chapter 7 + 8

Question 1

anonymous type

Answer 1

data type in which you directly specify values in the variable declaration with no type name

Question 2

enumeration type

Answer 2

user defined simple data type

Question 3

enumerator

Answer 3

identifier used in an enumeration type

Question 4

aggregate operation

Answer 4

any operation on an array that manipulates the entire array as a single unit

Question 5

array

Answer 5

collection of a fixed number of elements (called components) in which all of the elements must be of the same data type

Question 6

Array index out of bounds

Answer 6

the index is out of bounds if it is < 0 or > ARRAY_SIZE - 1

Question 7

array index in bounds

Answer 7

the index is in bounds if it is >= 0 and <= ARRAY_SIZE - 1

Question 8

array subscript operator

Answer 8

[ ]

• used to access an individual character within a string y specifying the character’s position within the square brackets
• used to access the array element at the position number contained within the square brackets

Question 9

base address

Answer 9

the memory access of the first component in an array

Question 10

character array

Answer 10

an array whose components are of the type char

Question 11

column processing

Answer 11

processing of a particular column of a two-dimensional array

Question 12

dynamic arrays

Answer 12

arrays that are created during program execution using pointers

Question 13

finding the sum and average of an array

Answer 13

code that finds the sum and average of the values in the array

Question 14

index

Answer 14

any expression whose value is a nonnegative integer and which is used for accessing an array component

Question 15

initializing

Answer 15

the process of using a loop to initialize every component of the array

Question 16

n-dimensional array

Answer 16

a collection of a fixed number of components arranged in n dimensions

( n >= 1 )

Question 17

one-dimensional array

Answer 17

an array in which the components are arranged in a list form

Question 18

parallel arrays

Answer 18

two (or more) arrays with corresponding components holding related information

Question 19

row order form

Answer 19

refers to the manner in which a two-dimensional array is stored; the first row is stored first, followed by the second row, followed by the third, and so on

Question 20

row processing

Answer 20

processing of a particular row of a tow-dimensional array

Question 21

selection sort

Answer 21

search method in which the array is searched for the smallest value, which is swapped with the value at the top of the array; then repeated for the next smallest value, and so on

Question 22

sequential or linear search

Answer 22

searches an array sequentially starting with the first element; continues until the item is found or there are no more elements

Question 23

simple data type

Answer 23

signifies that a variable can store only one value at a time

Question 24

structured data type

Answer 24

each data item is a collection of other data items

Question 25

two-dimensional array

Answer 25

a collection of a fixed number of components arranged in rows an columns (that is, in two dimensions), wherein all components are of the same type