Deck 1: P A C++ Primer

Question 1

A C++ program is __________ into a form that is directly executed by the computer.

Answer 1

compiled

Question 2

A __________ is a general description of a group of entities that all have the same characteristics-that is, they can all perform or undergo the same kinds of actions, and the same pieces of information are meaningful for all of them.

A) function
B) class
C) method
D) member

Answer 2

class

Question 3

The line int main () identifies the place where the operating system begins the execution of a program.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

If you place a(n) __________ before a macro parameter, then the preprocessor replaces it with a string literal of the corresponding argument.

A) %
B) &
C) #
D) *

Question 5

The# include directive has one of two forms: #include <header> and __________.

A)# include file-name
B)# include "file-name"
C)# include "file-name".
D)# inc "file-name"

Question 6

If num = 1 when the condition (num != 0 && sum / num) is tested, the expression after && is not evaluated.

Question 7

Which value of n will cause the condition (n >0 && n < 10) to evaluate to true?

A) 0
B) 1
C) 10
D) 11

Question 8

The following code segment should include the __________ statement at the end of each case to cause proper exit of control.
switch (operator) {
case '+':
result = x + y;
add_op++;
/* missing statement */
case '/':
result = x / y;
divide_op++;
/* missing statement */
default: ;
}

Question 9

C++ uses type __________ to represent logical data.

Question 10

In operations involving mixed-type operands, the numeric type of the smaller range is converted to the numeric type of the larger range.

Question 11

Objects that are declared outside the scope of a function or class are called __________ objects.

Question 12

In C++, function parameters are either call-by-value or call-by-__________.

Question 13

The notation for applying a member function to an object is called dot notation.

Question 14

In C++, an array is also an object.

Question 15

You can use either students[0] or __________ to reference the first element of an array named students.

Question 16

To delete a dynamically allocated array named students, use the statement __________ students.

Question 17

In C++, a string literal is stored internally as an array of constant __________.

Question 18

Assume you have declared:
Int [4][5] an_Array;
You would assign 8 to the last array component with the statement __________.

A) an_Array[3][4] = 8;
B) an_Array[3][5] = 8;
C) an_Array[4][4] = 8;
D) an_Array[4][5] = 8;

Question 19

The function substr returns a new __________ containing a portion of the string object to which it is applied.

Question 20

Beginnings and ends of tokens are marked by characters, referred to as __________, that cannot be part of the tokens they separate.

A) flags
B) markers
C) boundaries
D) delimiters

Question 21

An output __________ is a sequence of characters representing program output.

A) array
B) stream
C) class
D) function

Question 22

The function __________ indicates whether the end of the input file was reached during the last extraction operation.

A) fail ()
B) bad ()
C) eof ()
D) operator! ()

Question 23

The class ostream defines the __________ operator (<<) for the primitive types.

A) extraction
B) insertion
C) retrieval
D) buffer

Question 24

In C++, the __________ format is the default floating-point format.

A) scientific
B) precision
C) general
D) fixed

Question 25

By default, ifstreams have the "in flag" set, ofstreams have the "out flag" set, and __________ have both in and out set.