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1. What is the meaning of the following declaration?

float* pVar;

a) pVar is a pointer to data of type FLOAT
b) pVar is a floating point variable
c) pVar is meant to have an initial value of zero
d) None of these

2. Which of these would be BEST to do before using a pointer to access memory?

a) Make sure sufficient memory exists to use the pointer.
b) Check to see if your C compiler supports pointers.
c) Make sure the pointer address is valid
d) None of these

3. What is special about the NULL pointer value?

a) The NULL pointer automatically dereferences the target object.
b) Arrays can only be accessed if a NULL pointer is used.
c) The NULL pointer is obtained when a disk I/O error occurs.
d) None of these

4. Given the following declaration:

int Values[4]={1,2,3,4};

What value will be returned if the expression "*(Values+2)" is evaluated?

a) 2
b) 1
c) 3
d) Insufficient information given to solve problem.

5. What output will be produced by the DO loop below?

int i=0;

do  {
     i++;
     printf("%d", i);
     }
     while(i<5);

a) 1 2 3 4 5
b) 0 1 2 3 4
c) 0 1 2 3
d) None of the above

6. What is something that can not be done with a VOID pointer?

a) Dereferencing
b) Assignment of pointer value
c) Type-casting pointer contents to another type
d) None of these

7. What character code is used to end all strings in C?

a) '\n'
b) '\0'
c) '\7'
d) None of these

8. Which declaration below would be correct to make "pVar" a pointer to int type?

a) int pVar;
b) int* pVar;
c) int &pVar;
d) None of these

9. What information must be passed to the STRCPY() library routine?

a) The length of each string, and the address of each string.
b) The address of each string.
c) The length of one of the strings.
d) None of these

10. What library function should be used to compare character string arrays?

a) strcat
b) strlen
c) strcmp
d) None of these

11. According to the way "MyFunct" is being used below, what is its prototype?

int x,y;
float z;
//
//Program logic to fill x and y with data here
//

z=MyFunct(x, y);

a) void MyFunct(int, int);
b) double MyFunct(double, int);
c) float MyFunct(int, int);
d) None of these

12. Given the following declaration:

int Values[25];

Which expression below is equivalent to: Values?

a) &Values[0]
b) Values[0]
c) Values[-1]
d) None of these

13. What is the data type of the following expression?

"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."

a) int*
b) double*
c) float*
d) char*
e) None of the above

14. Given the following declaration:

char szName[24];

How many characters can be in the array (excluding the terminator)?

a) 24
b) 25
c) 23
d) None of these

15. What is one dangerous situation that can occur when programming character string input in C?

a) Using up excessive amounts of memory.
b) Taking up too much CPU time requirements, which can slow down the disk system.
c) Having insufficient space in an array to hold all the user's input.
d) None of these

16. Given the declarations:

char szData[64];
int i;

i=314;

Supposed that we wish to place a text message into szData that shows the value in variable i. Which of the statements below would accomplish this?

a) strcpy( szData , "i = %d", i);
b) sprintf( szData , "i = %d" , i );
c) strcat( szData , i , "i = %d" );
d) None of these

17. What is the default data type returned by C functions?

a) int
b) float
c) void
d) None of the above

18. Given the following declaration:

int Values[4]={1,2,3,4};

What value will be returned if the expression "*Values" is evaluated?

a) 2
b) 1
c) &Values[0]
d) 4
e) None of these

19. Given the following declaration:

int Values[25];

Which expression below is equivalent to: &Values[0]?

a) Values[0]
b) Values[-1]
c) Values
d) None of these

20. What is wrong with the following code?

char szPassword[24];
gets(szPassword); // Get user password

if ( szPassword == "Joshua" ) printf("Welcome!");

a) The comparison method (==) will not work with strings.
b) GETS() does not input character strings.
c) The array declaration is invalid.
d) None of these

NOTE

When you take exam #2, you will also have to write some code. Make sure you know how to properly use pointers, character string handling functions, and arrays. You should also review the fundamentals from exam #1.

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