Applied Programming Techniques
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Applied Programming Techniques is a practical course designed to deepen students understanding of modern programming paradigms and methodologies. Focusing on hands-on application, the course covers advanced topics such as algorithm optimization, data structures, software design patterns, debugging, and code testing. Students will work on real-world projects using popular programming languages, enhancing their problem-solving skills and code efficiency. The course emphasizes collaborative development, version control, and best practices for writing maintainable and scalable software, preparing students for professional environments in software engineering and related fields.
Recommended Textbook C++ Programming Program Design Including Data Structures 8th Edition by D. S. Malik
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Chapter 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming Languages
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Q1) Information stored in main memory must be transferred to some other device for permanent storage.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The programming language C++ evolved from ____.
A) BASIC
B) assembly
C) C
D) C+
Answer: C
Q3) Main memory is directly connected to the CPU.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The command that does the linking on Visual C++ Express (2013 or 2016) and Visual Studio 2015 is Make or Remake.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Basic Elements of C++
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Q1) Suppose we declare a variable sum as an int.The statement "sum += 7;" is equivalent to the statement "sum = sum + 7;".
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A comma is also called a statement terminator.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Suppose that alpha and beta are int variables.The statement alpha = ++beta; is equivalent to the statement(s) ____.
A) beta = beta + 1;
Alpha = beta;
B) alpha = beta; Beta = beta + 1;
C) alpha = alpha + beta;
D) alpha = beta + 1;
Answer: A
Q4) A(n) ____________________ is a sequence of zero or more characters.
Answer: string
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Chapter 3: Inputoutput
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Q1) In C++, the dot is an operator called the ____________________operator.
Answer: member access
Q2) You can use the function getline to read a string containing blanks.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) In C++, the dot is an operator called the ____ operator.
A) dot access
B) member access
C) data access
D) member
Answer: B
Q4) ____ is a parameterized stream manipulator.
A) endl
B) fixed
C) scientific
D) setfill
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Control Structures I Selection
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Q1) Which of the following will cause a logical error if you are attempting to compare x to 5?
A) if (x == 5)
B) if (x = 5)
C) if (x <= 5)
D) if (x >= 5)
Q2) Putting ____________________ in front of a logical expression reverses the value of that logical expression.
Q3) The ____________________ of relational and logical operators is said to be from left to right.
Q4) What does <= mean?
A) less than B) greater than C) less than or equal to D) greater than or equal to
Q5) A control structure alters the normal sequential flow of execution in a program. A)True B)False
Q6) Suppose found = true and num = 6.The value of the expression (!found) || (num > 6) is ____________________.
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Chapter 5: Control Structures Ii Repetition
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Q1) The ____ statement can be used to eliminate the use of certain (flag) variables.
A) while
B) switch
C) break
D) if
Q2) In ____ structures, the computer repeats particular statements a certain number of times depending on some condition(s).
A) looping
B) branching
C) selection
D) sequence
Q3) The following while loop terminates when j > 20.
j = 0;
while (j < 20)
j++;
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a while and for loop, the loop condition is evaluated before executing the body of the loop.Therefore, while and for loops are called ____________________ loops.
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Chapter 6: User-Defined Function
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Q1) Once you write and properly debug a function, you can use it in the program (or different programs) again and again without having to rewrite the same code repeatedly.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The heading of the function is also called the ____.
A) title
B) function signature
C) function head
D) function header
Q3) Which statement below about prototypes and headers is true?
A) Parameter names must be listed in the prototype, but not necessarily in the header.
B) Prototypes end with a semicolon, but headers do not.
C) Headers should come before prototypes.
D) Headers end with a semicolon, but prototypes do not.
Q4) A function ____________________ is a function that is not fully coded.
Q5) Stream variables (for example, ifstream and ofstream) should be passed by ____________________ to a function.
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Chapter 7: Namespaces, the Class String, and
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Q1) Before using the data type string, the program must include the header file ____.
A) enum
B) iostream
C) string
D) std
Q2) An anonymous type can be passed as a parameter to a function.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In C++, you can create aliases to a previously defined data type by using the ____ statement.
A) typedef
B) using C) namespace
D) alias
Q4) Which of the following statements creates an anonymous type?
A) enum grades {A, B, C, D, F};
B) enum grades {};
C) enum {};
D) enum {A, B, C, D, F} grades;
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Chapter 8: Arrays
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Q1) Consider the statement int list[10][8];.Which of the following about list is true?
