C/C++ Programming 2 - Assignment 1

1 The "C/C++ Programming 2" Pretest

2 For all questions assume a perfectly implemented ANSI/ISO C/C++ compiler. How a program runs on your
3 computer only indicates how your computer runs the program, not necessarily how it should run or how portable
4 it is. Therefore, consider all of these questions theoretical since running them as programs can be catastrophically
5 misleading. Below each question is a reference to the location in "C/C++ Notes" where the topic is mentioned or
6 discussed. This assignment will not be collected or graded and the answers are provided on the last page.
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8 1. In C, if variables x, y, and z are properly declared, what is syntactically wrong with: z = y//* division */x;
9 (Note 1.4)
10 A. Nothing is wrong.
11 B. Everything after the // is a comment so the statement is incomplete.
12 C. It is not portable.
13 D. A comment may not serve as whitespace.
14 E. The value of y may be too large.
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16 2. The value of sizeof('A') is always:
17 (Note 1.5; Note 2.12)
18 A. the same as the value of sizeof(char).
19 B. the same as sizeof(int) in C and the same as sizeof(char) in C++.
20 C. 65 if the ASCII character set is used.
21 D. dependent upon the character set being used.
22 E. none of the above.
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24 3. Assuming a 16 bit type int and a 32 bit type long, the data types of 32767, -32768, 32768, and 2. are:
25 (Note 2.1; Note 2.2)
26 A.int, int, long, float
27 B. int, long, long, float
28 C. int, long, long, double
29 D. implementation dependent
30 E. none of the above
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32 4. Predict the output from cout << oct << 15 << dec << 15 << hex << 15
33 (Note 2.6)
34 A. oct 15 dec 15 hex 15
35 B. 017 15 0xf
36 C. 17 15 f
37 D. 1715f
38 E. Output is implementation dependent.
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40 5. The values of -5/4 and -5%4, respectively, are:
41 (Note 2.8)
42 A. implementation dependent : -5/4 == -1 and -5%4 == -1 or -5/4 == -2 and -5%4 == 3
43 B. -1 and -1
44 C. -2 and 3
45 D. -1 and -2
46 E. none of the above.
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48 6. Assuming int ax[123], the data types of +(char)65, (short)47+(char)65, 2*6e2L, and sizeof(ax) are:
49 (Note 2.10)
50 A. undefined, undefined, double, pointer to int
51 B. char, short, long, size_t
52 C. int, int, long double, pointer to int
53 D. int, int, long double, size_t
54 E. implementation dependent
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1 7. What is the value and data type of the expression: (char)25 < (char)100
2 (Note 2.10; Note 3.1)
3 A. 1; type char
4 B. 1; type int
5 C. 75; type char
6 D. 0; type char
7 E. none of the above
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9 8. Predict what gets printed:
10 (Note 2.14)
11 const int i;
12 for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
13 cout << i << ' ';
14 A. 0 1 2 3 4
15 B. 0 1 2 3 4 5
16 C. 1 2 3 4 5
17 D. It won't compile.
18 E. Output is implementation dependent.
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20 9. Predict what gets printed by: printf("Goodbye") && printf(" Cruel") || printf(" World")
21 (Note 3.2)
22 A. Goodbye
23 B. Goodbye Cruel
24 C. Goodbye Cruel World
25 D. Goodbye World
26 E. Output is implementation dependent.
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28 10. For int x = 1; predict the value in x after: x = ++x
29 (Note 3.4)
30 A. 1
31 B. 2
32 C. 3
33 D. undefined
34 E. implementation dependent
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36 11. Predict final value of i:
37 (Note 3.10)
38 for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
39 break;
40 A. 0
41 B. 1
42 C. 2
43 D. 3
44 E. none of the above
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46 12. Predict the value in x after: auto int x = (4, printf("Hello"), sqrt(64.), printf("World"));
47 (Note 3.11)
48 A. 4
49 B. 5
50 C. 6
51 D. 8
52 E. implementation dependent
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1 13. Predict the output from:

