Deck 9: Pointers

Question 1

Look at the following statement:

This statement ________.

A)is illegal in C++
B)will always result in a compiler error
C)assigns the dereferenced pointer's value, then increments the pointer's address
D)increments the dereferenced pointer's value by one, then assigns that value
E)None of these

Answer 1

assigns the dereferenced pointer's value, then increments the pointer's address

Question 2

When this is placed in front of a variable name, it returns the address of that variable.

A)asterisk ( * )
B)conditional operator
C)ampersand ( & )
D)semicolon ( ; )
E)None of these

Answer 2

ampersand ( & )

Question 3

A pointer variable is designed to store ________.

A)any legal C++ value
B)only floating-point values
C)a memory address
D)an integer
E)None of these

Answer 3

a memory address

Question 4

The statement:
Has the same meaning as ________.

A)int ptr = nullptr;
B)*int ptr = nullptr;
C)int ptr* = nullptr;
D)int* ptr = nullptr;
E)None of these

Question 5

With pointer variables, you can ________ manipulate data stored in other variables.

A)never
B)seldom
C)indirectly
D)All of these
E)None of these

Question 6

In C++ 11, the ________ key word was introduced to represent the address 0.

A)nullptr
B)NULL
C)weak_ptr
D)All of these
E)None of these

Question 7

Assuming ptr is a pointer variable, what will the following statement output?

A)The value stored in the variable whose address is contained in ptr.
B)The string "*ptr".
C)The address of the variable stored in ptr.
D)The address of the variable whose address is stored in ptr.
E)None of these

Question 8

The contents of pointer variables may be changed with mathematical statements that perform ________.

A)all mathematical operations that are legal in C++
B)multiplication and division
C)addition and subtraction
D)B and C
E)None of these

Question 9

What will the following statement output?

A)The value stored in the variable called num1
B)The memory address of the variable called num1
C)The number 1
D)The string "&num1"
E)None of these

Question 10

A function may return a pointer, but the programmer must ensure that the pointer ________.

A)still points to a valid object after the function ends
B)has not been assigned an address
C)was received as a parameter by the function
D)has not previously been returned by another function
E)None of these

Question 11

The ________, also known as the address operator, returns the memory address of a variable.

A)asterisk ( * )
B)ampersand ( & )
C)percent sign (%)
D)exclamation point ( ! )
E)None of these

Question 12

Use the delete operator only on pointers that were ________.

A)never used
B)not correctly initialized
C)created with the new operator
D)dereferenced inappropriately
E)None of these

Question 13

________ can be used as pointers.

A)Array names
B)Numeric constants
C)Punctuation marks
D)All of these
E)None of these

Question 14

Look at the following statement:
In this statement, what does the word int mean?

A)The variable named *ptr will store an integer value.
B)The variable named *ptr will store an asterisk and an integer value.
C)ptr is a pointer variable that will store the address of an integer variable.
D)All of these
E)None of these

Question 15

Which of the following statements deletes memory that has been dynamically allocated for an array?

A)int array = delete memory;
B)int delete[ ];
C)delete [] array;
D)new array = delete;
E)None of these

Question 16

The ________ and ________ operators can be used to increment or decrement a pointer variable.

A)addition, subtraction
B)modulus, division
C)++, --
D)All of these
E)None of these

Question 17

When the less than ( < )operator is used between two pointer variables, the expression is testing whether ________.

A)the value pointed to by the first is less than the value pointed to by the second
B)the value pointed to by the first is greater than the value pointed to by the second
C)the address of the first variable comes before the address of the second variable in the computer's memory
D)the first variable was declared before the second variable
E)None of these

Question 18

Which of the following statements is not valid C++ code?

A)int ptr = &num1;
B)int ptr = int *num1;
C)float num1 = &ptr2;
D)All of these are valid.
E)All of these are invalid.

Question 19

What does the following statement do?

A)Declares a double variable named num2.
B)Declares and initializes an pointer variable named num2.
C)Initializes a variable named *num2.
D)Declares a pointer variable named num2.
E)None of these

Question 20

When you work with a dereferenced pointer, you are actually working with ________.

