Questions

Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of this chapter:

1. What are the three main categories of code smell?
2. Name the different types of application-level code smells.
3. Name the different types of class-level code smells.
4. Name the different types of method-level code smells.
5. What kinds of refactoring can you perform to clean up various code smells?
6. What is cyclomatic complexity?
7. How can we overcome cyclomatic complexity?
8. What is contrived complexity?
9. How can we overcome contrived complexity?
10. What is a combinatorial explosion?
11. How do we overcome a combinatorial explosion?
12. What should you do when you find deodorant comments?
13. If you have bad code but don’t know how to fix it, what should you do?
14. Where is a good place to ask questions and get answers when it comes to programming issues?
15. In what ways can a long parameter list be reduced?
16. How can a large method be refactored?
17. What is the maximum...