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Software Development is a comprehensive course designed to introduce students to the

fundamental principles, methodologies, and tools used in creating robust, efficient, and

maintainable software applications. The course covers the complete software

development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing,

deployment, and maintenance. Students will explore various programming paradigms,

software development frameworks, and project management approaches such as Agile

and Waterfall. Practical experience through projects and collaborative exercises equips

learners with skills in version control, debugging, documentation, and teamwork,

preparing them for real-world software engineering challenges.

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 Chapter 1: An Overview of Computers and Programming

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Q1) Assembly language uses easy-to-remember instructions called
____________________.
Answer: mnemonics

Q2) In a C++ program, statements that begin with the symbol # are called
____________________ directives.
Answer: preprocessor

Q3) Main memory is directly connected to the CPU.

A)True
B)False
Answer: True

Q4) Dividing a problem into smaller subproblems is called ____ design.

A) OOD
B) top-down refinement
C) structured
D) analog
Answer: C

Q5) A program called a(n) ____________________ translates the assembly

language instructions into machine language.
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 Chapter 2: Basic Elements of C
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Q1) The ____________________ type is C++ 's method for allowing programmers to
create their own simple data types.
Answer: enumeration

Q2) The maximum number of significant digits is called the

____________________.
Answer: precision

Q3) Which of the following is the newline character?

A) \r
B) \n
C) \l
D) \b
Answer: B

Q4) ____________________ is the process of planning and creating a program.

Answer: Programming
programming

Q5) Which of the following is a legal identifier?

A) program!
B) program_1
C) 1program
D) program 1
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Q1) Suppose that x = 25.67, y = 356.876, and z = 7623.9674. What is the output of the
following statements? cout << fixed << showpoint;
Cout << setprecision(2);
Cout << x << ' ' << y << ' ' << z << endl;
A) 25.67 356.87 7623.96
B) 25.67 356.87 7623.97
C) 25.67 356.88 7623.97
D) 25.67 356.876 7623.967
Answer: C

Q2) Suppose that x = 55.68, y = 476.859, and z = 23.8216. What is the output of the
following statements? cout << fixed << showpoint;
Cout << setprecision(3);
Cout << x << ' ' << y << ' ' << setprecision(2) << z << endl;
A) 55.680 476.859 23.82
B) 55.690 476.860 23.82.
C) 55.680 476.860 23.82,
D) 55.680 476.859 23.821
Answer: A

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 Chapter 4: Control Structures I Selection
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Q1) The term ____________________ describes a process in which the computer
evaluates a logical expression from left to right and stops as soon as the value of the
expression is known.

Q2) Every else must be paired with a(n) ____________________.

Q3) Once an input stream enters a(n) ____________________ state, all

subsequent input statements associated with that input stream are ignored, and the
computer continues to execute the program, which produces erroneous results.

Q4) You can disable assert statements by using which of the following?
A) #include &lt;cassert&gt;
B) #define &lt;assert&gt;
C) #clear NDEBUG
D) #define NDEBUG

Q5) What is the value of x after the following statements execute? int x;
X = (5 <= 3 && 'A' < 'F') ? 3 : 4
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Q6) The value of the expression 7 + 8 <= 15 is ____________________.

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Q1) Suppose sum, num, and j are int variables, and the input is 4 7 12 9 -1. What is the
output of the following code? cin >> sum;
cin >> num;
for (j = 1; j <= 3; j++)
{
\(\quad\)cin >> num;
\(\quad\)sum = sum + num;
}
cout << sum << endl;
A) 24
B) 25
C) 41
D) 42

Q2) The function eof is a member of the data type ____________________.

Q3) A(n) ____-controlled while loop uses a bool variable to control the loop.
A) counter
B) sentinel
C) flag
D) EOF

Q4) The ____________________ loop has an exit condition but no entry condition.

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Q1) ____________________ parameters are useful in three situations:
• When the value of the actual parameter needs to be changed
• When you want to return more than one value from a function
• When passing the address would save memory space and time relative to copying a
large amount of data

Q2) The statement: return 2 * 3 + 1, 1 + 5; returns the value ____.

