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1. PRG 420 Week 1 Coding a Simple “Hello, world!” Java™
Program(New Syllabus)
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Individual: Coding a Simple “Hello, world!” Java™ Program
Instructions: Resource: • PRG 420 Week One Coding Assigment Text
File (starter code for this assignment that includes placeholders) For
this assignment, you will apply what you learned in analyzing a
simple Java™ program by writing your own Java™ program. The
Java™ program you write should do the following: • Display a prompt
on the console asking the user to type in his or her first name •
Construct the greeting string "Hello, nameEntered!" • Display the
constructed greeting on the console Complete this assignment by
doing the following: 1. Download the linked text file. 2. Add
comments to the code by typing your name and the date in the
multi-line comment header. 3. Replace the following lines with Java™
code as directed in the file: • LINE 1 • LINE 2 • LINE 3 • LINE 4 4.
Comment each line of code you add to explain what you intend the
code to do. 5. Test and modify your Java™ program until it runs
without errors and produces the results as described above. Note:
Refer to this PRG 420 Week's analyzing code assignment if you need
help. After you complete your assignment, zip your JAVA source
(.java) file and submit the ZIP file using the Assignment Files tab.
Supporting Material: PRG 420 Week One Coding Assignment Text File
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2. PRG 420 Week 1 DQ 1
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Watch the first and second videos for Week 1. Explain a little about
the Java Virtual Machine, what it executes, how it might be similar to
any other language, and how it is different from a native language,
such as C++.
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PRG 420 Week 1 DQ 2
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Java is a portable language, and being an object-oriented
programming language, it also encourages component reusability.
How does Java achieve these two important features? How are these
features desirable in modern software engineering?
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PRG 420 Week 1 DQ 3

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You are a bank manager and you are helping a new bank teller
understand the kind of accounts the bank offers. If a customer
comes in asking to open a new savings account, the teller needs to
ask what kind of account--passbook savings or certificate of deposit--
the customer would like to open. Remind the customer that all
accounts with our bank are insured by the FDIC. You should explain
that all accounts earn some interest; a savings account’s interest is
compounded monthly. You should assign a unique account number
after accepting the customer’s initial deposit. If the customer
chooses to receive statements electronically, the system will send an
e-mail with a monthly statement; if the customer chooses not to,
then a paper statement will be sent by mail quarterly. If savings
account is a class, give an example of each of the following as it
relates to that savings account. Explain your reasoning behind your
example. o Superclass o Subclass o Attribute o Method o Instance
(object) o Encapsulation
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PRG 420 Week 1 Individual Analyzing a Simple Java™
Program (New Syllabus)
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Individual: Analyzing a Simple Java™ Program Instructions: Resource:
• PRG 420 Week One Analyze Assignment Text File Analyzing Java™
code--that is, reading and predicting the outcome of Java™ code,
given one or more inputs--is an essential skill. The ability to analyze
code allows you to learn from example code and tutorials. It also
allows you to write and debug your own Java™ code. For this
assignment, you will be analyzing the Java™ code in the linked text
file. Carefully read through the code line by line, then answer the
following questions in a Microsoft® Word document: 1. What syntax
signals a Java™ comment? (In other words, what symbol(s) tell the
Java™ compiler not to process certain text?) 2. Type the line(s) of
code that accept user input. 3. Type the line(s) of code that process
user input. 4. Type the line(s) of code that produce output. 5. Type
the result this program would produce if a user, when prompted,
responded by typing "everyone" and then hit Enter. 6. Type the
result this program would produce if a user, when prompted,
responded by typing in "Mickey Mouse" and hit Enter. 7. Type the
result this program would produce if a user, when prompted,
responded by typing "Benjamin Franklin" and hit Enter. Submit your
completed Word document using the Assignment Files tab.
Supporting Material: PRG 420 Week One Analyze Assignment Text
File
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PRG 420 Week 1 Individual Assignment Hello world

