COS1511/201/2/2017

Tutorial letter 201/2/2017

Introduction to Programming I
COS1511
Semester 2

School of Computing

This tutorial letter contains the discussion of the solutions to assignment 1 semester 2.
DISCUSSION OF ASSIGNMENT 1

Dear Student

Assignment 1 was a multiple choice assignment and was marked electronically. In order to have been able to answer the
questions, you should have installed the software (provided on DISK 2017 and downloadable from the Internet) and worked
through Lessons 1 to 13 of the Study Guide where you had to write several C++ programs.

Please take the trouble to compare your answers to those given in this tutorial letter. Try to understand why your answer
is wrong if it differs from ours. This will help you in acquiring the skill (or art) of programming. The process of becoming a
good programmer, involves building new skills and new knowledge and new insights on top of others. This means that it is
a growing process and all the building blocks are important.

This assignment is a multiple choice assignment for COS1511. Assignment 2 is a ‘written’ assignment. In Assignment 2 you
have to submit printouts of programs and their output and Assignment 3 is again a multiple choice assignment.

Question 1

Which of the following is a valid variable name?

1. 4set
2. four_set
3. 4_set
4. dollar$

Correct option: 2

 Options 1 and 3 are incorrect because a variable name cannot start with a numerical value.
 Option 4 is incorrect because a variable name may not contain an ampersand character.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a valid variable name?

1. switch
2. myFloat
3. myDouble
4. sum3

Correct option: 1

 Options 1 is correct as switch is a reserved word in C++ and cannot be used as a variable name.
 Options 2, 3 and 4 are all valid variable names.

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Question 3

What is the value of x after the following statements?

int x, y, z;
y = 10;
z = 3;
x = y * z + 3;

1. not defined
2. 60
3. 30
4. 33

Correct option: 4

Options 4 is correct as * has precedence over +:

x = y * z + 3
x = 10 * 3 + 3
x = 30 + 3
x = 33

You can also include brackets for easier readability:

x = (y * z) + 3
x = (10 * 3) + 3
x = 30 + 3
x = 33

Question 4

What is the value of x after the following statements?

int x;
x = 0;
x = x * 30;

1. 0
2. 30
3. 33
4. not defined

Correct option: 1

Options 1 is correct as the integer value 0 is assigned to x and thus any multiplication by 0 is 0;.

x = x * 30
x = 0 * 30
x = 0

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What is the value of x after the following statements?

int x;
x = x + 30;

1. 0
2. 30
3. 33
4. not defined

Correct option: 4

Options 4 is correct as there is no value assigned to x. The program will compile, but the output will be undefined. To test
you can write a program as follows:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
int x;

cout << "x + 30 = " << x + 30 << endl;

return 0;
}
When running the program, something similar as below will be displayed.

x + 30 = 4309740

Process returned 0 (0x0) execution time : 0.047 s

Press any key to continue.

If x was assigned a value, one of the first 3 options could have been a possibility.

Question 6

What is the output of the following code?

int value;
value = 33.5;
cout << value << endl;
1. 33.5
2. 33
3. value
4. not defined

Correct option: 2

 Options 2 is correct as value is declared as an int value and int values have no decimal point values.
 Option 1 is an float value.
 Option 3 is a string value.

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Question 7

What is the output of the following code?

float value;
value = 33.5;
cout << "value" << endl;

1. 33.5
2. 33
3. value
4. not defined

Correct option: 3

Options 3 is correct as the cout statement outputs the sting value as it is in double quotes. The syntax of the cout
requires opening and closing double quotes " " to display exact text.

cout << value << endl; would result in Option 1 being correct.

Option 2 is an integer value.

Question 8

What is the output of the following code?

cout << "This is a \\" << endl;

1. This is a
2. This is a \
3. nothing, it is a syntax error
4. This is a \ endl

Correct option: 2

 In order to display a character that has special meaning in C++, e.g. \ or ", an escape character must be used. Thus,
as an escape character always start with a \, two \\ must be used.

 To produce Option 1, the cout statement would be cout << "This is a " << endl;
 To produce Option 2, the cout statement would be cout << "This is a \" << endl;
 To produce Option 4, the cout statement would be cout << "This is a \ endl";

Question 9

Which of the following lines correctly reads a value from the keyboard and stores it in the variable named myInt?

