Module 2: Review of Pointers

Question 1

is the memory address of a variable

Answer 1

Pointer →

Question 2

Pointer variable →content is a

Answer 2

memory address

Question 3

is called the address of

operator

Answer 3

ampersand, &,

Question 4

X is a unary operator that

returns the address of its operand

Answer 4

address of operator

Question 5

When used as a unary operator, * is the

X operator or Y operator

Answer 5

dereferencing

indirection

Question 6

Refers to object to which its operand points

Answer 6

dereferencing operator *

Question 7

X creates a new dynamic variable of a
specified type and returns a pointer that points to this new
variable.

Answer 7

new operator

Question 8

It is a special area of memory that is reserved for

dynamically allocated variables.

Answer 8

heap

Question 9

Any new dynamic variable created by a program

consumes some of the memory in the

Answer 9

freestore/heap

Question 10

If there was insufficient available memory to create
the new variable, then new returned a special value
named

Answer 10

NULL.

Question 11

• Eliminates a dynamic variable and returns the memory that
the dynamic variable occupied to the freestore manager so
that the memory can be reused.

Answer 11

delete

Question 12

If pointer variable pointing to the dynamic variable that was
destroyed and becomes undefined is called

Answer 12

dangling

pointers.

Question 13

You can assign a name definition and then use the

type name to declare variables using X

Answer 13

typedef

keyword.

Question 14

Is an array whose size is not specified when you write
the program, but is determined while the program is
running

Answer 14

dynamic arrays (dynamically-allocated arrays)