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Final Exam
Review - Fall 2008
For Chapters 1-4 see the Written
Midterm
Exam Reveiw document.
For Chapters 5 & 12 see the Lab Midterm Reveiw document.
Chapters 6 & 7 Structs and
Classes
Structs
Know how to create and use structs, including how to:
- access data
members with the dot (.) operator
- use structs in arrays
- pass a struct to a function
Classes
Know how to create and use classes. Be familiar with:
- class construction including the DECLARATION part and
the IMPLEMENTATION part
- private and public access specifiers
- constructor functions, used to declare and initialize
data members (know about the initialization section)
- member functions
- declaring and using objects in a program
Chapter 8 - Classes
Basic info on classes - be VERY familiar with the following
concepts:
- class construction including the DECLARATION part and
the IMPLEMENTATION part
- private and public access specifiers
- constructor functions, used to declare and initialize
data members (know about the initialization section)
- member functions
- friend
functions
- operator
overloading
- overloading
the >> and << operators
Chapters 9 Character
Strings and the string
Class
Know how to declare, initialize and use character arrays:
char dog[] = "Fido";
or
char dog[] =
{'F','i','d','o', '\0'};
Remember that character arrays are terminated by the '\0' character.
To read in a line from the keyboard that contains blank spaces use:
cin.getline(array_name, len, '\n');
which will cause the computer to read characters until len-1
characters have been read or a "newline" character, '\n', has
been encountered.
e.g.,
cin.getline(dog, 80, '\n');
String class: Know how to declare and initialize string objects. Know
how to use the index operation. Know how to use member functions like
size()
and find() and operations like concatenation. You do
not
need to memorize the member functions or their arguments.
These
will be provided, but you must know how to use them.
Chapters 10 & 17 -
Pointers (10.1, 10.2) and Linked Lists (17.1, 17.2)
Know how to declare and initialize pointers. Know how to
use the dereferencing operator ( *) and the address operator (&) .
Know
dynamic memory allocation with the new and delete
operators.
Linked lists - know how inserting and deleting records (nodes) from
a linked list works using pointers.
Chapters 7.3 & 19 - vector Class, list
Class
For the vector<T> class (see the Vector
Class summary document on the web), know how to declare and
initialize vector objects. Know how to use the
index operation. Know how to use iterators
and member functions like begin(), end(),
and size().
For the list<T> class (see the List
Class summary document on the web), know how to use iterators
and member functions like begin(), end(),
size(), insert() and erase().
You do not need to memorize the member
functions or their arguments but you should
know how to use them.
Chapter 15 - Inheritance and Polymorphism (14.1, 15.1)
Inheritance is the technique used to derive a new class from an
existing class. Know:
- base and derived classes
- how to define a derived class (indicate the type of inheritance
and the base class name)
- protected access qualifier
- derived class constructor - uses the base class constructor
to initialize the base class data members in the constructer
initialization
section
Polymorphism and virtual functions. "Polymorphism refers
to the ability to associate multiple meanings to one function name by
means
of special mechanism known as late binding." (Savitch, page
833).
Know the concepts: a virtual function allows "dynamic (late)
binding"
of
a function to an object at runtime. Also know:
- How and when to make a member function a virtual function.
- How to create a base class
pointer and have it call a member function.
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