The Idea of Requiring Motorists to Pay to Use the Busiest

question 35

Multiple Choice

The idea of requiring motorists to pay to use the busiest streets in a city

• A)has been proposed by many public officials, but to date the idea never has been tried in a major city anywhere in the world.
• B)was tried in New York City in the 1990s, but the result was more - not less - congestion on busy streets, and the experiment was short-lived.
• C)reflects the fact that a congested road is a public good.
• D)reflects the fact that a congested road is a common resource.

Differentiate between static and instance methods as well as shallow and deep copying.

Comprehend the use and impact of access modifiers (public, private) on class members.

Grasp the concept and legal use of method overriding, especially toString method.

Understand object instantiation including constructor types and execution.

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Definitions:

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it, often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon.

Overconfidence Bias

A cognitive bias which leads an individual to overestimate their knowledge, abilities, or control over situations.

Selection Bias

A type of bias caused by choosing non-random data for statistical analysis, which can cause the results to not be representative of the whole population.

Deductive Reasoning

A rational procedure in which an inference is derived from the harmony of multiple statements thought to be valid.