Theory Exam 1 is designed to explore the foundational concepts of C++
Theory Exam 1 contains only multiple choice or short answer problems. You will have 50 minutes to complete this exam.
Topics Covered
Topics from lecture:
- Classes in C++
- Public members functions
- Private helper functions
- Private variables
- Constructors
- Automatic default constructor
- Custom constructors (default and non-default)
- Copy constructor
- Automatic copy constructor
- Custom copy constructor
- Namespaces in C++
- Creating a class that is part of a namespace (eg:
Cube
is part of the cs225
namespace)
- Using a class from a namespace (eg:
cs225::Cube
)
- Purpose and usefulness of namespaces
- Variables
- Four properties: name, type, location (in memory), and value
- Primitive vs. user-defined
- Memory
- Indirection in C++:
- Reference variables
- Pointers
- Differences and trade-offs between each type
- Stack memory
- Heap memory
- Functions: Calling and Returning
- Pass by value, by reference, and by pointer
- Return by value, by reference, and by pointer
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Points:70
Registration: Thursday, January 17
Start: Thursday, January 31
End: Sunday, February 03