1. cin >> myInt;

2. cin << myInt;
3. cin >> "myInt";
4. cin >> myInt >> endl;

Correct option: 1

 Option 2, the incorrect operator for cin is used: << instead of >>.
 Option 3, the variable myInt is in double quotes. The syntax of the cin statement does not allow text.
 Option 4, the syntax of the cin statement does not allow stream manipulator like endl.

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Which of the following statements is NOT legal?

1. char ch = 'b';
2. char ch = '0';
3. char ch = 65;
4. char ch = "cc";

Correct option: 4

 Option 1 is legal, as a character variable named ch is declared and the value b is assigned to it.
 Option 2 is legal, as a character variable named ch is declared and the value 0 is assigned to it. In this case 0 is a
character, not a numeric value.
 Option 3 is legal, as a character variable named ch is declared and the asci value 65 is assigned to it. The ASCII value 65
is the character 8.
 Option 4 is illegal, as a character variable named ch is declared and then a string value cc is assigned to it. No
assignment can be between two different types.

Question 11

What is the value of x after the following statements?

float x;
x = 17/5;

1. 3.75
2. 3.4
3. 3
4. 60

Correct option: 3

The options is not 100% correct. There are two / operators; one between two integers and one between two float values.
If both types are present, the float /operator will be used.

x = 17.0/5; displays 3.4 => float / int => float

x = 17/5.0; displays 3.4 => int / float => float
x = 17.0/5.0; displays 3.4 => float / float => float

x = 17/5; displays 3 and not 3.0 => int / int => int

The reason Option 3 displays 3 even though it is a float value is that the computer decides the number of decimal places
to use. By adding code to ensure that at least one decimal place will be displayed, the correct output will be displayed and
therefore the correct option is 3.

float x;
x = 17/5;
cout.setf(ios::fixed);
cout.precision(1);
cout << "x = " << x << endl;

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Question 12

What is the value of x after the following statements?

int x;
x = 19/5;

1. 15
2. 4
3. 3
4. 3.75

Correct option: 3

 Option 3 is correct as it is int / int which yield an answer of type int.

 The calculation in Option 1 and 2 are incorrect.
 Option 4 is incorrect as it is a float value.

Question 13

What is the value of x after the following statements?

int x;
x = 19 % 5;

1. 15
2. 4
3. 3
4. 3.75

Correct option: 2

Remember that the operator % operator can be used to calculate the remainder of one number divided by another and
that the remainder is always a number from 0 up to 1 less than the divisor.

 Option 2 is correct as 19 / 5 = 3 remainder 4

 The calculation in Option 1 and 3 are incorrect.
 Option 4 is incorrect as it is a float value.

Question 14

What is the value of x after the following statement?

float x;
x = 3.0 / 4.0 + 3 + 2 / 5;

1. 5.25
2. 5.75
3. 1.75
4. 3.75

Correct option: 4

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There are two issues to take into consideration.

1. The type of the variable

a. x is declared as a float
b. 2 and 5 is integer values (not 2.0)
c. 2 / 5 = 0.4
d. But as it is integer values the result will be 0

2. The order of the operations (p17 of the study guide). In summary, first * and / and then + and -. But if the
operations are the same – from left to right

3.0 / 4.0 + 3 + 2 / 5
Step 1. 0.75 + 3 + 2 / 5
Step 2. 0.75 + 3 + 0
Step 3. 0.75 + 3
Step 4. 3.75

 In all the other Options the calculations are incorrect.

Question 15

Which C++ statements correctly declare a variable called age, and prompt a user for his/her age.

1. int ages = 0;
cout << "Please enter your age: ;
cin >> age;

2. int age = 0;
cout << "Please enter your age: ";
cin >> ages;

3. int ages = 0;
cout >> "Please enter your age: ";
cin << age;

4. int age = 0;
cout << "Please enter your age: ";
cin >> age;

Correct option: 4

 Option 1: cin >> age; variable name age incorrect; must be ages.
 Option 2: cin >> ages; variable name ages incorrect; must be age.
 Option 3: the incorrect operators for cin and cout are used: << and >>.

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Question 16

Which C++ code below produced the output below?

