Object Oriented Programming & Methodology (AL-305) - Important Questions

Compare object-oriented programming with procedural programming and explain the key features/characteristics of the object-oriented paradigm.

Explain what object-oriented programming/paradigm is, its main features/OOP concepts, and its merits/advantages and demerits/disadvantages.

Define/explain the object model and describe its core elements in OOP.

Explain construction and destruction of objects in OOP, including constructors and destructors and object lifecycle.

Explain the concept of objects in object-oriented programming in terms of state, behaviour and identity with examples.

Explain public, private and protected access specifiers/modifiers in C++, including their visibility, inheritance and role in data hiding.

Explain the process of message passing in object-oriented programming / Java and its role in enabling communication between objects, with example.

Explain the concept of inheritance in OOP and its types including multiple, multilevel and hybrid with diagrams and syntax.

Explain the concepts of interfaces and abstract classes in object-oriented programming with examples.

Compare interfaces and abstract classes in terms of features, use cases and flexibility with examples.

Compare and differentiate compile-time (static) and run-time (dynamic) polymorphism with examples of how each is achieved.

Explain polymorphism through method overloading vs method overriding and differentiate overloading and overriding with examples.

Explain the concept of exception handling and how runtime exceptions are handled gracefully with suitable example.

Explain Array Index Out of Bounds Exception and Null Pointer Exception with causes and example code.

Introduce the concepts of multi-threading and data collections in object-oriented programming and discuss their applications in building concurrent and data-intensive systems with examples.

Write short notes on exception handling, new and delete operators, and polymorphism.