of students, name of the teacher accompanying and bus
number.
Write a main class to create an object of the class 'Picnic' and call the functions display1() and
display2( ).
Answer
class Picnic
{
public void display1() {
System.out.println("Venue: Botanical Garden");
System.out.println("Place: MG Road");
System.out.println("Reporting Time: 9:00 AM");
}
public void display2() {
System.out.println("Number of Students: 50");
System.out.println("Name of teacher: Mr. Nagabhushan");
System.out.println("Bus Number: KA 01 1234");
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
Picnic obj = new Picnic();
obj.display1();
obj.display2();
}
}
