Deck 2: Getting Started in C Programming

Question 1

Identifiers are also referred to as keywords in C.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The main() function is sometimes referred to as a driver function.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A function header line is always the first line of a function.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Inputting data or messages to a function is called passing data to the function.

Question 5

A statement is a note about the code that the programmer includes so that he (or other programmers) can keep track of what the various parts of the program do.

Question 6

Invoking a function is more commonly referred to as summoning the function.

Question 7

In C, blank space refers to any combination of one or more blank spaces, tabs, or new lines.

Question 8

A built-in data type is one that is provided as an integral part of the language.

Question 9

In C, comments may be nested.

Question 10

Another name for a literal is a constant.

Question 11

The combination of an ampersand and one of several specific characters is called an escape sequence.

Question 12

A floating-point value is also called a real number.

Question 13

The operators used for arithmetic operations are called arithmetic operators.

Question 14

An operand can be either a literal value or an identifier that has a value associated with it.

Question 15

A simple unary arithmetic expression has the form: literalValue operator literalValue.

Question 16

A string that also includes a conversion control sequence is termed a literal string.

Question 17

Conversion control sequences are also referred to as conversion specifications and format specifiers.

Question 18

A control string is referred to as a control specifier.

Question 19

A floating-point expression is also called a real expression.

Question 20

An expression containing both integer and floating-point values is called a double-precision expression.

Question 21

The % operator is called both the modulus and remainder operator.

Question 22

A "solitaire" operator is one that operates on a single operand.

Question 23

Data types are simply names given by programmers to computer storage locations.

Question 24

An assignment statement tells the computer to assign a value to (that is, store a value in) a variable.

Question 25

Initialization statements define or tell the compiler how much memory is needed for data storage.

Question 26

The names of functions, as well as all of the words that are permitted in a program, that have special meaning to the compiler are collectively referred to as ____.

A)variables
B)identifiers
C)reserved words
D)keywords

Question 27

____ identifiers are words that are predefined in C.

A)Standard
B)Programmer-created
C)Reserved
D)Primitive

Question 28

A large number of the identifiers used in a C program are selected by the programmer, and are known as ____ identifiers.

A)standard
B)programmer-created
C)reserved
D)primitive

Question 29

All statements that cause some specific action to be performed by the computer when the function is executed must end with a semicolon (;); such statements are known as ____ statements.

A)assignment
B)arithmetic
C)executable
D)escape

Question 30

A ____ is placed at the top of a C program using the #include command.

A)header file
B)main() function
C)return statement
D)data type

Question 31

A programming language's ____ is the set of rules for formulating statements that are "grammatically correct" for the language.

A)grammar
B)syntax
C)logic
D)definition

Question 32

Messages are known as ____ in C.

A)characters
B)text
C)banners
D)strings

Question 33

The two characters \ and ____, when used together, are called a newline escape sequence.

A)n
B)e
C)w
D)x

Question 34

A(n) ____ is defined as a set of values and a set of operations that can be applied to these values.

A)variable
B)identifier
C)data type
D)literal

Question 35

Built-in types are also known as ____.

A)data types
B)primitive types
C)literals
D)basic

Question 36

The ____ is also known as the escape character.

A)pound character (#)
B)ampersand character (&)
C)backslash character (\)
D)bang character (!)

Question 37

A(n) ____ value can be the number zero or any positive or negative number that contains a decimal point.

A)integer
B)floating-point
C)boolean
D)character

Question 38

A ____ value is sometimes referred to as a single-precision number.

A)float
B)double
C)int
D)short int

Question 39

A ____ value is sometimes referred to as a double-precision number.

A)float
B)double
C)int
D)short int

Question 40

In numerical theory, the term ____ typically refers to numerical accuracy.

A)literal
B)sequence
C)precision
D)precedence

Question 41

Items passed to a function are always placed within the function name parentheses and are called ____.

A)variables
B)data types
C)identifiers
D)arguments

Question 42

An example of a conversion control sequence is ____.

A)\n
B)!s
C)%d
D)&l

Question 43

A(n) ____ is any combination of operators and operands that can be evaluated to yield a value.

A)expression
B)statement
C)operation
D)argument

Question 44

An expression containing only floating-point values as operands is called a floating-point expression, and the result of such an expression is a(n) ____ value.

A)single-precision
B)double-precision
C)integer
D)long integer

Question 45

The ____ operator captures the remainder when an integer number is divided by an integer.

A) /
B) &
C) %
D) !

Question 46

____ is the order in which operators of the same precedence are evaluated.

A) Associativity
B) Priority
C) Syntax
D) Precision