A
BC
D
1. cout << "A" << endl;
cout << "B";
cout << "C";
cout << "D" << endl;

2. cout << "A" << endl;

cout << "B" << endl;
cout << "C" << endl;
cout << "D";

3. cout << "A" << endl;

cout << "B";
cout << "C" << endl;
cout << "D" << endl;

4. cout << "A" << endl;

cout << "B";
cout << "C";
cout << "D";

Correct option: 3

 Option 3 is correct. Take note of the use of endl.

Question 17

Which C++ statement is the equivalent of the following statement using a single arithmetic assignment operator?

sum = sum + 47;

1. sum += 47;
2. sum == 47;
3. sum +47;
4. sum += sum;

Correct option: 1

 Option 2 is the relational operator to find out if two operators are equal.
 In Options 3 the value of sum will not change.
 In Option 4 the value of sum will be added to the existing value of sum.

Question 18

How should the average calculation below be modified to compute the correct average of the two numbers?

int num1 = 10;

int num2 = 20;
float avg = 0.0;
avg = num1 + num2 / 2;

1. avg = (static_cast<int>(num1) + static_cast<int>(num2)) / 2.0;

2. avg = (static_cast<float>(num1) + static_cast<float>(num2)) / 2.0;

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3. avg = (num1) + (num2) / 2.0;
4. avg = (static_cast(num1) + static_cast(num2)) / 2.0;

Correct option: 2

Here both values must be converted to float values making option 2 syntactically correct.

Question 19

What is the value of x after the following statement?

float x;
x = 5.0 / 2.0 + (4 + 2)/ 6;

1. 5.75
2. 5.55
3. 3.75
4. 3.50

Correct option: 4

See discussion at question 14.

Question 20

What is the value of x after the following statements?

float x;
x = 0;
x += 3.0 * 4.0;
x -= 2.0;

1. 22.0
2. 12.0
3. 10.0
4. 14.0

Correct option: 4

x => 0
x => 0 + 4.0 * 4.0
x => 0 + 16.0
x => 16.0
x => 16.0 - 2.0
x => 14.0

See question 11 to set the precision of the number of decimals to display.

Question 21

Given the following code fragment and the input value of 3.0, what output is generated?

float tax;
float total;

cout << "Enter the cost of the item\n";

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cin >> total;

if ( total >= 3.0)
{
tax = 0.10;
cout << total + (total * tax) << endl;
}
else
{
cout << total << endl;
}

1. 3
2. 3.3
3. 4.0
4. 4.4

Correct option: 2

We hope that you typed in the program and executed it. The value of the variables total is 3.0, thus the if statement evaluates
to true and the statement
cout << total + (total * tax) << endl;
is executed.

total + ( total * tax )

4.0 + ( 3.0 * 0.10 )
3.0 + 0.3
3.3

Question 22

Given the following code fragment and the input value of 2.0, what output is generated?

float tax;
float total;

cout << "enter the cost of the item\n";

cin >> total;
if (total >= 3.0)
{
tax = 0.10;
cout << total + (total * tax) << endl;
}
else
{
cout << total << endl;
}

1. 2.2
2. 2.0
3. 3.3
4. 3.0

Correct option: 4

We hope that you typed in the program and executed it. The value of the variable total is 3.0, thus the if statement
evaluates to false and the statement
cout << total << endl;
is executed.

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Question 23

If x has the value of 3, y has the value of -2, and w is 10, is the following condition true or false?

if( x < 2 && w < y)

1. true && true

true

2. false && false

false

3. false && false

true

4. true && false

false

Correct option: 2

 (x < 2) => (3 < 2) evaluates to false as 3 is not less than 2

 (w < y) => (10 < -2) evaluates to false as 10 is not less than -2
 (false && false) evaluates to false

Question 24

What is the correct way to write the condition y < x < z?

1. ((y < x) && (x < z))

2. (y < x < z)
3. ((y < x) && z)
4. ((y > x) || (y < z))

Correct option: 1

 we want (x > y) AND (x < z)

 (x > y) is the same as (y < x)
 the operator that represents AND is &&

Question 25

Given the following code fragment, and an input value of 3, what is the output that is generated?

int x;
cout << "Enter a value\n";
cin >> x;
if(x = 0)
{
cout << "x is zero\n";
}
else
{
cout << "x is not zero\n";
}

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1. x is zero
2. x is not zero
3. unable to determine
4. x is 3

Correct option: 2

The condition in the if statement does not evaluate to true as it is the assignment operator (=) and not the equal to
operator (==); the else statement will thus be executed.