A) list has 10 rows and 8 columns.
B) list has 8 rows and 10 columns.
C) list has a total of 18 components.
D) list has a total of 108 components.
Q2) Which of the following statements declares alpha to be an array of 25 components of the type int?
A) int alpha[25];
B) int array alpha[25];
C) int alpha[2][5];
D) int array alpha[25][25];
Q3) If an array index goes out of bounds, the program always terminates in an error. A)True B)False
Q4) The ____________________ of an array is the address (that is, the memory location) of the first array component.
Q5) In a two-dimensional array, the elements are arranged in a table form. A)True B)False
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Chapter 9: Records Structs
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Q1) A struct is typically a ____ data structure.
A) simple
B) dynamic
C) heterogeneous
D) linked
Q2) A function can return a value of the type struct.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following aggregate operations can be executed on array variables?
A) Arithmetic
B) Assignment
C) Function returning a value
D) Parameter passing by reference
Q4) The syntax for accessing a struct member is structVariableName____.
A) .memberName
B) *memberName
C) [memberName]
D) $memberName
Q5) Arrays are passed by ____________________ only.
Q6) A struct is a(n) ____________________, not a declaration.
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Chapter 10: Classes and Data Abstraction
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Q1) As parameters to a function, class objects can be passed by reference only.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If the heading of a member function of a class ends with the word const, then the function member cannot modify the private member variables, but it can modify the public member variables.
A)True
B)False
Q3) With ____________________ functions, the definitions of the member functions are placed in the implementations file.
Q4) A class and its members can be described graphically using a notation known as the ____ notation.
A) OON
B) OOD
C) UML
D) OOP
Q5) If a class object is passed by ____________________, the contents of the member variables of the actual parameter are copied into the corresponding member variables of the formal parameter.
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Chapter 11: Inheritance and Composition
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Q1) To ____ a public member function of a base class in the derived class, the corresponding function in the derived class must have the same name, number, and types of parameters.
A) redefine
B) overload
C) rename
D) reuse
Q2) C++ provides ____________________ functions as a means to implement polymorphism in an inheritance hierarchy.
Q3) Classes can create new classes from existing classes.This important feature ____. A) encourages code reuse
B) aids the separation of data and operations
C) provides public access to the internal state of an object
D) results in more software complexity
Q4) The class io is the base class of the C++ stream classes istream and ostream. A)True
B)False
Q5) In ____________________ (aggregation), one or more members of a class are objects of another class type.
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Chapter 12: Pointers, Classes, Virtual Functions, and
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Q1) In a ____ copy, two or more pointers of the same type point to the same memory.
A) static
B) shallow
C) dynamic
D) deep
Q2) Given the declaration int *p;
The statement p = new int[50]; dynamically allocates an array of 50 components of type int and p contains the base address of the array.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following would be appropriate syntax for the heading of a copy constructor for a class called rulerType?
A) rulerType(int inches, int centimeters)
B) rulerType()
C) rulerType(const rulerType& myRuler)
D) copy rulerType(int inches, int centimeters)
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Q4) A(n) ____________________ is a collection of distinct elements of the same type.
Chapter 13: Operator Overloading and Templates
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Q1) Class templates are called ____ types.
A) polymorphic
B) structured
C) member
D) parameterized
Q2) Which of the following is the syntax to declare the operator function operator[] as a member function of a class for constant arrays?
A) const Type& []operator(int index) const;
B) const Type& operator[](int index) const;
C) const Type& operator[](int index);
D) const Type [](int index) const;
Q3) When an object invokes a member function, the member function references the pointer ____ of the object.
A) object
B) it
C) this
D) address
Q4) A(n) ____________________ returns random numbers whose likelihoods correspond to a specific shape such as uniform or normal.
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Chapter 14: Exception Handling
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Q1) In C++, throw is a(n) ____________________ word.
Q2) The ____________________ of the catch block parameter specifies the type of exception that the catch block can catch.
Q3) When division by zero occurs and the problem is not addressed, the program crashes with an error message that is ____ dependent.
A) code
B) computer
C) platform
D) IDE
Q4) To deal with logical errors in a program, such as a string subscript out of range or an invalid argument to a function call, several classes are derived from the class ____.
A) logic_error
B) logic_exception
C) runtime_error
D) exception
Q5) The class ____________________ deals with the string subscript out of range error.
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Chapter 15: Recursion
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Q1) Consider the accompanying definition of the recursive function mystery.Given the declaration:int beta[10] = {2, 5, 8, 9, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25}; What is the output of the following statement?
