Quiz 05 - Static Variables & Methods » Week 3 » Introduction To Java And Object-Oriented Programming

Q: You use the class name to call a static method.

You can call a static method directly by class name.

Q: The keyword this cannot be used in a static method.

The keyword “this” cannot be used in a static method because “this” refers to the object instance. There is no object instance in the call of a static method.

Q: A static method cannot access an instance variable.

The reason a static method cannot access an instance variable is because static references the class, not a specific instance of the class, so there is no instance variable to access.