Q 01/05

The Java language takes its name from a variety of which drink grown on an Indonesian island?

A) Cocoa

B) Coffee

C) Palm wine

D) Green tea

Answer · why

B) Coffee

Coffee from the island of Java supplied the name after the language's first title ran into a trademark problem. The team's project had also gone by th...

Q 02/05

Which sandbox game did Markus Persson originally write in Java, the language still named in its original edition?

A) Minecraft

B) Terraria

C) Stardew Valley

D) Fortnite

Answer · why

A) Minecraft

Minecraft kept its original Java version alive even after a separate edition, Bedrock, was built. The two are updated side by side, with small differe...

Q 03/05

Which mobile operating system, built on the Linux kernel, originally offered Java as the only language for its apps?

A) iPhone OS

B) Firefox OS

C) Android

D) Tizen

Answer · why

C) Android

Android made Java the only option for app code at first, yet it never used a standard JVM. Its own runtime executes a different compiled format.

Q 04/05

Which software company became Java's steward through its 2009–10 acquisition of Sun Microsystems?

A) Fujitsu

B) Cisco

C) Novell

D) Oracle

Answer · why

D) Oracle

Oracle agreed in April 2009 to pay US$7.4 billion for Sun. European regulators did not approve the takeover until January 2010.

Q 05/05

Which home-video disc format requires every player to include Java, which powers its interactive menus?

A) DVD-Video

B) Blu-ray

C) HD DVD

D) LaserDisc

Answer · why

B) Blu-ray

Blu-ray made Java a mandatory part of its standard, a decision announced at the 2005 JavaOne trade show. The older DVD format handles its menus by a d...