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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK # 1
Create a program in Java™ that displays “Hello world!” Take a screen
shot that shows the program’s successful compilation and execution.
Then submit your program along with the screen shot.
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PRG 420 Week 2 Analyzing a Program Containing if-then and
switch(New Syllabus)
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Individual: Analyzing a Program Containing if-then and switch
Instructions: Resource: • PRG 420 Week Two Analyze Assignment
Text File The ability to read through Java™ code and predict the
results, given specific inputs, is an extremely useful skill. For this
assignment, you will be analyzing the Java™ code in the linked text
file, and predicting the results given specific input. Carefully read
through the code line by line, then answer the following questions in
a Microsoft® Word document: 1. What is the output of the program

6. as it is written? 2. What would the output of the program be if you
assigned I AmHappy to false, num to 35, and numDayOf PRG 420
Week to 5? 3. What would the output of the program be if you
assigned the I AmHappy to 5, num to 50, and numDayOf PRG 420
Week to 8? Submit your completed Word document using the
Assignment Files tab. Supporting Material: PRG 420 Week Two
Analyze Assignment Text File
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PRG 420 Week 2 Coding a Program Containing if-then and
switch(New Syllabus)
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Individual: Coding a Program Containing if-then and switch
Instructions: Resources: • PRG 420 Week Two Coding Assigment Text
File (starter code for this assignment that includes placeholders) •
PRG 420 Week Two Recommended Activity Text File (examples of
how to code a switch statement, an if-then-else statement, and how
to construct a string to display text onscreen) For this assignment,
you will apply what you learned in analyzing Java™ code so far in this
course by writing your own Java™ program. The Java™ program you
write should do the following: • Accept user input that represents
the number of sides in a polygon. Note: The code to do this is already
written for you. • If input value is not between 3 and 5, display an
informative error message • If input value is between 3 and 5, use a
switch statement to display a message that identifies the correct

7. polygon based on the number of sides matching the input number
(e.g., triangle, rectangle, or polygon) Complete this assignment by
doing the following: 1. Download the linked PRG 420 Week Two
Coding Assigment Text File. 2. Read the file carefully, especially the
explanatory comments of what the existing code does. 3. Add your
name and the date in the multi-line comment header. 4. Refer to the
following linked PRG 420 Week Two Recommended Activity Text File
to see examples of how to code all of the Java™ statements (i.e.,
switch, println(), and if-then-else) you will need to write to complete
this Assignment. 5. Replace the following lines with Java code as
directed in the file: • LINE 1 • LINE 2 6. Comment each line of code
you add to explain what you intend the code to do. 7. Test and
modify your Java™ program until it runs without errors and produces
the results as described above. Note: Refer to this PRG 420 Week's
analyzing code assignment if you need help. After you complete your
assignment, zip your JAVA source (.java) file and submit the ZIP file
using the Assignment Files tab. Supporting Material: PRG 420 Week
Two Coding Assignment Text File PRG 420 Week Two Recommended
Activity Text File
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PRG 420 Week 2 DQ 1
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Please watch the first three videos for Week 2 (around 40 minutes).
Explain how an outside class may be given access to find the value of

8. a private instance variable, or to change the value of a private
instance variable. Why does this add value to your program?
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PRG 420 Week 2 DQ 2
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What are the three types of errors that you can encounter in a Java™
program? Describe them, and explain how you would minimize the
errors. What are some examples of errors that you have seen
before?
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PRG 420 Week 2 DQ 3
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A class is a blueprint for an object. A class may have a default
constructor, a constructor with arguments, accessor methods,
mutator methods, public fields, and private fields. Choose a category
(such as animal, vehicle, and so on) and describe how you would
design a class for it.

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PRG 420 Week 2 Individual Assignment Netbeans Project
(annual compensation)
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK # 2
Write a Java™ application using NetBeans™ Integrated Development
Environment (IDE) that calculates the total annual compensation of a
salesperson. Consider the following factors:
A salesperson will earn a fixed salary of $50,000
A salesperson will also receive a commission as a sales incentive.
Commission is a percentage of the salesperson’s annual sales. The
current commission is 5 % of total sales.

