Introduction to Programming Exam Review
Course Introduction
Introduction to Programming provides students with a foundational understanding of computer programming concepts and problem-solving techniques. The course covers essential topics such as algorithms, control structures, data types, variables, input/output operations, and debugging. Through hands-on exercises and projects, students learn to write, test, and debug basic programs using a programming language like Python or Java. Emphasis is placed on logical thinking, code readability, and good programming practices, preparing students for further study in computer science and software development.
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Starting out with C++ Early Objects 9th Edition by Tony Gaddis
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers and Programming
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Q1) List five elements that are common to all programming languages.
Answer: keywords, programmer-defined symbols, operators, punctuation, and syntax
Q2) ________ is an example of volatile memory, used for temporary storage while a program is running.
A) A flash drive
B) The ALU
C) RAM
D) The CPU
E) A hard disk
Answer: C
Q3) The statements written by a programmer are called A) syntax.
B) object code.
C) source code.
D) language elements.
E) none of the above.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Introduction to C Plus Plus
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Q1) Every C++ program must have A) comments.
B) variables.
C) literals.
D) a function called main..
E) all of the above.
Answer: D
Q2) In a C++ program, two slash marks ( // ) indicate the beginning of A) a block of code.
B) a comment.
C) a variable definition.
D) a program.
E) none of the above.
Answer: B
Q3) The following statements both declare the variable num to be an integer. int num; INT num;
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Expressions and Interactivity
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Q1) The statement cout << setw(4) << num4 << " ";
A) outputs the value of num4 rounded to 4 decimal places.
B) outputs "setw(4)" before the value in the variable num4.
C) outputs the first 4 digits of the number stored in num4.
D) outputs the value stored in num4 four times.
E) does none of above.
Answer: E
Q2) In C++, a value can be raised to a power by using A) the ^ operator.
B) the exp operator.
C) the power operator.
D) the pow function.
E) the square function.
Answer: D
Q3) When a C++ expression is evaluated, binary operations are performed before unary operations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Making Decisions
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Q1) The expression x < y is called a(n) ________ expression.
A) arithmetic
B) logical
C) relational
D) comparison
E) binary
Q2) When a program lets the user know that an invalid menu choice has been made, this is an example of
A) input validation.
B) output validation.
C) menu reselection.
D) invalidation.
E) being user unfriendly.
Q3) Relational expressions and logical expressions are both Boolean, which means they evaluate to True or false.
A)True
B)False
Q4) All of the relational operators are binary.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Looping
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Q1) If a while loop has no braces around the body of the loop
A) there is no loop body.
B) the loop body ends when the endwhile statement is encountered.
C) the loop body contains just one statement.
D) the program will not compile.
E) the program will compile, but not run.
Q2) ________ are C++ operators that change their operands by one.
A) + and -
B) ++ and --
C) binary and unary
D) arithmetic and relational
E) conditional and relational
Q3) A sentinel is a special value that
A) is used for data validation.
B) must be Boolean.
C) marks the end of a list of values.
D) must be a negative number.
E) is all of the above.
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Chapter 6: Functions
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Q1) An overloaded function is one
A) that calls other functions.
B) that has the same name as another function.
C) that has too many parameters.
D) that attempts to do too much in a single function.
E) that does different things depending on who calls it.
Q2) The value in ________ local variable is retained between function calls.
A) a global
B) an internal
C) a static
D) a dynamic
E) no
Q3) A function ________ includes the statements that make up the function. A) definition
B) prototype
C) call
D) heading
E) parameter
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Chapter 7: Introduction to Classes and Objects
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Q1) A constructor that does not require that any arguments be passed to it is called a(n) ________ constructor.
A) empty
B) default
C) stand-alone
D) zero-element
E) useless
Q2) A constructor must have the same name as the
A) first private data member.
B) first public data member.
C) class.
D) first object of the class.
E) function return type.
Q3) A constructor is a public class function that gets called whenever you want to re-initialize an object's member data.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A class must have exactly one constructor.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Arrays
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Q1) After carrying out the following two statements, sales will have been created as a one-dimensional array that can hold 20 double values. typedef salesArray double[20]; salesArray sales;
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements correctly initialize the value variable?
A) int value = 8;
B) int value{8};
C) int value(8);
D) All of the above.
E) Both A and B, but not C.
Q3) In C++ If you attempt to store more data in an array than it can hold, the compiler will issue an error.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An array can be returned by a function as well as passed to a function.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Searching, Sorting, Algorithm Analysis
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Q1) To find a value that is in an unordered array of 100 items, how many values must linear search examine on average?
A) 7
B) 10
C) 50
D) 100
E) 101
Q2) A sorting algorithm can be used to arrange a set of ________ in ________ order. A) numeric values, ascending B) numeric values, descending C) strings, ascending D) strings, descending E) All of the above.
Q3) When searching for a particular object in an array of objects, it is necessary to compare the search key to the value in each examined object's key field.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 10: Pointers
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Q1) The statement int *ptr; means
A) the variable called ptr will store an integer value.
