chapter 14 Flashcards
practice (40 cards)
Each object of a class has its own copy of the class’s ________.
A) member functions
B) member variables
C) constructor and destructor functions
D) All of these
E) None of these
B
This type of member variable may be accessed before any objects of the class have been created.
A) private
B) public
C) inline
D) static
E) None of these
D
his operator may be used to assign one object to another.
A) =
B) ==
C) <>
D) @
E) None of these
A
++ requires that a copy constructor’s parameter be a(n) ________.
A) integer data type
B) floating point data type
C) pointer variable
D) reference object
E) None of these
D
C++ allows you to redefine the way ________ work when used with class objects.
A) compiler errors
B) preprocessor directives
C) standard operators
D) undefined variables
E) None of these
C
When objects contain pointers, it is a good idea to create an explicit ________ function.
A) destructor
B) copy constructor
C) static constructor
D) inline constructor
E) None of these
B
A good reason for overloading an operator is to enable it to ________.
A) outperform its C language counterparts
B) work in its usual way, but with programmer-defined data types
C) operate on more operands than in its standard definition
D) operate on no operands
E) None of these
B
When a class contains an instance of another class, it is known as ________.
A) object overloading
B) operator overloading
C) object composition
D) dynamic composition
E) None of these
C
If you do not furnish one of these, an automatic memberwise copy will be performed when one object is
assigned to another object.
A) overloaded constructor function
B) overloaded assignment operator
C) default constructor function
D) overloaded copy operator
E) None of these
B
t is a good idea to make a copy constructor’s parameters ________ by specifying the ________ key word in the
parameter list.
A) inline, inline
B) static, static
C) constant, const
D) global, global
E) None of these
C
A reason to overload the ________ is to write classes that have array-like behaviors.
A) parentheses ( ) operator
B) curly braces { } operator
C) square brackets [ ] operator
D) colon : : operator
E) None of these
C
f a member variable is declared ________, all objects of that class have access to that variable.
A) static
B) dynamic
C) inline
D) default
E) None of these
A
A member function that is declared ________ may not access any non-static data members in the class.
A) private
B) public
C) static
D) inline
E) None of these
C
This type of function is not a member of a class, but it has access to the private members of the class.
A) static
B) constructor
C) destructor
D) friend
E) None of these
D
This is a special function that is called whenever a new object is created and initialized with another
object’s data.
A) destructor
B) static function
C) copy constructor
D) assignment function
E) None of these
C
f you do not furnish one of these a default will be provided for you by the compiler.
A) copy constructor
B) constructor
C) destructor
D) All of these
E) None of these
D
When you redefine the way a standard operator works when it is used with class objects, you have
________ the operator.
A) reassigned
B) reformatted
C) overloaded
D) overwhelmed
E) None of these
C
To overload the + operator, you would write a function named ________.
A) overload +
B) operator +
C) function +
D) operator.overload(+)
E) None of these
B
This is a special built-in pointer that is available to a class’s member functions.
A) overloaded -> operator
B) this pointer
C) &constructor pointer
D) ~destructor *ptr
E) None of these
B
Object composition is useful for creating this type of relationship between classes.
A) friend
B) static
C) has a
D) conditional
E) None of these
C
An ________ operator can work with programmer-defined data types.
A) inline
B) unconditional
C) overloaded
D) undefined
E) None of these
C
When you overload an operator, you cannot change the number of ________ taken by the operator.
A) arguments
B) parameters
C) operations
D) operands
E) None of these
D
A(n) ________ informs the compiler that a class will be declared later in the program.
A) static function
B) private data member
C) forward declaration
D) object conversion
E) None of these
C
n the following function header:
FeetInches FeetInches::operator++(int)
the word (int) is known as a(n):
A) parameterless data type
B) incomplete argument
C) dummy parameter
D) incomplete parameter
E) None of these
C
