diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index 348e1b8ef2..ff5f8b40df 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-        <finalName>jackson</finalName>
+        <finalName>core-java</finalName>
         <resources>
             <resource>
                 <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.3.0.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.27</mysql-connector-java.version>
-        
+
         <!-- marshalling -->
         <jackson.version>2.3.0</jackson.version>
-        
+
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.0.11</logback.version>
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJavaUnitTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJavaUnitTest.java
index 89e8554cd3..b2aff87aae 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJavaUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJavaUnitTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,45 @@
 package org.baeldung.java;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.ListUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+
 public class CoreJavaUnitTest {
 
     // tests -
 
+    @Test
+    public final void givenUsingTheJdk_whenArrayListIsSynchronized_thenCorrect() {
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> synchronizedList = Collections.synchronizedList(list);
+        System.out.println("Synchronized List is: " + synchronizedList);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public final void givenUsingTheJdk_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreatedFromOriginal_thenNoLongerModifiable() {
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> unmodifiableList = Collections.unmodifiableList(list);
+        unmodifiableList.add("four");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public final void givenUsingGuava_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreatedFromOriginal_thenNoLongerModifiable() {
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> unmodifiableList = ImmutableList.copyOf(list);
+        unmodifiableList.add("four");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public final void givenUsingCommonsCollections_whenUnmodifiableListIsCreatedFromOriginal_thenNoLongerModifiable() {
+        final List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
+        final List<String> unmodifiableList = ListUtils.unmodifiableList(list);
+        unmodifiableList.add("four");
+    }
+
 }