Review Questions

9.5 Given the following program, which statements are guaranteed to be true? 
public class ThreadedPrint {
    static Thread makeThread(final String id, boolean daemon) {
        Thread t = new Thread(id) {
            public void run() {
                System.out.println(id);
            }
        };
        t.setDaemon(daemon);
        t.start();
        return t;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Thread a = makeThread("A", false);
        Thread b = makeThread("B", true);
        System.out.print("End\n");
    }
}

Select the two correct answers.

  1. The letter A is always printed.

  2. The letter B is always printed.

  3. The letter A is never printed after End.

  4. The letter B is never printed after End.

  5. The program might print B, End ...

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