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Tell me about the exception hierarchy in Java. How do checked exceptions differ from unchecked ones?

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They're checking whether the candidate understands how the Throwable hierarchy is structured and the checked/unchecked difference from the compiler's point of view, and whether they can handle exceptions properly in practice: finally, try-with-resources, catch order, no empty catch blocks.

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