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C How To Program 7th Edition by Deitel ISBN Test Bank

This document provides a multiple choice test bank for key concepts from the first two chapters of the book 'C How to Program' by Paul Deitel. The test bank covers topics such as basic C syntax, variables, data types, arithmetic operations, decision making with relational operators, and more. In total there are over 40 multiple choice questions testing understanding of foundational C programming concepts.

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C How to Program, 7/e Multiple Choice Test Bank

2.1 Introduction
(No questions.)

2.2 A Simple Program: Printing a Line of Text

2.1 Which of the following must every C program have?
(a) main
(b) #include
(c) /*
(d) <stdio.h>
ANS: (a)

2.2 Every statement in C must end with a

(a) period (.)
(b) semicolon (;)
(c) colon (:)
(d) backslash
(/) ANS: (b)

2.3 Which of the following is not a valid escape sequence?

(a) \n
(b) \\
(c) \~
(d) \”
ANS: (c)

2.4 Which statement about comments is false?

a)Comments begin and end with /* and */, respectively.
b)Programmers insert comments to document programs and improve
program readabil-ity.
c) Comments do not cause any machine language object code to be generated.
d)Lengthy comments can cause poor execution-time performance.
ANS: (d)

2.5 Lines beginning with a # are processed

a)at execution time.
b)at compile time.
c)at preprocessor time.
d)at postprocessor
time. ANS: (c)

2.6 Which of the following statements about the inclusion of <stdio.h> is false?

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a)It is required.
b) This header file contains information and declarations used by the compiler
when compiling standard input/output library functions such as printf.
c)This header file contains information that helps the compiler
determine if calls to li-brary functions have been made correctly.
d)This header helps locate bugs in your program at compile time, rather
than at execu-tion time (when errors are usually more costly to correct).
ANS: (a)

2.7 In the line

int main()

the parentheses indicate that main is a program building block called a

a)module
b)statement
c)directive
d) function
ANS: (d)

2.8 The pair of braces that delineate the body of main and the portion
of the program between these braces is called a .
a)function
b)block
c)statement
d) header

ANS: (b)

2.9 Which of the following is not a synonym for a C string?

a)message
b)character string
c)character
d)literal
ANS: (c)

2.10 The following line is most properly an example of a .

puts( "Welcome to C!" );

a)function
b)block
c)statement
d) header

ANS: (c)

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2.11 In a printf, a backslash is printed by enclosing in quotes

a) \
b) \\
c) /\
d) //
ANS: (b)

2.12 A linked program is often called a(n) .

a)chain
b)library
c)object
d) executable
ANS: (d)

2.13 The escape sequence for horizontal tab is .

a) \tab b) \t
c) \horizontaltab
d) \T
ANS: (b)

2.3 Another Simple Program: Adding Two Integers

2.14 Which of the following is not a valid integer value?

(a) -3
(b) 0
(c) 2134859
(d) 1.1
ANS: (d)

2.15 Which of the following is an invalid identifier (variable name)?

(a) _Test
(b) TEST
(c) 5test
(d) test1
ANS: (c)

2.16 Which statement prints “hi” on the screen?

(a) puts("hi");

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(b) put "hi";

2.17 The sign is also known as the operator.

(a) +, assignment
(b) =, assignment
(c) *, stream manipulator
(d) &, stream
insertion ANS: (b)

2.18 A(n) is a location in the computer's memory where a value can be

stored for use by a program.
a)unknown
b)name
c)variable
d) declaration
ANS: (c)

2.19 Which statement is false.

a)Variables may be defined anywhere in the body of main.
b)All variables must be defined before they are used.
c) All variable definitions must include the name and data type of each variable.
d)Several variables of the same data type may be defined in
one definition. ANS: (a)

2.20 Which of these is not a valid identifier?

a) a_valid_identifier
b) a1_valid_identifier
c) a_valid_identifier_
d) 1_valid_identifier
ANS: (d)

2.21 Which of the following statements is false?

a)C is case sensitive.
b)Uppercase and lowercase letters are different in C.
c)identifier and IdEnTiFiEr are identical identifiers in C.
d)Identifiers can be of any length
ANS: (c)

2.22 Which of the following multiple word variable names does not
conform to the good programming practices in the text?
a) multiple_word_variable_name

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b) multipleWordVariableName
c) multiplewordvariablename
d) aReallyReallyLongMultipleWordVa
ANS: (c)

2.23 The address operator is

a) &&
b) %
c) @
d) &
ANS: (d)

2.24 Which statement is false?

a) in the statement

sum = integer1 + integer2;

both = and + are binary operators.

b)The statement in part a) is an example of an assignment statement.
c) The spaces around each of the binary operators in the statement of part a) are required.
d) In part a), the = operator’s two operands are sum and the value of the expression in-
teger1 + integer2.
ANS: (c)