A) 2
B) 3
C) 6
D) 7

Q3) ____________________ identifiers are not accessible outside of the function

(block).

Q4) In C++, :: is called the ____________________.

Q5) Which statement below about prototypes and headers is true?

A) Parameter names must be listed in the prototype, but not necessarily in the header.
B) Prototypes end with a semicolon, but headers do not.
C) Headers should come before prototypes.
D) Headers end with a semicolon, but prototypes do not.

Q6) The program that tests a function is called a(n) ____________________

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 Chapter 7: User-Defined Simple Data Types, Namespaces,

and the String Type

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Q1) Suppose that str1 and str2 are string variables. After the following statements
execute, the value of str2 is "____________________".
str1 = "abc";
str2 = str1 + '-';
str2 = str2 + "xyz";

Q2) The string expression strVar.____________________ deletes n characters from

strVar starting at position pos.

Q3) The following statement creates an anonymous type:

enum {1ST, 2ND, 3RD, 4TH} places;
A)True
B)False

Q4) The general syntax for accessing a namespace member is:

namespace_name->identifier.
A)True
B)False

Q5) The following is a legal C++ enumeration type:

enum colorType {BLUE, GREEN, PINK, YELLOW, RED};
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Q1) A data type is called ____________________ if variables of that type can store
only one value at a time.

Q2) Given the following declaration: int j;

Int sum;
Double sale[10][7];
Which of the following correctly finds the sum of the elements of the fifth row of sale?
A) sum = 0;
For(j = 0; j < 7; j++)
Sum = sum + sale[5][j];
B) sum = 0;
For(j = 0; j < 7; j++)
Sum = sum + sale[4][j];
C) sum = 0;
For(j = 0; j < 10; j++)
Sum = sum + sale[5][j];
D) sum = 0;
For(j = 0; j < 10; j++)
Sum = sum + sale[4][j];

Q3) The statement strlen("Marylin Stewart"); returns ____________________.

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 Chapter 9: Records Structs
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Q1) Consider the following struct definition: struct rectangleData
{
\(\quad\)double length;
\(\quad\)double width;
\(\quad\)double area;
\(\quad\)double perimeter;
};
Which of the following variable declarations is correct?
A) rectangle rectangleData;
B) struct rectangleData();
C) rectangleData myRectangle;
D) rectangleData rectangle = new rectangleData();

Q2) Arrays are passed by ____________________ only.

Q3) A function can return a value of the type struct.

A)True
B)False

Q4) Both arrays and structs are examples of ____________________ data types.

Q5) A(n) ____________________ is a collection of a fixed number of components

in which the components are accessed by name.

Q6) A struct is a(n) ____________________,

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Q1) What does ADT stand for?
A) abstract definition type
B) asynchronous data transfer
C) abstract data type
D) alternative definition type

Q2) In C++, you can pass a variable by reference and still prevent the function from
changing its value by using the keyword ____ in the formal parameter declaration.
A) automatic
B) private
C) static
D) const

Q3) A(n) ____________________ contains the definitions of the functions to

implement the operations of an object.

Q4) If an object is declared in the definition of a member function of the class, then the
object can access both the public and private members of the class.
A)True
B)False

Q5) Object code is produced from a(n) ____________________.

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Q1) If inheritance is public, all protected members of the base class are
____________________ members of the derived class.

Q2) In ____________________ (aggregation), one or more members of a class are

objects of another class type.

Q3) A call to the base class's constructor is specified in the heading of the definition of a
derived class constructor.
A)True
B)False

Q4) If the derived class does not override a public member function of the base class,
you may specify a call to that public member function by using the name of the function
and the appropriate parameter list.
A)True
B)False

Q5) ____ is a "has-a" relationship.

A) Inheritance
B) Encapsulation
C) Composition
D) Polymorphism

Q6) In C++, we implement ADT through the use of ____________________.

