SCJP Study Guide 2026

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📋 SCJP Exam Format at a Glance

72
Questions
210 min
Time Limit
65.00%
Passing Score

📚 SCJP Topics to Study (21)

✍️ Sample SCJP Questions & Answers

1. What is the difference between `Iterator` and `ListIterator` in Java?
ListIterator can traverse in both directions; Iterator is forward-only

`ListIterator` extends `Iterator` with the ability to traverse a list in both forward and backward directions and also supports `add()` and `set()`.

2. What is a race condition in Java concurrency?
Unpredictable behavior caused by multiple threads accessing shared data without proper synchronization

A race condition occurs when the program's outcome depends on the non-deterministic ordering of unsynchronized thread operations.

3. In Java, can a class implement more than one interface?
Yes, with a comma-separated list

A Java class can implement multiple interfaces by listing them with commas: `class Foo implements A, B, C`.

4. What happens when `Thread.start()` is called more than once on the same Thread object?
An IllegalThreadStateException is thrown

Once a thread has been started and has terminated, calling `start()` again on the same Thread object throws `IllegalThreadStateException`.

5. Which statement about Java interfaces is correct for SCJP?
Interface fields are public static final by default

All fields declared in an interface are implicitly `public static final` (constants).

6. Which Java I/O class should be used to write primitive data types (int, double, boolean) to a stream?
DataOutputStream

`DataOutputStream` provides methods like `writeInt()`, `writeDouble()`, and `writeBoolean()` for writing primitive data types in a portable binary format.

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