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Misconception:

Exceptions of type RuntimeException and its subclasses are “checked” exceptions.

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RuntimeExceptions are checked exceptions

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Correction
Here is what's right.

RuntimeException is the root class of all unchecked exceptions.

Checked exceptions are exceptions that are not RuntimeExceptions.

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