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CS 159 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS

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CS 159

A C program begins with a section for preprocessor directive. - Answers-True



The preprocessor is a part of the compiling process and prepares your code for the remainder of that
process. - Answers-True



Every program must have exactly one function named main. - Answers-True



The main function is the starting point for execution of the program. - Answers-True



Within each function the local declarations and executable statements must NOT be permitted to
overlap. - Answers-True



Variable declarations will NEVER be permitted in the global section this semester. - Answers-True



The files stdio.h and math.h are libraries that contain standard functions for our use. - Answers-True



The return 0; statement will be the final statement in the main function. - Answers-True



The return statement in main will return control back to the first statement in main. - Answers-False



Comments are added to a program to improve its level of documentation intended for other
programmers. - Answers-True

,The course program headers are multi-line comments. - Answers-True



You should place a single space between all operators and operands. - Answers-True



All variables should be commented to the right of each declaration. - Answers-True



You should declare multiple variables on one line. - Answers-False



Select meaningful identifiers (names) for all variables in your program. - Answers-True



Rarely are single character identifiers considered meaningful for variables in a program. - Answers-True



Do not single (or double) space the entire program, use blank lines when appropriate. - Answers-True



There is no need to include example output with your submission. - Answers-True



All code found between { and } should be indented two additional spaces. - Answers-True



The file you submit for lab #1 must be named lab01.c - Answers-True



Multi-line comments cannot be nested. - Answers-True



An identifier cannot begin with a digit character. - Answers-True



In addition to alphabetic and digits characters it is acceptable to use underscores, dashes, and periods as
part of an identifier. - Answers-False

, The data type of a variable will determine the amount of memory that is necessary to reserve for it. -
Answers-True



The operators that can be applied to a value are restricted by its data type. - Answers-True



A variable that is not initialized at the time it is declared will be storing an unknown value. - Answers-
True



The use of symbolic/defined constants can improve the documentation of a program. - Answers-True



In most cases the definition of symbolic/defined constants will not terminate with a semi-colon. -
Answers-True



A literal constant is data that is not represented by any other symbol in a given expression. - Answers-
True



A printf function is composed of a format string and a data list. - Answers-True



A scanf function is composed of a format string and a data list. - Answers-False



The selection of a conversion code in a format string depends on the type of value it will represent. -
Answers-True



A width modifier is used to reserve a given number of spaces to assist with the alignment of the value
being displayed. - Answers-True

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