Question

Which of the following operators is used to generate instance of an exception which can be thrown using throw?

(a) thrown

(b) alloc

(c) malloc

(d) new

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This intriguing question originated from Exception Handling in section Exception Handling of Java

Answer 1

Right choice is (d) new

For explanation I would say: new operator is used to create instance of an exception. Exceptions may have parameter as a String or have no parameter.