Java Recursion Interview MCQ Questions and Answers

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1) Recursion in Java is a way of calling the method from within the same method. State TRUE or FALSE.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
C) -
D) -
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2) Check the below code and state whether it is called Recursion in Java? 
void methodA()
{
  methodB();
}
void methodB()
{
  methodA();
}
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
C) -
D) -
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3) Java uses ___ type of memory to implement Recursion.
A) Heap
B) Stack
C) Register
D) None
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4) Java uses Stack type memory instead of Heap type memory in implementing Recursion because of ___ feature of STACK.
A) FIFO (First In First Out)
B) LIFO (Last In First Out)
C) Round Robin
D) None
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5) Recursion in Java applies to ___.
A) Constructors
B) Variables
C) Methods
D) Blocks
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6) Uses are Recursion in Java are___.
A) Traversing folders and files on a disk
B) Traversing the nodes of a Binary Tree
C) Evaluating Nth order equations and Factorials
D) All the above
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7) Which is better in terms of memory utilization Recursion or Loops in Java?
A) Recursion
B) Loops
C) -
D) -
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8) Which is the common problem with Recursive methods in Java?
A) StackOverflowError
B) IndexOutOfBoundsException
C) OutOfMemoryError
D) None
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9) Recursion usually stops when the Java Runtime encounters an IF or ELSE statement with a RETURN statement. State TRUE or FALSE.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
C) -
D) -
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10) Attempting to call a method recursively without a proper RETURN statement leads to ___.
A) Stack Overflow errors
B) Buffer Overflow errors
C) Compile-time errors
D) ALL
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11) A Java program with recursion can be completed with few lines of code when compared to using Loops. State TRUE or FALSE.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
C) -
D) -
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12) It is difficult to write a program with recursion than using multiple loops. State TRUE or FALSE.
A) FALSE
B) TRUE
C) -
D) -
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13) What is the output of the below Java program with recursion? 
public class RecursionTesting
{
  static int num=4;
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    new RecursionTesting().recursiveMethod();
  }

  void recursiveMethod()
  {
    num--;
    if(num == 0)
      return;
    System.out.print(num + " ");
    recursiveMethod();
  }
}
A) 4 3 2 1
B) 3 2 1
C) 3 2 1 0
D) Compiler error
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14) A Recursive method does not need to return a value always. State TRUE or FALSE.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
C) -
D) -
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15) What is the output of the below Java program with Recursion? 
public class RecursionTest2
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    RecursionTest2 rt2 = new RecursionTest2();
    int sum = rt2.summer(4);
    System.out.println(sum);
  }

  int summer(int in)
  {
    int sum = 0;

    if(in ==0)
	  return 0;

    sum = in + summer(--in);	
    return sum;
  }
}
A) 10
B) 6
C) 0
D) Infinite loop
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16) What is the output of the below Java program with Recursion? 
public class RecursionTest3
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    RecursionTest3 rt3 = new RecursionTest3();
    int multiplication = rt3.multiplier(4);
    System.out.println(multiplication);
  }
	
  int multiplier(int in)
  {
    System.out.println("IN " + in);

    int mul = 0;

    if(in ==0)
    return 1;

    mul= in * multiplier(--in);	
    return mul;
  }
}
A) 24
B) 6
C) 0
D) Infinite loop
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17) To end a recursive method a RETURN statement is usually kept inside ___.
A) IF block
B) ELSE block
C) IF or ELSE block
D) None
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18) In most of the scenarios, a recursive method returns ____.
A) void
B) Some value or object
C) -
D) -
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19) What is the maximum number of levels in a Recursion?
A) 8
B) 16
C) 32
D) No limit
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20) Which is bigger in size Stack Memory or Heap Memory?
A) Stack Memory
B) Heap Memory
C) -
D) -
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