10. The total annual compensation is the fixed salary plus the
commission earned.
The Java™ application should meet these technical requirements:
The application should have at least one class, in addition to the
application’s controlling class (a controlling class is where the main
function resides).
There should be proper documentation in the source code.
The application should ask the user to enter annual sales, and it
should display the total annual compensation.
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PRG 420 Week 3 Analyzing a Program Containing Loops(New
Syllabus)
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Individual: Analyzing a Program Containing Loops Instructions:
Resource: • PRG 420 Week Three Analyze Assignment Text File For

11. this assignment, you will be analyzing the Java™ code in the linked
PRG 420 Week Three Analyze Assignment Text File, and predicting
the results. You will also examine both the code and the output for
inconsistencies And clarity. This Java™ code includes examples of for,
while, and do while Loops. Carefully read through the code line by
line, then answer the following questions in a Microsoft® Word
document: 1. What is the output of the program as it is written? 2.
What improvement(s) could be made to this code to make the
output clearer or more accurate, or to make the code easier to
maintain? Note: You do not have to make the improvements in the
Java™ program, although you certainly may. For this assignment,
simply describe the things you see that would need to be improved
to elevate the code and output to a more professional level. For the
code, consider variable names and hardcoding. For the output,
consider formatting/punctuation, repetition, accuracy of
information, and wording. Submit your completed Word document
using the Assignment Files tab. Supporting Material: PRG 420 Week
Three Analyze Assignment Text File
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PRG 420 Week 3 Coding a Program Containing Loops(New
Syllabus)
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Individual: Coding a Program Containing Loops Instructions:
Resource: • PRG 420 Week Three Coding Assignment Text File

12. (starter code for this assignment that includes placeholders) For this
assignment, you will apply what you learned in analyzing for, while,
and do-while loops by writing these statements yourself. The Java™
program you write should do the following: • Display a pyramid of
asterisks onscreen (i.e., a nested for loop) • Display the integers 10
to 1 in decreasing order, one number per line (i.e., a while/do-whlie
loop) • Add 7 until the sum becomes greater than 157, at which
point the program should display both the sum and the number of 7s
added Complete this assignment by doing the following: 1. Download
the linked PRG 420 Week Three Coding Assignment Text File. 2. Add
comments to the code by typing your name and the date in the
multi-line comment header. 3. Replace the following lines with Java™
code as directed in the file: • LINE 1 • LINE 2 • LINE 3 4. Comment
each line of code you add to explain what you intend the code to do
and why you chose each type of loop. 5. Test and modify your Java™
program until it runs without errors and produces the results as
described above. Note: Refer to this PRG 420 Week's analyzing code
assignment if you need help. After you complete your assignment,
zip your JAVA source (.java) file and submit the ZIP file using the
Assignment Files tab. Supporting Material: PRG 420 Week Three
Coding Assignment Text File
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PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 1
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13. Please watch the first and the fifth (next to the last) videos for Week
3 (feel free to use the transcripts, too!) . Tell me about the
similarities between the conditionals in if statements and the
conditionals in while statements.
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PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 2
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Convert the following program from for loop to while loop. class
ArithmeticProgression { public static void main (String [] args) { int
sum = 0; for (int i = 1; i <= 1000; i++) { sum = sum + i;
System.out.println(Integer.toString(sum)); } } }
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PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 3
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There are 3 kinds of loops—for loop, while loop, and do while loop.
Under which circumstances would each kind of loop be more
appropriate? Explain your answers using specific examples.

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PRG 420 Week 3 DQ 4
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Consider the following conditions: CONDITION 1: while ( !(cChoice ==
'Q' || cChoice == 'q') ) CONDITION 2: while ( cChoice != 'Q' || cChoice
!= 'q' ) Do Conditions 1 and 2 give the same result? What tool or
technique would you use to explain the result?
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PRG 420 Week 3 Individual Assignment Netbeans Project
(annual compensation with commission)
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK # 3
Modify the Week Two Java™ application using Java™ NetBeans™ IDE
to meet these additional and changed business requirements:

15. The company has recently changed its total annual compensation
policy to improve sales.
A salesperson will continue to earn a fixed salary of $50,000. The
current sales target for every salesperson is $120,000.
The sales incentive will only start when 80% of the sales target is
met. The current commission is 5% of total sales.
If a salesperson exceeds the sales target, the commission will
increase based on an acceleration factor. The acceleration factor is
1.5.
The application should ask the user to enter annual sales, and it
should display the total annual compensation.
The application should also display a table of potential total annual
compensation that the salesperson could have earned, in $5000
increments above the salesperson’s annual sales, until it reaches 50%
above the salesperson’s annual sales.

