Welcome to Java String Quiz. String is one of the most important classes in Java. If you have done any programming in java, you must have used it.
The string is very popular when it comes to java interview questions or quiz. So I have gathered some great and tricky java string quiz questions that you should try.
Java String Quiz
There are 21 questions in this quiz. If you can correctly answer 15 or more, then consider yourself really good in String concepts. You can check the answer and detailed explanation by clicking on the “Reveal Answer” button after each question.
Let’s start the String Quiz and best of luck.
1. What will be the output of below statements?
String s = "Java String Quiz";
System.out.println(s.charAt(s.toUpperCase().length()));
A. Convert “Z” to int 90 and prints “90”
B. Runtime Exception
C. Prints “z”
D. Prints “Z”
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**Correct Answer: B
**
It will throw the runtime exception.Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 16 It’s because the index value starts from 0.
2. What will be output of below statements?
String s = "Java String Quiz";
System.out.println(s.substring(5,3));
A. Prints “Str”
B. Runtime Exception
C. IndexOutOfBoundsException Runtime Exception
D. StringIndexOutOfBoundsException Compile-time error
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**Correct Answer: B
**
It will throw the runtime exception with the error message as Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: begin 5, end 3, length 16. It’s because the end index is smaller than the start index.
3. Select all valid methods of String class.
A. trim()
B. intern()
C. toLower()
D. split()
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Correct Answer: A, B
Valid methods of String class are - trim(), intern(), toLowerCase(), and split(String regex).
4. What will be the output of below statements?
String s1 = "Cat";
String s2 = "Cat";
String s3 = new String("Cat");
System.out.print(s1 == s2);
System.out.print(s1 == s3);
A. truefalse
B. truetrue
C. falsefalse
D. falsetrue
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**Correct Answer: A
**
When we use double quotes to create a String, it first looks for String with the same value in the String pool. If found, then it returns the reference else it creates a new String in the pool and then returns the reference.
However using new operator, we force String class to create a new String object in heap space. So s1 and s2 will have reference to the same String in the pool whereas s3 will be a different object outside the pool, hence the output.
5. Which of the following statements are true for string in switch case?
A. String is allowed in switch case for Java 1.5 or higher versions.
B. String is allowed in switch case for Java 1.7 or higher versions.
C. The equals() method is used by switch-case implementation, so add null check to avoid NullPointerException.
6. Which of the following statements are True for StringBuffer and StringBuilder?
A. StringBuilder is not thread-safe.
B. StringBuffer is thread safe because its methods are synchronized.
C. StringBuilder was introduced in Java 1.4
D. StringBuffer and StringBuilder are immutable.
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Correct Answer: A, B
StringBuffer object is thread-safe because its methods are synchronized. But that’s an overhead in most of the cases, hence StringBuilder was introduced in Java 1.5. StringBuilder is not thread-safe. StringBuffer and StringBuilder are mutable classes. Read more at String vs StringBuffer vs StringBuilder.
7. String implementation follows which of the below design pattern?
A. Flyweight Design Pattern
B. Factory Pattern
C. Singleton Pattern
D. None of the above
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Correct Answer: A
String pool implementation follows the flyweight design pattern.
8. What will be the output of below statements?
String s1 = "abc";
String s2 = "def";
System.out.println(s1.compareTo(s2));
A. 0
B. true
C. -3
D. false
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**Correct Answer: C
**
From String compareTo() method documentation:
compareTo method compares two strings lexicographically. The comparison is based on the Unicode value of each character in the strings. The character sequence represented by this String object is compared lexicographically to the character sequence represented by the argument string. The result is a negative integer if this String object lexicographically precedes the argument string. The result is a positive integer if this String object lexicographically follows the argument string. The result is zero if the strings are equal; compareTo returns 0 exactly when the equals(Object) method would return true.
This is the definition of lexicographic ordering. If two strings are different, then either they have different characters at some index that is a valid index for both strings, or their lengths are different or both. If they have different characters at one or more index positions, let k be the smallest such index; then the string whose character at position k has the smaller value, as determined by using the < operator lexicographically precedes the other string. In this case, compareTo returns the difference of the two character values at position k in the two string – that is, the value:
this.charAt(k)-anotherString.charAt(k)
In our example the “abc” precedes “def”, hence negative integer is returned. Then the lowest index with different char is 0 and a-d equals to -3.
9. What will be the output of below program?
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String x = "abc";
String y = "abc";
x.concat(y);
System.out.print(x);
}
}
A. abc
B. abcabc
C. null
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Correct Answer: A
The x.concat(y) will create a new string but it’s not assigned to x, so the value of x is not changed.
10. What will be the output of below program?
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String s1 = "abc";
String s2 = "abc";
System.out.println("s1 == s2 is:" + s1 == s2);
}
}
A. false
B. s1 == s2 is:true
C. s1 == s2 is:false
D. true
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Correct Answer: A
The given statements output will be “false” because in java + operator precedence is more than == operator. So the given expression will be evaluated to “s1 == s2 is:abc” == “abc” i.e false.
11. What will be the output of below statements?
String s = "Java"+1+2+"Quiz"+""+(3+4);
System.out.println(s);
A. Java3Quiz7
B. Java12Quiz7
C. Java12Quiz34
D. Java3Quiz34
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Correct Answer: B
First of all, the expression in the bracket is executed. Then it’s all + operators, so they get executed from left to right.
We get String with each concatenation, hence the output gets produced as shown below.