Question 26

Given the following code fragment, and an input value of 5, what is the output?

int x;
if( x < 3)
{
cout << "small\n";
}
else
{
if( x < 4)
{
cout << "medium\n";
}
else
{
if( x < 6)
{
cout << "large\n";
}
else
{
cout << "giant\n";
}
}
}

1. small
2. medium
3. large
4. giant

Correct option: 3

 The first if evaluates to false

 In the else part, the first if evaluates to true and thus large it displayed.

Question 27

Given the following code fragment, what is the output?

int x = 5;

if( x > 5)
cout << "x is bigger than 5. ";
cout <<"That is all. ";
cout << "Goodbye\n";

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1. x is bigger than 5. That is all
2. x is bigger than 5
3. Goodbye
4. That is all. Goodbye

Correct option: 4

The if evaluates to false which is not the case. The first and following statements after the if construct is then executed
which will result in Option 4 to be correct.

Question 28

Given the following code fragment, what is the final value of y?

int x, y;
x = -1;
y = 0;

while(x <= 3)
{
y += 2;
x += 1;
}

1. 2
2. 8
3. 6
4. 10

Correct option: 4

?? x y
-1 0
x <= 3 true 0 2
x <= 3 true 1 4
x <= 3 true 2 6
x <= 3 true 3 8
x <= 3 true 4 10
x <= 3 false

Question 29

Given the following code fragment, what is the final value of y?

int x, y;
x = -1;
y = 0;
while(x < 3)
{
y += 2;
x += 1;
}

1. 2
2. 10
3. 6
4. 8

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Correct option: 4

?? x y
-1 0
x < 3 true 0 2
x < 3 true 1 4
x < 3 true 2 6
x < 3 true 3 8
x < 3 false

Question 30

What is the output of the following code fragment?

int x = 0;
while( x < 5)
cout << x << endl;
x ++;
cout << x << endl;

1. 0
2. 5
3. 4
4. infinite loop

Correct option: 4

Please take note that there is no curly brackets, thus the only statement to execute in the while-loop is to print the value
of x. The actual value of x is not changed and therefor the loop will keep on executing. It is important here to take note of
the following two issues:

 The condition must evaluate to true to exit the while loop and in order to evaluate to true the value of x must
change.
 The presence of absence of curly brackets { } to indicate the body of the while loop is very important.

Question 31

What is the final value of x after the following fragment of code executes?

int x=0;
do
{
x++;
} while(x > 0);

1. 8
2. 9
3. 10
4. infinite loop

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Note that in a do… while loop the loop executes at least once. In this case x will always be greater than 1 and will continue
to execute ‘forever’.

Question 32

Given the following code fragment, which of the following expressions is always true?

int x;
cin >> x;

1. if( x < 3)
2. if( x==1)
3. if( x = 1)
4. if( (x / 3) >1 )

Correct option: 3

 In Option 1, 2 and 4, x is compared to a value, therefore it can be true or false.

 In Option 3, x is assigned the value 1, therefore it will always be true.

Question 33

What is the output of the following code fragment if the value of myInt is 0?

int other = 3, myInt;

if(myInt != 0 && other % myInt !=0)
cout << "other is odd\n";
else
cout << "other is even\n";

1. other is even
2. other is odd
3. 0
4. run-time error, no output

Correct option: 1

See page 123 of study guide.

Question 34

Which of the following are equivalent to (!(x < 15 && y >= 3))?

1. (x > 15 && y <= 3)

2. (x >= 15 && y < 3)
3. (x >= 15 || y < 3)
4. (x > 15 || y < 3)

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Correct option: 3

Remember:
 A not AND (!&&) becomes a OR (||)
 x must be less than 15 NOT means x must be greater equal to 15
 y must be greater than and equal to 3 NOT means y must be less than 3

Question 35

Which of the following boolean expressions tests to see if x is between 2 and 15 (including 2 and 15)?