A)a variable whose memory has been allocated
B)a copy of the value pointed to by the pointer variable
C)the actual value of the variable whose address is stored in the pointer variable
D)All of these
E)None of these

Question 21

The following statement:

A)stores the keyboard input into the variable num3
B)stores the keyboard input into the pointer called num3
C)is illegal in C++
D)stores the keyboard input into the variable pointed to by num3
E)None of these

Question 22

Every byte in the computer's memory is assigned a unique ________.

A)pointer
B)address
C)dynamic allocation
D)name
E)None of these

Question 23

When you pass a pointer as an argument to a function, you must ________.

A)declare the pointer variable again in the function call
B)dereference the pointer variable in the function prototype
C)use the #include statement
D)not dereference the pointer in the function's body
E)None of these

Question 24

C++ does not perform array bounds checking, making it possible for you to assign a pointer the address of an element out of the boundaries of an array.

Question 25

Not all arithmetic operations may be performed on pointers. For example, you cannot ________ or ________ a pointer.

A)multiply, divide
B)add, subtract
C)+=, -=
D)increment, decrement
E)None of these

Question 26

With pointer variables you can access, but you cannot modify, data in other variables.

Question 27

If a variable uses more than one byte of memory, for pointer purposes its address is ________.

A)the address of the last byte of storage
B)the average of the addresses used to store the variable
C)the address of the first byte of storage
D)general delivery
E)None of these

Question 28

Look at the following code:
After this code executes, which of the following statements is true?

A)ptr will hold the address of numbers[0].
B)ptr will hold the address of the 2nd byte within the element numbers[0].
C)ptr will hold the address of numbers[1].
D)This code will not compile.

Question 29

In C++ 11, the nullptr key word was introduced to represent the address 0.

Question 30

It is legal to subtract a pointer variable from another pointer variable.

Question 31

A pointer variable may be initialized with ________.

A)any non-zero integer value
B)a valid address in the computer's memory
C)an address less than 0
D)A and C only
E)None of these

Question 32

To help prevent memory leaks from occurring in C++ 11, a ________ automatically deletes a chunk of dynamically allocated memory when the memory is no longer being used.

A)null pointer
B)smart pointer
C)dereferenced pointer
D)A and C only
E)None of these

Question 33

The following statement:

A)results in a compiler error
B)assigns an integer less than 32767 to the variable named ptr
C)assigns an address to the variable named ptr
D)creates a new pointer named int
E)None of these

Question 34

If you are using an older compiler that does not support the C++ 11 standard, you should initialize pointers with ________.

A)the integer 0, or the value NULL
B)the null terminator '\0'
C)a nonzero value
D)All of these
E)None of these

Question 35

Dynamic memory allocation occurs ________.

A)when a new variable is created by the compiler
B)when a new variable is created at runtime
C)when a pointer fails to dereference the right variable
D)when a pointer is assigned an incorrect address
E)None of these

Question 36

What will the following code output?

A)The address of the number variable
B)22
C)An asterisk followed by 22
D)An asterisk followed by the address of the number variable

Question 37

An array name is a pointer constant because the address stored in it cannot be changed during runtime.

Question 38

What will the following code output?

A)Five memory addresses
B)0
C)3
D)2
E)1

Question 39

Which statement displays the address of the variable num1?

A)cout << num1;
B)cout << *num1;
C)cin >> &num1;
D)cout << &num1;
E)None of these

Question 40

What will the following code output?

A)The address of the number variable
B)22
C)An asterisk followed by 22
D)An asterisk followed by the address of the number variable

Question 41

To use any of the smart pointers in C++ 11, you must #include the memory header file with the following directive:
#include

Question 42

The ampersand (&)is used to dereference a pointer variable in C++.

Question 43

In C++ 11, you can use smart pointers to dynamically allocate memory and not worry about deleting the memory when you are finished using it.

Question 44

A pointer can be used as a function argument, giving the function access to the original argument.

Question 45

Assuming myValues is an array of int values, and index is an int variable, both of the following statements do the same thing.
cout << myValues[index] << endl;
cout << *(myValues + index)<< endl;