Question 1-8

Consider the following Java program.

static class Test {
    static int a = 1;

    int f() {
        return a;
    }

    int main() {
        int a = 2;
        System.out.println(f());
    }
}

• a. If Java used dynamic variable scoping, what would it output?

• b. If Java used static variable scoping, what would it output?

• c. Does Java use static or dynamic scoping?

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