“Java”+1+2+“Quiz”+“”+(3+4)
= “Java”+1+2+“Quiz”+“”+7
= “Java1”+2+“Quiz”+“”+7
= “Java12”+“Quiz”+“”+7
= “Java12Quiz”+“”+7
= “Java12Quiz”+7
= “Java12Quiz7”
12. How many String objects created in below statements?
String s = "abc"; // statement 1
String s1 = new String("abcd"); // statement 2
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
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Correct Answer: C
In statement 1, “abc” is created in the String pool.
In statement 2, first of all “abcd” is created in the string pool. Then it’s passed as an argument to the String new operator and another string gets created in the heap memory.
So a total of 3 string objects gets created.
13. What will be the output of below statements?
String s1 = "abc";
String s2 = new String("abc");
System.out.print(s1==s2);
System.out.println(s1==s2.intern());
A. falsetrue
B. falsefalse
C. truetrue
D. truefalse
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Correct Answer: A
The s1 is in the string pool whereas s2 is created in heap memory.
Hence s1==s2 will return false.
When s2.intern() method is called, it checks if there is any string with value “abc” in the pool. So it returns the reference of s1. So both s1 and s2 are pointing to the same string instance now.
Hence s1==s2.intern() will return true.
14. Select all the interfaces implemented by String class.
A. Serializable
B. Comparable
C. Constable
D. Cloneable
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Correct Answer: A, B, C
String is serializable and comparable. The Constable is a new interface from the Java 12 release.
15. Select all the reasons that make String perfect candidate for Map key?
A. String is immutable
B. String is final
C. String properly implements hashCode() and equals() method
C. String hashcode is cached
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**Correct Answer: A, B, C
**
The proper implementation of hashCode() and equals() method is a must for a Map key. Since the string is final and immutable, there are no chances of corruption of the key data.
16. What will be the output of below code snippet?
String s1 = new String("java");
String s2 = new String("JAVA");
System.out.println(s1 = s2);
A. JAVA
B.java
C. true
D. false
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**Correct Answer: A
**
It will print “JAVA” because the argument inside the println() method is an assignment. So it will be treated as System.out.println("JAVA").
17. What will be the output of below statements?
String s1 = "abc";
StringBuffer s2 = new StringBuffer(s1);
System.out.println(s1.equals(s2));
A. false
B. true
C. ClassCastException at runtime
D. Compile-time error
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Correct Answer: A
It will print false because s2 is not of type String. If you will look at the String equals() method implementation, you will find a check using instanceof operator to check if the type of passed object is String? If not, then return false.
18. What will be the output of below code snippet?
String s1 = "abc";
String s2 = new String("abc");
s2.intern();
System.out.println(s1 == s2);
A. false
B. true
C. null
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Correct Answer: A
It’s a tricky question and output will be false. We know that intern() method will return the String object reference from the string pool, but since we didn’t assign it back to s2, there is no change in s2. Hence both s1 and s2 are having a different reference.
If we change the code in line 3 to s2 = s2.intern(); then the output will be true.
19. Select all the classes that extend String class.
A. StringBuffer
B. StringBuilder
C. StringWriter
D. None
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**Correct Answer: D
**
It’s a tricky question. The String is a final class, so you can’t extend it.
20. Which of the following statements are true about String in java?
A. We can extend String class like StringBuffer does it.
B. String class is defined in java.util package.
C. String is immutable in Java.
D. String is thread-safe in Java.
E. String is case sensitive in Java.
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Correct Answer: C, D, E
We can’t extend String class because it’s final. StringBuffer doesn’t extend it. String class is defined in java.lang package.The string is immutable and hence thread-safe in java. String is case sensitive, so “abc” is not equal to “ABC”.
21. What will be the output of below statements?
String s1 = null;
System.out.print(s1); // line 2
System.out.print(s1.toString()); // line 3
A. nullnull
B. null followed by NullPointerException
C. NullPointerException
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Correct Answer: B
Line 2 will print null because print method has null check like this:
if (s == null) { s = "null";}
Line 3 will throw NullPointerException because we are trying to invoke toString() function on null.
Conclusion
I have tried to cover most of the important points about String in this Quiz. If you think some interesting concept has been missed, please let me know through comments. If you liked the Quiz, share it with others too.
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Thank you for the Quiz, it was really useful.
- Suraj
Thanks for quizs!
- Ul
in question about s1==s2 s1==s2.intern() i checked falsetrue, and got wrong with answer =“s1 is in the string pool whereas s2 is created in heap memory. Hence s1==s2 will return false. When s2.intern() method is called, it checks if there is any string with value “abc” in the pool. So it returns the reference of s1. So both s1 and s2 are pointing to same string instance now. Hence s1==s2.intern() will return true.” wich seems to me would give falsetrue, wich is what i choose
- Kamil
Hi Pls provide some finding an output type comments
- rohit
Good Questions , especially considering some have muiltiple answers. I am studying for the Java Cert, so this is good practice too.
- CTM
I request to put more questions on String. Questions are really worth to get more insight about the string.
- Rajesh
Why are the code snippets not displayed in the questions where you are asking to find out the output?
- anirtek
Question 4 is too tricky from my perspective and I wouldn’t agree that in question 3 “String is final” is invalid choice, because otherwise you could extend String and override hashcode, equals then pollute collections with unsafe ChildStrings and everything will be broken, benefits of String immutability are lost in this situation.
- Mana
This was very good quiz on Strings and sharpned some core concepts. Is there any short cut or trick to remember all methods or interfaces as list is too huge and not easy to remember all those as asked in some questions in the quiz?
- Gaurav Singh
there is a lot of things that I have learnt after doing this quiz.
- WuJing