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Question 1

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(void) {
int i = 1, j = 2;
if(i > j && j > i)
i++;
if(i > j || j > i)
j++;
if(i | j)
i++;
if(i & j)
j++;
cout << i * j << endl;
return 0;
}

A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 8

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Question 2

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
struct A {
int a;
float b;
};
struct B {
int b;
float a;
};
struct C {
A a; B b;
};
int main(void) {
C c1 = {1, 2, 3, 4}, c2 = {5, 6, 7, 8};
cout << c1.b.a + c2.a.b << endl;
return 0;
}

A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12

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Question 3

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(void) {
int t[4] = { 8, 4, 2, 1 };
int *p1 = t + 2, *p2 = p1 - 1;
p1++;
cout << *p1 - t[p1 - p2] << endl;
return 0;
}

A. -2
B. -1
C. 1
D. 2

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Question 4

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int fun1(int p) {
++p;
return p++;
}
int fun2(int &p) {
++p;
return p++;
}

int main(void) {
int a = 1, b, c;
b = fun1(a);
c = fun2(b);
cout << a + b + c << endl;
return 0;
}

A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10

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Question 5

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int *fun(void) {
return new int[2];
}
int fun(int *p) {
delete [] p;
return 0;
}
void fun(int *p, int q) {
p[q] *= 2;
}
void fun(int *p, int q, int r) {
p[q] = r;
}

int main(void) {
int *v = fun();
fun(v,0,1);
fun(v,1,2);
fun(v,0);
cout << v[1] + v[0] << endl;
fun(v);
return 0;
}

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

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Question 6

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
char f1(char c) {
return c == 'z' ? 'a' : c + 1;
}
char f2(char &c) {
c = f1(c);
return c;
}
int main(void) {
char x = 'x';
cout << f2(x);
cout << f2(x);
cout << f2(x) << endl;
return 0;
}

A. XYZ
B. xyz
C. YZA
D. yza

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Question 7

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(void) {
int *t[2] = { new int[2], new int[2] };
for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
t[i % 2][i / 2] = i;
cout << t[0][1] + t[1][0] << endl;
delete [] t[0];
delete [] t[1];
return 0;
}

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

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Question 8

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main(void) {
string s = "Abc", t = "A";
s = s + t;
t = t + s;
int i = s.compare(t) > 0;
int j = s.length() < t.length();
cout << i + j << endl;
return 0;
}

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

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Question 9

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
namespace alpha { int var = 1; }
namespace beta { int var = alpha::var + 1; }
int main(void) {
beta::var += alpha::var;
{
using namespace beta;
cout << var << endl;
}
return 0;
}

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

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Question 10

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class A {
int a;
public:
A(void) { a = 1; }
int b(void) { return ++a; }
};

int main(void) {
A a;
a.b();
cout << a.b() << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

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Question 11

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class A {
public:
A() { a.a = a.b = 1; }
struct { int a,b; } a;
int b(void);
};
int A::b(void) { int x=a.a;a.a=a.b;a.b=x; return x; };
int main(void) {
A a;
a.a.a = 0;
a.b();
cout << a.b() << a.a.b << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 10
C. 01
D. 11

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Question 12

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class A {
public:
int a;
A() { a = 0; }
A(int b) { a = b + 1; }
};
class B {
public:
A a;
B() : a(0) { }
};

int main(void) {
B *b = new B();
cout << b->a.a << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 1
C. 3
D. 5

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Question 13

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class A {
public:
int x;
void d() { x /= 2; }
};
class B : public A {
public:
int y;
void d() { A::d(); }
};
int main(void) {
B b;
b.x = b.y = 4;
b.d();
cout << b.y / b.x << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 1
C. 2
D. 4

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Question 14

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class A {
public:
int work(void) { return 4; }
};
class B : public A {
public:
int relax(void) { return 2; }
};
class C : public A {
public:
int relax(void) { return 1; }
};
int main(void) {
A *a0 = new A, *a1 = new B, *a2 = new C;
cout << a0 -> work() + static_cast<C*>(a2) -> relax() /
static_cast<B*>(a1) -> relax() << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 1
C. 2
D. 4

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Question 15

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class B;
class A {
friend class B;
int a;
public: A() : a(4) {}
void f(B &b,A &a);
int out(void) { return a; }
};
class B {
friend class A;
int b;
public: B() : b(2) {}
void f(A &a) { a.a /= b; }
};
void A::f(B &b,A &a){ b.f(*this); }
int main(void) {
A a;
B b;
a.f(b,a);
cout << a.out() << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error (or warning in some compilers)
B. 1
C. 2
D. 4

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Question 16

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class A {
public: static int a;
A() { a++; }
};
int A::a = 1;
void f(void) {
A a;
throw string("?");
}
int main(void) {
A a;
try { f(); }
catch (string &s) {
}
cout << A::a << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

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Question 17

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
#include <exception>
#include <stdexcept>
using namespace std;
void f(void) {
throw domain_error("err");
}
int main(void) {
int a = 4;
try { f(); }
catch (runtime_error &e) {
a--;
}
catch (...) {
a++;
}
cout << a << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

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Question 18

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
#include <exception>
using namespace std;
int i = 1;
void f(void) {
throw 1;
i++;
}
void g(void) {
i++;
try { f(); }
catch(int &i) {
throw ++i;
}
}
int main(void) {
try { g(); i++; }
catch(...) { i++; }
cout << i << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

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Question 19

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
#include <exception>
#include <stdexcept>
using namespace std;
int i = 3;
class A : public runtime_error {
public: A() : runtime_error("?") {}
};
class B : public logic_error {
public: B() : logic_error("!") {}
};
void f(void) {
i++;
throw B();
i++;
}
void g(void) {
try { f(); }
catch(A &a) { throw A(); }
}
int main(void) {
try { g(); i++; }
catch(logic_error &l) { i++; }
catch(...) { i++; }
cout << i << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error (or warning in some compilers)
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

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Question 20

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class A {
public: int v;
A():v(1) {}
A(int i):v(i) {}
void operator&&(int a) { v = -v; }
};
int main(void) {
A i = 2;
i && 2;
cout << i << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 1
C. 2
D. 4

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Question 21

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class A {
public: int v;
A():v(1) {}
A(int i):v(i) {}
void operator**(int a) { v *= a; }
};
int main(void) {
A i = 2;
i ** 2;
cout << i.v << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error

B. 1
C. 2
D. 4

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Question 22

What is the output of the following program?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
enum e { a=1,b,c,d };
e& operator--(e &x) {
x = b; return x;
}
int main(void) {
e f = c;
cout << int(f--) << endl;
return 0;
}

A. The program will cause a compilation error (or warning in some compilers)
B. 1
C. 3
D. 4

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ANSWER KEY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D C B C D D C C C D
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B B C D C B D B D A
21 22
A A

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