1. (x >= 2 && x <= 15)

2. (x <= 15 || x >= 2)
3. (2 <= x || x <= 15)
4. (2 <= x <= 15)

Correct option: 1

Remember:
 Between means including, thus it must be greater and equal (>=) and less and equal (<=x)
 Between means AND as it is a row of values {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}
 Therefore x must be greater and equal to 2 AND x must be less and equal to 15

Question 36

What is the output of the following code fragment if x is 15?

if(x < 20)

if(x < 10)
cout << "less than 10 ";
else
cout << "large\n";

1. large
2. less than 10
3. nothing
4. no output, syntax error

Correct option: 1

The if evaluates to true, the first statement to execute is another if which evaluates to false resulting in the else
part to be executed. Thus Option 1 is correct.

Question 37

What is the output of the following code fragment?

int i = 5;
switch(i)
{
case 0: i=15;
break;
case 1: i=25;
break;
case 2: i=35;
break;

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default: i=0;
}
cout << i <<endl;

1. 15
2. 25
3. 0
4. 40

Correct option: 3

The value of i is 5, and as there is no case to handle the value 5, the default will be executed resulting in assigning the
value 0 to i - Option 3.

Question 38

What is wrong with the following switch statement?

int ans;
cout <<"Type y for yes on n for no\n";
cin >> ans;
switch (ans)
{
case 'y':
case 'Y': cout << "You said yes\n";
break;
case 'n':
case 'N': cout << "You said no\n";
break;
default: cout <<"invalid answer\n";
}

1. ans is a int
2. break; is illegal syntax
3. nothing
4. there are no break statements on 2 cases

Correct option: 1

The selector (ans) must be of an ordinal data type (e.g. int, char). In this case ans is of type int which is correct.
However, the cases provide for type char. Option 1 states that ans is of type int, which is incorrect as the code will not
execute if ans is not of type char.

Question 39

Which of the following data types cannot be used in a switch controlling expression?

1. int
2. float
3. enum
4. char

Correct option: 2

The selector must be of an ordinal data type. float is not an ordinal type.

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Question 40

What is the output of the following code fragment?

int x = 0;
{
int x = 10;
cout << x <<",";
}
cout << x << endl;

1. 10, 10
2. 0, 10
3. 10, 0
4. 0, 0

Correct option: 3

This fragment of code illustrates scope. x is re-declared between the braces { }. The moment the program exits the code
between the braces, the first declaration of x is valid again. Therefore the output will be Option 3.

Question 41

What is the output of the following code fragment?

{
int x = 13;
cout << x <<",";
}
cout << x << endl;
1. 13,13
2. 0,13
3. 13,0
4. nothing, there is a syntax error

Correct option: 4

As x is not declared outside the braces { }, the compiler will complain that x is not defined in the scope.

Question 42

What is the value of x after the following code executes?

int x = 10;
if(x++ > 10)
{
x =13;
}

1. 13
2. 11
3. 10
4. 9

Correct option: 2

x is initialized to 10. The statement x++ is a shortened way to increase the value of a variable by 1. Take note that the ++
is after the variable name. It is the same as

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 x= x + 1

Because it is x++, the evaluation of the condition will first be done, and then x will be increased. Therefore, the condition
in the if statement will first be evaluated - if (10 > 10). This will evaluate to false and the first statement after
the if will be executed. The question asks for the value of x which did not change and thus Option 3 is correct.

See discussion below.

Question 43

What is the value of x after the following code executes?

int x=10;
if( ++x > 10)
{
x =13;
}
1. 9
2. 10
3. 11
4. 13

Correct option: 4

Because it is ++x, x will be increased and then the evaluation of the condition will first be done. Therefore, the value of x
will first be increased, followed by the evaluation of the condition in the if statement - if (11 > 10). This will evaluate
to true and the if statement is executed (assigning the value 13 to x). The question asks for the value of x which makes
Option 4 correct.

Question 44

How many times is "Hi" printed to the screen

for(int i=0; i < 14; i++);

cout << "Hi\n";

1. 1
2. 13
3. 14
4. 15

Correct option: 1

A closer look will reveal that there is an ";" after the for statement. This means that although the for loop executed 14
times there was no body to execute and nothing happens. Exiting the loop resulted in the next statement to be executed,
which printed Hi on the screen once.

Question 45

Given the following code, what is the final value of i?

int i;
for(i=0; i < 4; i++)
{
cout << i << endl;
}

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1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 0

Correct option: 2

Remember from the earlier discussion on i++, first the evaluation, then the value of i is increased. Therefore, when the
value of i equals 4, the for loop will be existed making Option 2 the correct selection.