16. Sample Table: Assuming a total annual sales of $100,000, the table
would look like this:
Total Sales
Total Compensation
100,000
<>
105,000
<>
110,000
<>

17. 115,000
<>
120,000
<>
125,000
<>
130,000
<>
135,000

18. <>
140,000
<>
145,000
<>
150,000
<>
The Java™ application should also meet these technical
requirements:
The application should have at least one class, in addition to the
application’s controlling class.
The source code must demonstrate the use of conditional and
looping structures.

19. There should be proper documentation in the source code.
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PRG 420 Week 4 Analyzing a Program Containing Arrays(New
Syllabus)
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Individual: Analyzing a Program Containing Arrays Instructions:
Resource: • PRG 420 Week Four Analyze Assignment Text File The
ability to read through Java™ code and predict the results, given
specific inputs, is an extremely useful skill. For this assignment, you
will be analyzing the Java™ code in the linked PRG 420 Week Four
Analyze Assignment Text File, and answering questions about the
array that appears in the code. Carefully read through the code line
by line, then answer the following questions in a Microsoft® Word
document: 1. If an array had not been chosen to hold the data
manipulated in this program, how else (i.e., with what other data
types) could it have been represented? 2. Which approach, using an
array or using the alternative you identified in question #1, is
shorter/easier? 3. What is the output of this program? 4. What
would be the result of using a println() statement to display the value

20. of arraynum[8]? 5. How many values can arraynum contain, and
why? Submit your completed Word document using the Assignment
Files tab. Supporting Material: PRG 420 Week Four Analyze
Assignment Text File
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PRG 420 Week 4 Coding a Program Containing an Array(New
Syllabus)
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Individual: Coding a Program Containing an Array Instructions:
Resource: • PRG 420 Week Four Coding Assigment Text File (starter
code for this assignment that includes placeholders) For this
assignment, you will apply what you learned in analyzing a simple
Java™ program by writing your own Java™ program that creates and
accesses an array of integers. The Java™ program you write should
do the following: • Create an array to hold 10 integers • Ask the user
for an integer. Note: This code has already been written for you. •
Populate the array. Note: The first element should be the integer
input by the user. The second through tenth elements should each
be the previous element + 100. For example, if the user inputs 10,
the first array value should be 10, the second 110, the third 210, and
so on. • Display the contents of the array on the screen in ascending
index order. Complete this assignment by doing the following: 1.
Download the linked PRG 420 Week Four Coding Assigment Text File.
2. Read each line of the file carefully, including the detailed

21. instructions at the top. 3. Add comments to the code by typing your
name and the date in the multi-line comment header. 4. Replace the
following lines with Java™ code as directed in the file: • LINE 1 • LINE
2 • LINE 3 • LINE 4 • LINE 5 5. Comment each line of code you add to
explain what you intend the code to do. 6. Test and modify your
Java™ program until it runs without errors and produces the results
as described above. Note: Refer to this PRG 420 Week's analyzing
code assignment if you need help. After you complete your
assignment, zip your JAVA source (.java) file and submit the ZIP file
using the Assignment Files tab. Supporting Material: PRG 420 Week
Four Coding Assignment Text File
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PRG 420 Week 4 DQ 1
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Assuming you want an array (named many) of seven ints what would
be the easiest way to write the code if you wanted many to contain
all zeros? What if you wanted many to contain a selection of seven
values, that were not all zeros? What would be the subscripts of all
the elements of many?
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What is the difference between arrays and ArrayList? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of an ArrayList, and when should you
use an ArrayList over a simple array?
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PRG 420 Week 4 DQ 3
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What is the difference between string and StringBuilder? What are
the advantages and disadvantages of a StringBuilder, and when
should you use a StringBuilder over a simple String?
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PRG 420 Week 4 Individual Assignment Netbeans Project
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT OF WEEK # 4
Modify the Week Three Java™ application using Java™ NetBeans™
IDE to meet these additional and changed business requirements:
The application will now compare the total annual compensation of
at least two salespersons.
It will calculate the additional amount of sales that each salesperson
must achieve to match or exceed the higher of the two earners.
The application should ask for the name of each salesperson being
compared.
The Java™ application should also meet these technical
requirements:

