Chapter 9 Rev Qs

Question 1

A ___ of a subprogram is the number, order, and types of its formal parameters.

Answer 1

Parameter profile

Question 2

Which of the following languages does not require that the number of actual parameters match the number of formal parameters?

Answer 2

Javascript, Perl, C++

Question 3

Which of the following are primary design issues for subprograms?

Answer 3

Are local variables statically or dynamically allocated?
Can subprograms be overloaded?
What parameter-passing method or methods are used?

Question 4

Which of the following is not a semantics model for parameter passing?

Answer 4

Pass by reference

Question 5

Which of the following support only one-way parameter passing?

Answer 5

Pass by result, Pass by value

Question 6

Which of the following languages do not require parameter type checking?

Answer 6

PHP, Perl

Question 7

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Answer 7

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Question 8

Which of the following is not a choice for the binding of a passed subprogram to its correct referencing environment?

Answer 8

Backwards Binding

Question 9

In which of the following languages can users define overloaded subprograms?

Answer 9

C++, ADA,C#

Question 10

Which of the following languages support generic subprograms?

Answer 10

C++, ADA, Java

Question 11

Which of the following is a design issue for functions?

Answer 11

What types of values can be returned?
Are side effects allowed?

Question 12

Which of the following subprogram characteristics is violated by coroutines?

Answer 12

Every subprogram has a single entry point.