B) the variable called *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 the above
E) None of the above
Q2) To dereference a structure pointer and simultaneously access a member of the structure, the appropriate operator to use is
A) the ampersand, &.
B) an asterisk, *.
C) the structure pointer operator, ->.
D) the dereference operator, <-.
E) None of the above
Q3) A dangling pointer is a pointer
A) to a block of memory that has been deleted.
B) that has been declared, but has not yet been assigned a value.
C) that has not been initialized.
D) that has been assigned the value of null or null_ptr.
E) None of the above
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Chapter 11: More About Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
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Q1) When you overload the << operator, you must also overload the >> operator.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When arguments must be passed to the base class constructor, they are passed from the derived class constructor's header line.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If a member variable is declared ________, all objects of that class share access to that variable.
A) static
B) dynamic
C) inline
D) default
E) None of the above
Q4) A base class cannot contain a pointer to one of its derived classes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A static member function cannot be called if no objects of the class exist. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: More on C-Strings and the String Class
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Q1) A C-string is a sequence of characters stored in consecutive memory, terminated by a
A) period.
B) space.
C) null character.
D) semicolon.
E) None of the above
Q2) The ________ function concatenates the contents of one C-string with another C-string.
A) strcopy
B) strappend
C) strcat
D) stradd
E) None of the above
Q3) The C++ compiler performs strict array bounds checking whenever an array of characters is being accessed.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Advanced File and Io Operations
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Q1) The ________ data type can be used to create files and write information to them.
A) ofstream
B) ifstream
C) istream
D) ostream
E) None of the above
Q2) When used by itself, ________ causes a file's contents to be deleted if the file already exists.
A) ios:app
B) ios::in
C) ios::out
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
Q3) File output may be formatted the same way as screen output.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When you store data in a variable, it is automatically saved in a file.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Recursion
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Q1) The quicksort algorithm works on the basis of A) three sublists.
B) two sublists and a pivot.
C) two pivots and a sublist.
D) three pivots.
E) None of the above
Q2) Suppose that a recursive function with integer parameter n has a base case of 0, and for each non-base case, the function makes a recursive call with argument n+1. If the function is initially called with an actual argument of n = 3, the function call will
A) cause an infinite chain of recursive calls.
B) return after a chain of 2 recursive calls.
C) return after a chain of 3 recursive calls.
D) return after a chain of 4 recursive calls.
E) None of the above
Q3) Any algorithm that can be coded with recursion can also be coded using a loop.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Polymorphism and Virtual Functions
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Q1) A virtual member function of class that should not be overridden in a derived class should be declared
A) with the keyword const.
B) with the keyword final.
C) with symbol ! followed by the keyword override.
D) as private in its class.
E) as protected in its class.
Q2) Declaring a member function of a class to be a ________ will cause the C++ compiler to use dynamic binding.
A) constructor function
B) destructor function
C) static function
D) virtual function
E) None of the above
Q3) ________ functions are dynamically bound by the compiler.
A) Constructor
B) Destructor
C) Static
D) Virtual
E) None of the above
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Chapter 16: Exceptions, Templates, and the Standard
Template Library Stl
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Q1) In a function template, the programmer substitutes ________ for ________.
A) parameters, data types
B) parameters, arguments
C) arguments, parameters
D) angle brackets, parentheses
E) None of the above
Q2) The Standard Template Library (STL) contains templates for useful algorithms and data structures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ________ are used to signal errors or unexpected events that occur while a program is running.
A) Virtual functions
B) Destructors
C) Exceptions
D) Templates
E) None of the above
Q4) Non-template functions have a slight advantage in speed over template functions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Linked Lists
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Q1) A new node cannot become the first node in the list.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Each node in a ________ list contains pointers to the nodes before and after it.
A) singly-linked
B) doubly-linked
C) circular-linked
D) both B and C
E) None of the above
Q3) To concatenate two linked lists, it is necessary to
A) traverse one of the lists to get to its end.
B) traverse both lists to get to their ends.
C) first reverse one of the lists.
D) first reverse both lists.
E) None of the above
Q4) Deleting an entire linked list requires a call to the delete operator for each node in the list.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Stacks and Queues
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Q1) For most people, ________ queues are more intuitive and easier to understand than ________ queues.
A) Static, dynamic
B) Dynamic, static
C) Deque-like, stack-like
D) Stack-like, deque-like
E) None of the above
Q2) Two primary queue operations are
A) push and pop.
B) enqueue and dequeue.
C) insert and delete.
D) onqueue and offqueue.
E) None of the above
Q3) A dynamic stack has a ________ size, and is implemented as a(n) ________.
A) variable, linked list
B) fixed, linked list
C) variable, array
D) fixed, array
E) None of the above
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Chapter 19: Binary Trees
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Q1) In a binary search tree, all nodes to the right of a node hold values greater than the node's value.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A child node that has no parent is
A) a leaf node.
B) an orphan node.
C) a rootless node.
D) A or C
E) None of the above
Q3) There exists a binary tree with a hundred nodes, but only one leaf.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Output will be the same if you use inorder, postorder, or preorder traversals to print the values stored in a binary tree.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The height of a binary tree describes how many levels there are in the tree.
A)True
B)False
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