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Week 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Assigned name of a memory address?

A

Identifier

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2
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Name for language used for describing the syntax and rules of another language?

A

Metalanguage

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3
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Proper term for calling a function?

A

Invoking

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4
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Initialising memory for a type of data and an identifier

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Declaration

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5
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A function’s collective statements between curly braces?

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Body

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6
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Memory location for which data can be changed?

A

Variable

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7
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Memory location for which data cannot be changed?

A

Constant

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8
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Who calls the main function?

A

The OS

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9
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The operator = is referred to as?

A

Assignment operator

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10
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A sequence of identifiers and/or literals with operators that returns a datum?

A

Expression

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11
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The act of computing an expression?

A

Evaluation

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12
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Raw data that is not referred to by an identifier?

A

A literal

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13
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Conjoining literals and identifiers of string data type?

A

Concatenation

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14
Q

“…” are used to embrace which literal?

A

Strings

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15
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‘…’ are used to embrace which literal?

A

Chars

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16
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The part of the function where its identifier and its parameters are declared?

A

Header

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17
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The entirety of a function consisting of its header and body?

A

Definition

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18
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The data passed to functions when they are invoked?

A

Arguments

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19
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A single executable line of code postfixed by a semicolon?

A

Statement

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20
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A collection of statements embraced by {…}?

A

Compound statement, or a body, or a block

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21
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A statement consisting only of a semi-colon?

A

A null statement

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22
Q

The name of a string with no characters?

A

Null string

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23
Q

The integer returned by the main function on execution?

A

The exit status

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24
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Traditionally the main function returns what integer when it executes with no errors?

A

0

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25
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The five kinds of statements allowed within a block?

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Null statements, assignment statements, declarations, executable/output statements, compound statements

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26
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The :: operator is referred to as?

A

The scope resolution operator

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27
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The &laquo_space;operator referred to as?

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The insertion operator

28
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The&raquo_space; operator referred to as?

A

The extraction operator

29
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include <…> is an example of?

A

A preprocessor directive

30
Q

The term “std” is an example of a…?

A

Namespace

31
Q

What are the four integral data types?

A

Char, short, int, long

32
Q

Reserved word for an integral data type whose range includes only positive integers?

A

Unsigned

33
Q

Smallest integral data type and its range?

A

Char: signed -128 - 127, unsigned 0 - 255

34
Q

What is the result of storing values out of the range of a memory’s data type?

A

Overflow

35
Q

The three data types that represent real numbers?

A

Float, double, long double

36
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How are real numbers stored?

A

As an integral part and a fractional part

37
Q

Dividing a real number by zero returns?

A

Inf

38
Q

Dividing an integer by zero results?

A

Error

39
Q

The ++ operator is referred to as?

A

The increment operator

40
Q

7++ and ++7 are different how?

A

++7 the increment is executed prior and the integer is always 8

41
Q

The - - operator is referred to as?

A

The decrement operator

42
Q

Converting a literal, variable or constant to another data type at run time is called?

A

Type casting

43
Q

The compiler process that assigns data types on inference?

A

Type coercion

44
Q

How many ways to declare a variable / constant?

A

3

45
Q

Declaration with {…}?

A

Uniform

46
Q

Declaration with (…)?

A

Implicit

47
Q

Declaration a = 0?

A

Explicit

48
Q

Expression with values of varying data types?

A

Mixed type expression

49
Q

Expressions of integers and real numbers coerce as?

A

Real numbers

50
Q

Real numbers that are coerced to integers are said to have undergone?

A

Truncation

51
Q

Identifiers can only consist of?

A

Characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _

52
Q

Identifiers can only begin with?

A

Characters A-Z, a-z

53
Q

The term for the order in which operators are executed?

A

Order of precedence

54
Q

The order of predence is as follows?

A

Unary operators (-17, ++9, - -34)
Brackets ()
Binary operators *, /, %
Binary operators +, -

55
Q

std::fixed does what?

A

Represents real and integer numbers with floating points

56
Q

std::scientific does what?

A

Represents floats in scientific notation, i.e., 2.134x10^12 or 2.134E12

57
Q

std::setprecision(n) does what?

A

Formats real numbers to n decimal places

58
Q

std::showpoint does what?

A

Displays both integers and real numbers with floating point

59
Q

Library needed for formatting outputs of numbers?

A

iomanip

60
Q

std::setw(n) does what?

A

Generates a field of whitespaces of at least n width in which strings after a trailing insertion operator («) will print right justified

61
Q

Meaning ascribed to code and its rules by programmers and compilers?

A

Semantics

62
Q

Rules and symbols that dictate how a language or its parts are written?

A

Syntax

63
Q

What terminates a statement?

A

;

64
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What kind of statement doesn’t need terminating?

A

Compound statement {…}

65
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What part of the compilation process handles #includes?

A

Preprocessor

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