• Lab 2 (Part A):
    • For this part of the lab you will be asked to answer questions using the various online documentation.
      1. In the NeXtMidas User's Guide there is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), one of the common installation questions asks "Can I use IBM's Java compiler with NeXtMidas?" what is the answer?
        A Yes, it is fully supported in all NeXtMidas versions.
        B Yes, it is fully supported in NeXtMidas 2.2.0 and later.
        C No, it does not work at all.
        D Maybe, it may work, but is not supported.
      2. In the NeXtMidas User's Guide there is a section on Results Parameters. When it talks about valid results names it says they must match a given regular expression. What is that regular expression?
        A [A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*
        B {letter}({letter}|{number})
        C /s/[a-z]//[a-z0-9_]/
        D All of the above.
      3. In the NeXtMidas API if you click on the "Args" class (in the lower left corner of the screen) it will list the documentation about the Args class. Who is the author of that class (you will need to scroll down a little)?
        A J. Czechowski
        B Jay Hallam
        C Lisa Tursky
        D Jeff Schoen
  • Lab 2 (Part B):
    • For this part of the lab you will be asked to answer questions using the various help commands available in the NeXtMidas shell.
      1. What is the default window (WIN=) used by the FFT command?
        A Hanning (HANN)
        B Hamming (HAMM)
        C Bartlett (BART)
        D Blackman (BLACK)
      2. How many arguments are taken in by the PLOT command?
        A 0
        B 1
        C 1+
        D 2
      3. Which of the following is NOT a valid function for the SEDIT command?
        A BETWeen
        B LENgth
        C MIXcase
        D WORD
      4. Which of the following is NOT a possible value for the <shape> argument to WAVEFORM?
        A Sinusoid
        B Pulse
        C Constant
        D Delta
      5. Which of the following is NOT correct according to the documentation for the IF command?
        A EQ = Numeric Equals
        B FEQ = File Equals
        C EQS = String Equals
        D EQT = Table Equals
      6. If you query the REG table and look at the INVOKE explain file, what do you learn?
        A It is a Table and only getKey and setKey can be used.
        B It is a KeyVector and only getKey and setKey can be used.
        C It has 32 methods available.
        D The monkey stole my camera.
      7. If you look in the NeXtMidas API, click on the "StringUtil" class, and look at documentation for the isNumber method, what do you learn?
        A It was deprecated in October 2004.
        B It has been available since NeXtMidas 2.1.0.
        C It returns an integer.
        D The monkey also stole my keys.