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• Read Chapter 2, The UML—The Unified Modeling Language from "Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design".

1. What sort of UML Diagram is this?:

a. Sequence Diagram

b. Class Diagram

c. Object Diagram

d. State Diagram

2. What does this UML diagram signify?:

a. ClassA uses ClassB

b. ClassB contains ClassA

c. ClassA contains ClassB

d. ClassB uses ClassA

3. What does this UML diagram signify?:

a. ClassA contains ClassB

b. ClassA uses ClassB

c. ClassB contains ClassA

d. ClassB uses ClassA

4. What does this UML diagram signify?:

a. A single instance of ClassA will use multiple instance of ClassB

b. A single instance of ClassA will use a single instance of ClassB

c. A single instance of ClassB will use a single instance of ClassA

d. Multiple instances of ClassA will use a single instance of ClassB

5. What does this UML diagram signify?:

a. ClassC is concrete, FunctionA is public, FunctionB is private

b. ClassC is a private class, FunctionA is package access, FunctionB is public

c. ClassC is abstract, FunctionA is public and implemented, FunctionB is protected and abstract

d. ClassC is an interface, FunctionA and FunctionB are virtual

6. What does this UML diagram signify?:

a. ClassB uses ClassA

b. ClassB contains ClassA

c. ClassA is an instance of ClassB

d. ClassB derives from ClassA

7. What does this UML diagram signify?:

a. Foo is derived from Bar

b. Foo is an instance of type Bar

c. Foo contains Bar

d. Foo is upcast to type Bar

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|1. a.|2. c.|3. b.|4. d.|5. c.|6. d.|7. b.

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