**

* Author: Sean Thames

* Class: CIST-2372
* Date: 2013-05-22
* Filename: Quiz.java
* Assignment: Chapter 8 Ex 15
*
* Description:
* Write an application that contains an array of 10 multiple-choice quiz
* questions related to your favorite hobby. Each question contains three
* answer choices. Also create an array that holds the correct answer to
* each question -- A, B, or C. Display each question and verify that the
* user enters only A, B, or C as the answer -- if not, keep prompting the
* user until a valid response is entered. If the user responds to a
* question correctly, display "Correct!"; otherwise, display "The
* correct answer is" and the letter of the correct answer. After the user
* answers all the questions, display the number of correct and incorrect
* answers. Save the file as Quiz.java
*/

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Quiz

{
/**
* isValid accapts a string and checks to see if it is A, B, or C
* and returns a boolean value of true or false if it matches
*/
private static boolean isValid(String a)
{
a = a.toLowerCase();
if(a.equals("a") || a.equals("b") || a.equals("c"))
{
return true;
}
else
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Please pick A, B, or C");
return false;
}
}
/**
* askQuestion recieves an array containing the question and all the
* answers. Returning the user input as a String
*/
private static String askQuestion(String[] q)
{
String fmtQuestion = ""; // String to hold the formatted question
String answer = "";

for(int i = 0; i < q.length; i++)

fmtQuestion += q[i] + "\n";

do
{
answer = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, fmtQuestion);
if(answer == null)
{
int quit = JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null, "Would you
like to quit?", "Quit", JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION);
if(quit == 0)
return "ABORT";
else
continue;
}
} while (answer == null || !(isValid(answer)));

return answer;
}
/**
* isCorrect recieves two values a (correct answer) and r (incorrect
* answer). Returning a boolean value if the answer is correct or not
*/
private static boolean isCorrect(String a, String r) // a = correct answer, r
= user response
{
r = r.toUpperCase();
if(a.equals(r))
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Correct!");
return true;
}
else
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "The correct answer is: \n" +
a);
return false;
}
}
/**
* showGrade accepts two values c (total correct answers) and i (total
* incorrect answers). A message dialog is displayed stating the total
* coreect, incorrect, and the grade for the test
*/
public static void showGrade(int c, int i)
{
int numberQuestions = c + i;
String fmtGrade = "";
int pointsPerQuestion = 100 / numberQuestions;
int grade = c * pointsPerQuestion;

fmtGrade += "You answered " + c + " correctly and " + i + "

incorrectly";
fmtGrade += "\nYour grade is: " + grade + "%";

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, fmtGrade);
}

public static void main(String[] args)

{
int i = 0; // iterator to be used later for the askQuestion loop
int correct = 0; // number of correct answers
int incorrect = 0; // number of incorrect answers
String response = ""; // holds the answer the user supplied temporarily

/*
* I know multi-dimensional arrays are not till next chapter but
* I already knew about them and felt that it really was the best
 * option for this assignment
*/

String[][] question = new String[10][4]; // Array to store questions

String[] correctAnswer = new String[10]; // Array to store correct
answers

question[0][0] = "Which one of these is not a primitive data type?";

question[0][1] = "A) integer";
question[0][2] = "B) char";
question[0][3] = "C) String";
correctAnswer[0] = "C";

question[1][0] = "Java source code is stored in files with what

extension?";
question[1][1] = "A) .class";
question[1][2] = "B) .java";
question[1][3] = "C) .jav";
correctAnswer[1] = "B";

question[2][0] = "The best environment for developing Java applications

is?";
question[2][1] = "A) A UNIX server hosted by a corporate entity";
question[2][2] = "B) Eclipse IDE";
question[2][3] = "C) Whatever you are most comfortable in";
correctAnswer[2] = "C";

question[3][0] = "Java can be used to write?";

question[3][1] = "A) Web Applications";
question[3][2] = "B) Desktop programs";
question[3][3] = "C) All of the above";
correctAnswer[3] = "C";

question[4][0] = "Which GUI toolkit comes included with Java?";

question[4][1] = "A) Swing";
question[4][2] = "B) Gtk";
question[4][3] = "C) JavaFX";
correctAnswer[4] = "A";

question[5][0] = "The current version of Java is?";

question[5][1] = "A) 7";
question[5][2] = "B) 1.7";
question[5][3] = "C) This is a trick question (aka both)";
correctAnswer[5] = "C";

question[6][0] = "Java is a?";

question[6][1] = "A) Byte-Code compiled language";
question[6][2] = "B) Interpreted language";
question[6][3] = "C) Compiled language";
correctAnswer[6] = "A";

question[7][0] = "The file extension for MyApp.java after

running \"javac MyApp.java\" is?";
question[7][1] = "A) .exe";
question[7][2] = "B) .class";
question[7][3] = "C) .java";
correctAnswer[7] = "B";

question[8][0] = "In Java console output is achieved by using?";

 question[8][1] = "A) std::cout";
question[8][2] = "B) printf";
question[8][3] = "C) System.out.println";
correctAnswer[8] = "C";

question[9][0] = "Java applications are executed in?";

question[9][1] = "A) an interpreter";
question[9][2] = "B) a virtual machine";
question[9][3] = "C) on your computer";
correctAnswer[9] = "B";

// loop through the question array asking each one

do
{
response = askQuestion(question[i]);
if(response.equals("ABORT"))
return;
if(isCorrect(correctAnswer[i], response))
correct += 1;
else
incorrect += 1;

i++;
} while(i < question.length);

showGrade(correct, incorrect);
}
}
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