Question 46

If you want a loop to quit iterating if x < 10 and y > 3, what would be the proper loop condition test?

1. (x >= 10 || y <= 3)
2. (x < 10 && y > 3)
3. (x > 10 || y < 3)
4. (x >= 10 && y <= 3)
1.
Correct option: 1

Remember:
 The loop must quit if one of these condition are met.
 x must be less than 10 for the loop to exit. To enter the loop the opposite must be true and therefore x must be
greater or equal to 10 (x >= 10).
 y must be greater than 3 for the loop to exit. Therefore to enter the loop the opposite must be true and y must
then be less and equal to 3 (y <= 3).
 An AND will exit the loop. Thus to enter the loop it will be an OR (||).

Question 47

If you need to write a while loop that will ask the user to enter a number between 2 and 5 inclusive, and will keep
asking until the user enters a correct number, what is the loop condition?

1. (2 <= num <= 5)

2. (2 > number || number > 5)
3. (2 <= number && number <= 5)
4. (2 < number || number > 5)

Correct option: 4

This question is quite confusing. One characteristic of a do…while loop is that it will always execute at least once. No matter
what the first input value of number is, the statements in the loop body will be executed. Thus for this question to make
sense it should have asked for a while loop as input must be validated. This question will not be marked. Following is code
that you can enter to illustrate the problem.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int number;
cout << "Please enter a number between 2 and 5 (inclusive)? ";
cin >> number;

while (number < 2 || number > 5)

{
cout << "Number is " << number << " is not between 2 and 5
(inclusive)." << endl;
cout << "Please re-enter the number ";

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}

cout << endl;

cout << "You have entered a valid value " << number << endl;
return 0;
}

Question 48

Which loop structure always executes at least once?

1. for
2. while
3. do-while
4. sentinel

Correct option: 3

The while condition can evaluate to false before the loop is entered.

Question 49

Which of the following are valid case statements in a switch?

1. case x < 4:
2. case 1:
3. case 'ab':
4. case 1.5:

Correct option: 2

The selector in Option 1 is a condition (x < 4) and therefore not an ordinal type.
The selector in Option 3 is a string incorrectly placed in single quotes and a string is not an ordinal type.
The selector in Option 4 is a float value and therefore not an ordinal type.

Question 50

What is wrong with the following for loop?

for(int i=0; i < 10; i--)

{
cout << "Hello\n";
}

1. cannot use a for-loop for this

2. i is not initialized
3. off-by-one error
4. infinite loop

Correct option: 4

The condition will never evaluate to true as 1 is subtracted from 0 and that will always be less than 10.

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Question 51

Given the code below, which of the following loops will continue to accept values for the variable age, and print them
out, as long as the value entered is greater than zero?

int age = 0;

1. cout << “Enter an age greater than zero: “;

cin >> age;
while (age < 0) //begin loop
{
cout << “The age entered was: “ << age << endl << endl;
cout << “Enter an age greater than zero: “;
cin >> age;
}

2. for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) //begin loop

{
cout << “Enter an age greater than zero: “;
cin >> age;
cout << “The age entered was: “ << age << endl << endl;
}

3. do //begin loop
{
cout << “The age entered was: “ << age << endl << endl;
cout << “Enter an age greater than zero: “;
cin >> age;
} while (age > 0);

4. cout << “Enter an age greater than zero: “;

cin >> age;
do //begin loop
{
cout << “The age entered was: “ << age << endl << endl;
cout << “Enter an age greater than zero: “;
cin >> age;
} while (age > 0);

Correct option: 4

 The condition of the while loop in Option 1 will only be entered if a value less than 0 is entered.
 Option 2 is a for loop which will execute a pre-determined number of times.
 In Options 3, as it is a do…while loop it will execute at least once and will continue until 0 is entered even if the
first value entered was 0.

Question 52

Which of the following C++ do while statements will print the numbers 1 to 10 one per line on the screen given the
declaration int count = 0;?
1. do //begin loop
{
count = count + 1;
cout << count << endl;
} while (count <=10);

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2. do //begin loop
{
cout << count;
count = count + 1;
} while (count <=10)

3. do //begin loop
{
count = count + 1;
cout << count << endl;
} while (count < 10);

4. do //begin loop
{
cout << count << endl;
count = count + 1;
} while (count < 10);

Correct option: 3

In Options 1 will print all integers from 1 to 11 below one another.

