Chapter 11

Question 1

What is a primitive data type?

Answer 1

A data type that is defined as a basic part of the language (ex: bool, int, long int, etc.)

Question 2

Does a structure declaration cause a structure variable to be created?

Answer 2

no, struct declaration does not allocate memory or create variables

Question 3

Before a structure variable can be used, the structure must be ______.

Answer 3

declared

Question 4

The ______ is the name of a structure.

Answer 4

tag

Question 5

The variables declared inside a structure declaration are called ______.

Answer 5

members

Question 6

A(n) ______ is required after the closing brace of a structure declaration

Answer 6

semicolon

Question 7

In the definition of a structure variable, the ______ is placed before the variable name, just like the data type of a regular variable is placed before its name.

Answer 7

structure tag

Question 8

The ______ operator allows you to access structure members.

Answer 8

dot

Question 9

[T/F]

A semicolon is required after the closing brace of a structure declaration

Answer 9

true

Question 10

[T/F]

A structure declaration does not define a variable

Answer 10

true

Question 11

[T/F]
When a function returns a structure, it is always necessary for the function to have a local structure variable to hold the member values that are to be returned

Answer 11

true

Question 12

[T/F]

The indirection operator has a higher precedence than the dot operator

Answer 12

False