24. The application should have at least one class, in addition to the
application’s controlling class.
The source code must demonstrate the use of Array or ArrayList.
There should be proper documentation in the source code.
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PRG 420 Week 5 Analyzing a Program Containing Exception
Handling(New Syllabus)
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Individual: Analyzing a Program Containing Exception Handling
Instructions: Resource: • PRG 420 Week Five Analyze Assignment
Text File For this assignment, you will be analyzing the code in the
linked PRG 420 Week Five Analyze Assignment Text File. This
program contains exception handling code. You will be evaluating
the code and using what you learned in this PRG 420 Week's
readings to predict the results based on the program as written, as
well as based on changing the value of a specific variable. Carefully
read through the code line by line, then answer the following
questions in a Microsoft® Word document: 1. What are the results of
the program as written? 2. What results would the program produce
if you changed the value of a from 0 to 3? Submit your completed

25. Word document using the Assignment Files tab. Supporting Material:
PRG 420 Week Five Analyze Assignment Text File
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PRG 420 Week 5 Coding a Program Containing Exception
Handling(New Syllabus)
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Individual: Coding a Program Containing Exception Handling
Instructions: Resource: • PRG 420 Week Five Coding Assignment Text
File (starter code for this assignment that includes placeholders) For
this assignment, you will apply what you learned in analyzing a
simple Java™ program by writing your own Java™ program. The
Java™ program you write should do the following: • Organize the
code capable of throwing an exception of type ParseException as a
try block. • Include a catch block to handle a ParseException error
thrown by the try block. • Include a hard-coded error that results in a
ParseException to prove that the code can catch and handle this type
of exception. Complete this assignment by doing the following: 1.
Download the linked PRG 420 Week Five Coding Assignment Text
File. 2. Add comments to the code by typing your name and the date
in the multi-line comment header. 3. Replace the following lines with
Java™ code as directed in the file: • LINE 1 • LINE 2 4. Replace the
value assigned with one of the variables so that the program throws
an exception. 5. Comment each line of code you add to explain what
you intend the code to do. Be sure to include a comment for the

26. replacement value you added in Step 4 that causes the program to
throw an exception. 6. Test and modify your Java™ program until it
runs without errors and produces the results described above. Note:
Refer to this PRG 420 Week's analyzing code assignment if you need
help. After you complete your assignment, zip your JAVA file and
submit the ZIP file using the Assignment Files tab.
SupportingMaterial: PRG 420 Week Five Coding Assignment Text File
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PRG 420 Week 5 DQ 1
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Please explain one use for a static variable in a class. Please explain
how you might use one static method ( not main() ) in a class.
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In your opinion, what are the three biggest challenges in planning
and designing a solution for a programming problem? What can you

27. do to overcome these challenges? How would you apply these
techniques to the programs in this class?
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PRG 420 Week 5 DQ 3
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Using an example from your work or daily life, describe an "is-a"
relationship. Why is an "is-a" relationship important when designing
an inheritance between classes?
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PRG 420 Week 5 Team Assignment Resuability (2 Papers)
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In the real world, an entire program is rarely written from scratch. It
is very likely that there are classes or methods that already exist. The
key to using these existing modules successfully depends on how
modularly the classes or methods are written. In this Learning Team
assignment, your mission is to take a section of one team member’s
Week Four program and replace a similar section of another team

28. member’s Week Four program. Submit the following deliverables for
this Learning Team assignment: A 700- to 1050-word paper
describing the following: How the two programs were selected The
process of identifying the classes or methods for replacement The
changes needed to make the final Java™ application program work
correctly The final Java™ application program
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