QUICK REVIEW BASIC ELEMENTS OF C++

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is a collection of functions.

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C++ program

Question 2

Every C++ program has a function called

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main

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starts with the pair of symbols //anywhere in the
line

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single-line comment

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are enclosed between /* and */

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Multiline comments

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The _________ skips comments.

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compiler

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cannot be used as identifiers in a program.

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Reserved words

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All ___________ in C++ consist of lowercase letters

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reserved words

Question 8

In C++, ________ are names of things

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identifiers

Question 9

A C++ identifier consists of letters, digits, and underscores and must begin with a

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letter or underscore.

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include blanks, tabs, and newline characters.

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Whitespaces

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is a set of values together with a set of operations.

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data type

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C++ data types fall into the following three categories:

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simple, structured, and pointers.

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There are three categories of simple data:

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integral, floating-point, and enumeration.

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Integral data types are classified into nine categories:

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char, short, int, long, bool, unsigned char, unsigned short, unsigned int, and unsigned long.

Question 15

The values belonging to int data type are

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-2147483648 (-2^31) to 2147483647 (2^31 - 1)

Question 16

The data type bool has only two values:

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true and false

Question 17

The most common character sets are ________, which has 128 values, and _________, which has 256 values

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ASCII and EBCDIC

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The ______________ of a character is its preset number in the character data set.

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collating sequence

Question 19

C++ provides three data types to manipulate decimal numbers:

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float, double, and long double.

Question 20

used in C++ to represent any real number

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data type float

Question 21

The memory allocated for a value of the float data type is

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four bytes

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The memory allocated for a value of the double data type

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eight bytes

Question 23

The arithmetic operators in C++ are

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addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*), division (/), and modulus (%)

Question 24

The ______ operator, %, takes only integer operands

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modulus

Question 25

are evaluated using the precedence rules and the
associativity of the arithmetic operators.

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Arithmetic expressions

Question 26

All operands in an integral expression, or integer expression, are

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integers

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all operands in a floating-point expression are

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decimal numbers

Question 28

is an expression that consists of both integers and
decimal numbers.

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mixed expression

Question 29

You can use the ____________ to explicitly convert values from one data type to another.

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cast operator

Question 30

sequence of zero or more characters.

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string

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Strings in C++ are enclosed in

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double quotation marks.

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A string containing no characters is called a

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null or empty string

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declared by using the reserved word const.

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named constant

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Only an ________________________ can change the value of a variable

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assignment statement or an input (read) statement

Question 35

In C++,&raquo_space; is called the

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stream extraction operator

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Input from the standard input device is accomplished by using

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cin and the stream extraction operator&raquo_space;

Question 37

When data is input in a program, the data items, such as numbers, are usually separated by

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blanks, lines, or tabs

Question 38

In C++, &laquo_space;is called the

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stream insertion operator

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Output of the program to the standard output device is accomplished by using

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cout and the stream insertion operator «

Question 40

positions the insertion point at the beginning of the
next line on an output device.

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manipulator endl

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The character \ is called the

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escape character

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The sequence \n is called the

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newline escape sequence

Question 43

All preprocessor commands start with the symbol

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#

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are processed by the preprocessor before the program goes through the compiler.

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preprocessor commands

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instructs the preprocessor to include the header file iostream in the program.

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preprocessor command #include <iostream></iostream>

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To use cin and cout, the program must include the header file iostream and either include the statement…

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using namespace std; or refer to these
identifiers as std::cin and std::cout.

Question 47

All C++ statements end with a

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semicolon

Question 48

The semicolon in C++ is called the

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statement terminator

Question 49

A C++ system has three components:

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environment, language, and the standard libraries

Question 50

are not part of the C++ language. They contain functions
to perform operations, such as mathematical operations.

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standard libraries

Question 51

A file containing a C++ program usually ends with the extension

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.cpp

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are executable statements that tell the user what to do.

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prompt lines