In Options 2 will print 012345678910.
In Options 4 will print all integers from 0 to 9 below one another.

Question 53

Which of the following C++ do while statements will display five asterisks on the same line and advances the cursor to
the next line when done? Use the declaration below:

int count = 1;

1. do //begin loop
{
cout << "*";
count = count + 1;
} while (count <= 5);

2. do //begin loop
{
cout << "*";
count = count + 1;
} while (count < 5);
cout << endl;

3. do //begin loop
{
cout << "*";
count = count + 1;
} while (count <= 5);
cout << endl;

4. do //begin loop
{
cout << "*";
count = count + 1;
} while (count <= 5);
cout << endl;

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Correct option: 4

In Options 1 will display ***** but does not advance to the next line.
In Options 2 and 3 will display **** and advances to the next line.

Question 54

Which of the following C++ for statements display five asterisks on the screen on the same line and advances the cursor
to the next line when done?

1. for (int count=1; count <= 5; count = count + 1)

cout << "*";
cout << endl;

2. for (int count=1; count <= 5; count = count + 1)

{
cout << "*";
cout << endl;
}

3. for (int count=0; count <= 5; count = count + 1)

cout << "*";
cout << endl;

4. for (int count=1; count < 5; count = count + 1)

cout << "*";
cout << endl;

Correct option: 1

In Options 2 will display five asterisks below one another.

In Options 3 will display ******.
In Options 4 will display ****.

Question 55

Which of the following C++ code segments below displays 5 asterisks in 3 rows?

1. for (int outer = 1; outer <= 5; outer = outer + 1)

{
for (int inner = 1; inner <= 3; inner = inner + 1)
cout << "*" ;
cout << endl;
}

2. for (int outer = 1; outer < 5; outer = outer + 1)

{
for (int inner = 1; inner <= 3; inner = inner + 1)
cout << "*" ;
}

3. for (int outer = 1; outer <= 5; outer = outer + 1)

{
for (int inner = 1; inner < 3; inner = inner + 1)
cout << "*" ;
cout << endl;
}

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4. for (int outer = 1; outer <= 3; outer = outer + 1)
{
for (int inner = 1; inner <= 5; inner = inner + 1)
cout << "*" ;
cout << endl;
}

Correct option: 4

In Options 1 will display 3 asterisks in 5 rows.

In Options 2 will display *************** (15 asterisks).
In Options 3 will display 2 asterisks in 5 rows.

Question 56

Which of the following C++ code segments below displays 2 lines containing 6 asterisks each?

1. for (int outer = 1; outer < 6; outer = outer + 1)

{
for (int inner = 1; inner <= 2; inner = inner + 1)
cout << "*";
cout << endl;
}

2. for (int outer = 0; outer <= 2; outer = outer + 1)

{
for (int inner = 1; inner <= 6; inner = inner + 1)
cout << "*";
cout << endl;
}

3. for (int outer = 1; outer <= 2; outer = outer + 1)

{
for (int inner = 1; inner <= 6; inner = inner + 1)
cout << "*";
cout << endl;
}

4. for (int outer = 1; outer <= 2; outer = outer + 1)

{
for (int inner = 1; inner < 6; inner = inner + 1)
cout << "*";
cout << endl;
}

Correct option: 3

In Options 1 will display 2 asterisks in 5 rows.

In Options 2 will display 6 asterisks in 3 rows.
In Options 4 will display 5 asterisks in 2 rows.

Question 57

Which statement represents the condition of the if statement below when it is rewritten without using the !=
operator?

if ( number != 50 )

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1. if ( (number < =50) || (number >= 50) )

2. if ( (number < 50) || (number > 50) )
3. if ( (number < 50) || (number >= 50) )
4. if ( (number =< 50) || (number > 50) )

Correct option: 2

!= means anything but 50, thus any value less than 50 OR any value greater than 50.
The condition for the if statement must evaluate to true if number is greater than 50 OR number is less than 50.

Question 58

Which code segment will display "yes" if the value stored in the variable number is between 1 and 100, inclusive
(including 1 and 100)?

1. if ( (number > 1) && (number <= 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;

2. if ( (number >= 1) && (number <= 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;

3. if ( (number > 1) && (number < 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;

4. if ( (number >= 1) && (number < 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;

Correct option: 2

Including means greater and equal AND less and equal.