Cout << mystery(beta, 4, 7) << endl;
A) 27
B) 33
C) 55
D) 66
Q2) Suppose that function A calls function B, function B calls function C, function C calls function D, and function D calls function A.Function A is then ____________________ recursive.
Q3) Which of the following function headings can be used for a recursive definition of a function to calculate the nth Fibonacci number?
A) void rFibNum(int a, int b)
B) bool rFibNum(int a, int b)
C) bool rFibNum(int a, int b, int n)
D) int rFibNum(int a, int b, int n)
Q4) If you execute an infinite recursive function on a computer, the function executes until the system runs out of ____________________.
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Chapter 16: Linked Lists
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Q1) Which of the following is a basic operation on singly linked lists?
A) Retrieve the data of an arbitrary node.
B) Swap the head and the last nodes.
C) Determine whether the list is nearly full.
D) Make a copy of the linked list.
Q2) Data can be organized and processed sequentially using an array, called a(n) ____ list.
A) linked
B) ordered
C) sequential
D) ascending
Q3) A linked list is a collection of components, called ____.
A) elements
B) nodes
C) members
D) pointers
Q4) A linked list is a random access data structure.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In a linked list, the link component of each node is a(n)
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Chapter 17: Stacks and Queue
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Q1) Popping an element from an empty stack is called ____.
A) overflow
B) underflow
C) exception
D) overloading
Q2) An array is a(n) ____________________ access data structure.
Q3) In a queuing system, every customer has a customer number, arrival time, ____________________ time, transaction time, and departure time.
Q4) The expression a + b is the same in both infix notation and postfix notation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) If you try to add a new item to a full stack, the resulting condition is called an outflow.
A)True
B)False
Q6) A queue is a First In First Out data structure.
A)True
B)False
Q7) The elements at the ____________________ of the stack have been in the stack the longest.
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Chapter 18: Searching and Sorting Algorithms
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Q1) Consider the following list:int list[] = {4, 8, 19, 25, 34, 39, 45, 48, 66, 75, 89, 95} When performing a binary search, the target is first compared with ____.
A) 4
B) 25
C) 39
D) 95
Q2) The sequential search algorithm uses a(n) ____ variable to track whether the item is found.
A) int
B) bool
C) char
D) double
Q3) If n = 1000, to sort the list, bubble sort makes about ____ item assignments.
A) 10,000
B) 100,000
C) 250,000
D) 500,000
Q4) Let f be a function of n.By the term ____________________, we mean the study of the function f as n becomes larger and larger without bound.
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Chapter 19: Binary Trees
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Q1) In a binary tree, the branches go only from a child to a parent.
A)True
B)False
Q2) To delete an item from the binary search tree, you must do the following:1.Find the node containing the item (if any) to be deleted.
2.Delete the node.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Consider that A is a binary tree, C and D are the subtrees of A.Which of the following statements is always true?
A) C and D are binary trees.
B) C and D are search binary trees.
C) C and D are empty trees.
D) A is empty.
Q4) In the diagram of a binary tree, an arrow is called a(n) ____.
A) relation
B) path
C) directed line
D) directed branch
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Chapter 20: Graph Algorithms
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Q1) The starting vertex of a shortest path in a graph is called the ____________________.
Q2) A set Y is called a(n) ____________________ of X if every element of Y is also an element of X.
Q3) A(n) ____________________ ordering of the vertices of the accompanying graph is 0, 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 7, 8, 6, 9.
Q4) The ____________________ traversal of a graph is similar to traversing a binary tree level by level.
Q5) A(n) ____ tree T is a simple graph such that if u and v are two vertices in T, a unique path exists from u to v.
A) rooted
B) free C) spanning D) weighted
Q6) The ____ of sets A and B is the set of all elements that are in A and B. A) intersection
B) union
C) graph
D) reunion
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Chapter 21: Standard Template Library
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Q1) If the data needs to be processed in a(n) ____ manner, use a queue.
A) FILO
B) LILO
C) LIFO
D) FIFO
Q2) The vector container stores and manages its objects in a dynamic array.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Predicates are special types of function objects that return ____ values.
A) character
B) string
C) Boolean
D) Integer
Q4) The ____ operation returns a pointer to the position before the first element in container ct.
A) ct.front()
B) ct.rbegin()
C) ct.rend()
D) ct.end()
Q5) ____________________ predicates check a specific property for a single argument.
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