2 (Note 3.15)
3 if (5 < 4)
4 if (6 > 5)
5 putchar('1');
6 else if (4 > 3)
7 putchar('2');
8 else
9 putchar('3');
10 putchar('4');
11 A. 4
12 B. 2
13 C. 24
14 D. 4 or 24, depending upon the implementation
15 E. Nothing is printed.
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17 14. Predict what gets printed by: cout << (12 < 5 ? "Hello " : "World")
18 (Note 3.16)
19 A. Hello
20 B. Hello World
21 C. World
22 D. World Hello
23 E. Output is undefined or implementation dependent.
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25 15. Predict what will happen:
26 (Note 4.3)
27 char ch;
28 while ( (ch = cin.get()) != EOF )
29 cout.put(ch);
30 A. A false EOF might be detected or the real EOF might be missed
31 B. It won't compile
32 C. cin.get() reads one int at a time from input, then its value is printed
33 D. EOF is not defined in C++
34 E. Nothing unwanted happens. It simply reads and prints characters until EOF is reached.
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36 16. Predict what gets printed:
37 (Note 4.6)
38 cout << __DATE__ << __FILE__ << __LINE__
39 A. Today's date, the name of the executable file, an the number of lines in the file
40 B. The compilation date, the source file name, and the source file line number containing __LINE__
41 C. cout cannot use these macros without typecasts
42 D. Output is implementation dependent.
43 E. It won't compile.
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45 17. In C with no prototype, what data types get passed to fcn by the call: fcn((char)23, (short)34, 87, 6.8f)
46 (Note 5.5)
47 A. char, short, int, float
48 B. char, short, long, float
49 C. int, int, int, float
50 D. int, int, int, double
51 E. none of the above or implementation dependent
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1 18. In C, which statement is true concerning a major problem with the following?
2 (Note 5.4)
3 long double fx(void)
4 {
5 double answer = sum(1.1, 2.2, 3.3);
6 return printf("answer = %f", answer);
7 }
8 double sum(double a, double b, double c)
9 {
10 return(a + b + c);
11 }
12 A. The name sum conflicts with a standard ANSI math function.
13 B. The return statement in fx returns type double.
14 C. Return statements may not contain an algebraic expression (a + b + c).
15 D. There is nothing wrong with the program.
16 E. The call to sum assumes that sum returns type int.
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18 19. In C++, what gets printed?
19 (Note 5.7)
20 void print(int x = 1, int y = 2, int z = 3)
21 {
22 cout << x << y << z;
23 }
24 int main()
25 {
26 print(), print(4), print(5, 6), print(7, 8, 9);
27 return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
28 }
29 A. 123
30 B. 456789
31 C. 123456789
32 D. 123423563789
33 E. It won't compile.
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35 20. In C++, predict what gets printed?
36 (Note 5.8)
37 void print(int x, int y = 2, int z = 3) { cout << x << y << z; }
38 void print(long x, int y = 5, int z = 6) { cout << x << y << z; }
39 int main()
40 {
41 print(4), print(4L);
42 return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
43 }
44 A. 44L
45 B. 423423
46 C. 423456
47 D. Output is implementation dependent.
48 E. It won't compile because the print function definitions are ambiguous.
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1 21. What is the main problem with the following:

2 (Note 5.11)
3 int *ip;
4 for (*ip = 0; *ip < 5; *ip++)
5 ;
6 A. Nothing is wrong.
7 B. It dereferences an uninitialized pointer.
8 C. It does nothing useful.
9 D. It contains a magic number.
10 E. It contains implementation dependent problem(s).
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12 22. Assuming #define sum(a, b) a + b predict the value of: 5 * sum(3 + 1, 2)
13 (Note 5.18)
14 A. 30
15 B. 18
16 C. 22
17 D. none of the above
18 E. implementation dependent
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20 23. In C++, what gets printed? (Assume a pointer is printed as a standard integer.)
21 (Note 6.9)
22 void print(int &x, int y, int *z) { x = 10; y = 20; z = (int *)30; }
23 int main()
24 {
25 int a = 1, b = 2, *c = (int *)3;
26 print(a, b, c);
27 cout << a << b << c;
28 return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
29 }
30 A. 123
31 B. 102030
32 C. 10230
33 D. 102garbage
34 E. 1023
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36 24. If a prototype for fx (below) is present, predict the output from: printf("%d", *fx)
37 (Note 6.12)
38 int *fx(void)
39 {
40 int x = 5;
41 return(&x);
42 }
43 A. 5
44 B. garbage
45 C. the address of the variable x
46 D. A compiler error occurs.
47 E. none of the above or implementation dependent
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49 25. If chars are 8 bits, ints are 16 bits, and int *ip = (int *)20, predict the value of ++ip
50 (Note 6.14)
51 A. 20
52 B. 21
53 C. 22
54 D. 23
55 E. none of the above or implementation dependent
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1 26. What is the main problem with the following:

2 (Note 6.17)
3 int ip[] = {6, 7, 2, 4, -5};
4 for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i, ++ip)
5 cout << *ip;
6 A. Nothing is wrong.
7 B. An uninitialized pointer is being dereferenced.
8 C. An attempt is being made to modify the name of an array, a constant.
9 D. It contains a magic number, which is illegal in some compilers.
10 E. An out of bounds array access occurs.
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12 27. What is wrong with the following string initialization? char s[] = {'H', 'E', 'L', 'L', 'O', NULL};
13 (Note 7.1)
14 A. Nothing is wrong.
15 B. The syntax is incorrect.
16 C. A character array can't hold a string.
17 D. NULL may be of the wrong type and its value is not necessarily even equal to 0.
18 E. Strings can't be initialized.
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20 28. Assuming prototypes and typedefs are present, what is wrong with the following?
21 (Note 8.4; Note 10.3)
22 char *cp = malloc(256);
23 FILE *fp = fopen("hello", "a+");
24 fprintf(fp, "Message\n");
25 cp[0] = 'A';
26 A. Nothing is wrong.
27 B. The syntax is incorrect.
28 C. cp is not an array so the form cp[0] is not valid.
29 D. malloc and fopen are not portable.
30 E. All file opens and dynamic allocations must be checked before being used.
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32 29. For typedef struct {char x; int y;} FOO; FOO bar; which of the following may be false?
33 (Note 9.11)
34 A. sizeof(FOO) == sizeof(bar)
35 B. sizeof(FOO) == sizeof(x) + sizeof(y)
36 C. &bar is numerically equal to &bar.x
37 D. (char *)&bar + offsetof(FOO, y) == (char *)&y
38 E. they can all be false, depending upon implementation
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40 30. What is wrong with the following? (Note 9.12)
41 struct Svalues {char x; int y;} s1 = { 25, 30 };
42 class Cvalues {char x; int y;} c1 = { 25, 30 };
43 A. Members of the class and the structure have the same names.
44 B. Public members of a structure are being accessed by an initializer list.
45 C. Private members of a structure are being accessed by other than a member/friend function.
46 D. Private members of a class are being accessed by other than a member/friend function.
47 E. Nothing is wrong.
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49 31. A file must never be opened in the text mode if:
50 (Note 10.2)
51 A. it will be used for binary data.
52 B. fprintf or cout will be used to write to the file.
53 C. the data to be written contains the newline character.
54 D. the C++ fstream methods are to be used.
55 E. compatibility with modern compilers is desired.
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1 32. What's wrong with the following:

2 (Note 10.4)
3 ofstream fout("file1");
4 ifstream fin("file2");
5 fstream fio("file3");
6 A. The syntax is incorrect for all 3 opens.
7 B. "file1" may not exist
8 C. ifstream, ofstream, and fstream opens require two arguments.
9 D. fstream opens require two arguments
10 E. It's not portable
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12 33. On a machine using 1's complement negative integers and 16 bit ints, what is the bit pattern for -2?
13 (Note 11.1)
14 A. 1111 1111 1111 1111
15 B. 1111 1111 1111 1110
16 C. 1111 1111 1111 1101
17 D. 1000 0000 0000 0010
18 E. implementation dependent
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20 34. If an int is 16 bits and a char is 8 bits, the values in sch and uch after signed char sch = 256; and unsigned
21 char uch = 256; are:
22 (Note 11.2)
23 A. sch is 256 and uch is 256
24 B. sch is implementation defined and uch is 256
25 C. sch is implementation defined and uch is 0
26 D. sch is 0 and uch is 0
27 E. The results of both are undefined.
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29 35. Assuming a 16 bit int 2's complement implementation, predict the value of: -17 >> 1
30 (Note 11.7)
31 A. -9 or 0x7FF7, depending upon the implementation
32 B. -8
33 C. 17
34 D. 8
35 E. other implementation dependent values
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