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Q1) The ____ constructor is executed when an object is declared and initialized by using
the value of another object.
A) default
B) copy
C) struct
D) class

Q2) In C++, virtual functions are declared using the reserved word ____.
A) virtual
B) private
C) public
D) struct

Q3) The dereferencing operator is also known as the indirection operator and refers to
the object to which its operand points.
A)True
B)False

Q4) A class ____ automatically executes whenever a class object goes out of scope.
A) constructor
B) destructor
C) pointer
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Q1) The associativity of the operator = is from right to left.
A)True
B)False

Q2) The only built-in operations on classes are assignment (=) and
____________________.

Q3) A friend function does not have access to the private data members of the class.
A)True
B)False

Q4) The name of the function to overload the operator <= is ____.
A) overload<=
B) <=new
C) operator<=
D) <=operator

Q5) To overload a(n) ____________________ operator for a class, if the operator

function is a nonmember, it has one parameter.

Q6) A(n) ____________________ constructor converts its argument to an object of

the constructor's class.

Q7) The ____________________ operator causes a member-wise copy of the

member variables of the class.
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Q1) Which of the following statements throws a valid exception in C++?
A) [Link]();
B) throw 2;
C) throws str;
D) 4 throw;

Q2) A(n) ____________________ block specifies the type of exception it can catch
and contains an exception handler.

Q3) The statements that may generate an exception are placed in a ____ block.
A) throw
B) finally
C) try
D) catch

Q4) Which of the following classes is derived from the class runtime_error?
A) bad_alloc
B) out_of_range
C) overflow_error
D) length_error

Q5) The class ____________________ contains the function what.

Q6) If the operator new cannot allocate memory space, this operator throws a(n)
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Q1) In a recursive function, the base case stops the recursion.
A)True
B)False

Q2) Consider the accompanying definition of the recursive function mystery. Given the
declaration: int alpha[5] = {1, 4, 5, 8, 9};
What is the output of the following statement?
Cout << mystery(alpha, 0, 4) << endl;
A) 1
B) 18
C) 27
D) 35

Q3) Consider the accompanying definition of a recursive function. What is the output of
the following statement? cout << recFunc(10) << endl;
A) 10
B) 11
C) 100
D) 110

Q4) The collating sequence of A in the ASCII character set is

____________________.

Q5) Recursive algorithms are implemented using ____________________

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Q1) When moving array values for insertion sort, to move list[4] into list[2], first ____.
A) move list[2] to list[3]
B) delete list[2]
C) move list[4] to list[3]
D) copy list[4] into temp

Q2) Consider the following list. int list[] = {4, 8, 19, 25, 34, 39, 45, 48, 66, 75, 89, 95}
When performing a binary search for 75, after the first comparison, the search is
restricted to ____.
A) list[0]...list[6]
B) list[0]...list[7]
C) list[5]...list[11]
D) list[6]...list[11]

Q3) The statement ____ returns the element at the position index in vector vecList.
A) vecList[index]
B) [Link](index)
C) [Link](index)
D) vecList&lt;index&gt;

Q4) In order to apply a(n) ____________________ search, the list must be sorted.

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Q1) It is not possible to create an ordered linked list.
A)True
B)False

Q2) In a circular linked list with more than one node, it is convenient to make the pointer
first point to the ____________________ node of the list.

Q3) For classes that include pointer data members, the assignment operator must be
explicitly ____________________.

Q4) The nodes of an ordered list are in ____________________ order.

Q5) The ____ deallocates the memory occupied by the nodes of a list when the class
object goes out of scope.
A) constructor
B) destructor
C) head pointer
D) tail pointer

Q6) You can use the pointer head of a linked list to traverse the list.
A)True
B)False

Q7) The ____________________ constructor can make an identical copy of a

linked list.
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Q1) When describing a queuing system, we use the term ____________________ to
refer to the time it takes to serve a customer.

Q2) Which of the following is listed in the chapter as a basic operation performed on a
queue?
A) push
B) pop
C) isEmptyQueue
D) top

Q3) In a queuing system, every customer has a customer number, arrival time,
____________________ time, transaction time, and departure time.

Q4) In evaluating a postfix expression, when an equal sign (=) is encountered, how many
elements must the stack contain so that no error is generated?
A) none
B) one
C) two
D) three

Q5) A(n) ____________________ system consists of servers and queues of objects

waiting to be served.

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