Question 59

Given the C++ instructions below, which statements will swap the contents of the variables num1 and num2.

int num1 = 10;

int num2 = 15;
int temp = 0;

1. temp = num2;
num1 = num2;
num2 = temp;

2. num1 = temp;
num1 = num2;
num2 = temp;

3. temp = num1;
num1 = num2;
num2 = temp;

4. temp = num1;
temp = num2;
num2 = temp;

Correct option: 3

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Question 60

Which code segment will display "yes" if the value stored in the variable number is between 1 and 100, exclusive
(excluding 1 and 100)?

1. if ( (number >= 1) && (number =< 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;

2. if ( (number > 1) && (number =< 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;

3. if ( (number >= 1) && (number < 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;

4. if ( (number > 1) && (number < 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;

Correct option: 4

Excluding means greater than AND less than.

Question 61

Given the following code:

char letter = ‘ ‘;
cout << “Enter a letter: “;
cin >> letter;

The code below ensures that a lowercase x is changed to an uppercase X. Which statements below represent the same
code but without using the toupper function?

if ( toupper(letter) == ‘X’ )
cout << "The letter entered was either x or X" << endl;

1. if ( (letter = 'x') || (letter = 'X') )

cout << "The letter entered was either x or X" << endl;

2. if ( (letter == 'x') || (letter = 'X') )

cout << "The letter entered was either x or X" << endl;

3. if ( (letter == 'x') || (letter == 'X') )

cout << "The letter entered was either x or X" << endl;

4. if ( (letter = 'x') || (letter == 'X') )

cout << "The letter entered was either x or X" << endl;

Correct option: 3

One or either of the conditions in Options 1, 2 and 4 are the assignment operator (=) and not the equality operator (==).

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Question 62

Given the following code:

int x = 1;
int y = 2;
int z = 3;

Which of the following presents the how the evaluation is done?

if ( (x == 2) || (y == 2) || (z == 2) )

1. false or true or false

false or false
false

2. false or true or false

false or false
true

3. true or true or false

true or false
false

4. false or true or false

true or false
true

Correct option: 4

Remember that
 true OR false evaluates to true
 false OR true evaluates to true
 true OR true evaluates to true
 false OR false evaluates to false

Question 63

Given the following code:

int testScore = 0;
cout << “Enter the test score: “;
cin >> testScore;

Which code will display "yes" if the test score entered is valid, and "no" if it is not. A valid test score would be in the range
from 0 to 100, inclusive (including 0 and 100).

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1. if ( (testScore >= 0) || (testScore <= 100) )
cout << "yes" << endl;
else
cout << "no" << endl;

2. if ( (testScore >= 0) && (testScore <= 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;
else
cout << "no" << endl;

3. if ( (testScore > 0) && (testScore < 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;
else
cout << "no" << endl;

4. if ( (testScore > 0) || (testScore < 100) )

cout << "yes" << endl;
else
cout << "no" << endl;

Correct option: 2

Including excludes Options 3 and 4. Option 1 will allow a testScore of anything greater than 0 OR less than 100 to be
accepted; a testScore of -25 or 350 will be accepted.

Question 64

Given the following code:

int number = 50;

Which code will display "yes" and add one to the number variable if the value stored in the number variable is greater
than or equal to 50?

1. if ( number > 50)

{
cout << "yes" << endl;
number = number + 1;
}

2. if ( number >= 50)

cout << "yes" << endl;
number = number + 1;

3. if ( number >= 50)

{
cout << "yes" << endl;
number = number + 1;
}

4. if ( number <= 50)

{
cout << "yes" << endl;
number = number + 1;
}

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Correct option: 3

 Greater or equal to 50 excludes Options 1.

 Option 2 has no {} thus will always add 1 to number irrespective the value of number.
 Option 4 will only enter if value of variable number is less or equal to 50.

Question 65

Given the following code:

int number = 49;

What will the output be after the following statements are executed?

if ( number >= 50)

cout << "yes " << endl;
cout << number + 1;

1. yes 50
2. 49
3. 50
4. yes 49

Correct option: 3

The value of number is 49. The condition evaluates to false and the first statement after the if statement is executed
which display the value of number + 1.

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