2.25 Which of the following is false?

a)Each variable being input in a scanf statement is generally preceded by an &.
b) Each variable being output in a printf statement is generally not preceded by an &.
c) In a printf statement, the comma that separates the format control string
from the expressions to be printed is placed inside the format control string.
d)Calculations can be performed inside printf statements.
ANS: (c)

2.4 Memory Concepts

2.26 Variable names actually correspond to .

(a) locations in the computer's memory
(b) operators
(c) integers
(d) data types
ANS: (a)

2.27 When a number gets assigned to a variable that already has a value .

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(a) the new number overwrites the previous value at that memory location
(b) the new number gets assigned to a neighboring memory location
(c) the computer issues an error
(d) the new value is destroyed and the old value remains
ANS: (a)

2.28 Every variable has all the attributes below, except

a)name
b)value
c)alias
d) type
ANS: (c)

2.29 Which of the following is false?

a) Reading a value into a memory location destroys the previous value.
b) Reading a value out of a memory location destroys that value.
c) sum = integer1 + integer2; involves destructive read-in.
d)The statement in part c) also involves
nondestructive read-out. ANS: (b)

2.5 Arithmetic in C

2.30 Which operation will find the remainder when 15 is divided by 6?

(a) 15/6
(b) 15%6
(c) 15^6
(d) 15*6
ANS: (b)

2.31 Evaluate the expression

3*4%6+4*5
(a) 20
(b) 26
(c) 12
(d) 32
ANS: (a)

2.32 Which statement is false?

a)In algebra, we write ab to multiply a times b.
b)In C, we write ab to multiply a times b.
c)In C, the remainder operator is %.

d)In C, integer division yields an integer

result. ANS: (b)

2.33 Which statement about C arithmetic is false?

a)6 / 3 yields 2
b)5 / 2 yields 2.5
c)7 % 3 yields 1
d)6 % 3 yields
0 ANS: (b)

2.34 a * ( b + c ) may also be written in C as

a) ab + ac
b) (a * b ) + c
c) a * b + c
d) a * b + a * c
ANS: (d)

2.35 Which statement about precedence is false?

a)Parentheses may be used to force the order of evaluation to occur in any
sequence de-sired by the programmer.
b)Nested, or embedded parentheses are evaluated last.
c)Multiplication has a higher precedence than addition.
d)Subtraction has a lower precedence than division.
ANS: (b)

2.36 Which expression is true?

a) The expression a * (b + c) + c * (d + e) contains nested parentheses.
b)The expression y = a * x * x + b * x + c does exponentiation without an
exponentiation operator.
c)The C standard library provides function power to perform exponentiation.
d)When we say evaluation of an expression proceeds from left to right
we are referring to the additivity of the operators.
ANS: (b)

2.6 Decision Making: Equality and Relational Operators

2.37 C's if statement executes the statement inside its body if a specified
is .
(a) condition, true
(b) condition, false
(c) equality operator, true
(d) relational operator, true

ANS: (a)

2.38 Which of the following is an equality operator?

(a) ==
(b) =
(c) >
(d) >=
ANS: (a)

2.39 Which statement is false?

a)Executable C statements either perform actions or make decisions.
b)If the condition in an if statement is met, the statement in the body of
the if statement is executed.
c)All the relational operators have the same level of precedence.
d)The equality operators have a higher level of precedence than the
relational operators. ANS: (d)

2.40 Which statement is false?

a)Whitespace characters such as tabs, newlines and spaces are generally
ignored by the C compiler.
b)The statements in an if statement must be indented.
c)Placing a blank line before and after every control structure can
improve program readability.
d)There can be (but should not be) more than one statement per line.
ANS: (b)

2.41 Which statement is false?

a)It is not correct to split an identifier with a space, a tab or a newline.
b)Statements and comments may be split over several lines.
c)The equals sign (=) is not an operator.
d)A good programming practice is to break a line after a comma in
a lengthy com-ma-separated list.
ANS: (c)

2.42 Which of the following is not a keyword?

a) int
b) return
c) if
d) main
ANS: (d)

2.43 Which statement is false?

a)The assignment operator associates from left to right.
b)The arithmetic operators associate from left to right.

c)The equality operators associate from left to right.

d)The relational operators associate from left
to right. ANS: (a)

2.44 The order in which statements are is called flow of control.

a)entered in a source file
b)preprocessed
c)compiled
d)executed
ANS: (d)

2.7 Secure C Programming

2.45 Which of the following statements is true in secure C programming?
(a) You should avoid using printf to display a single string argument.
(b) You should always use printf to display a single string argument.
(c) You should always use puts to display a single string argument.
(d) None of the above.
ANS: (a)

2.46 Which of the following statements should be used in secure C programming

to display the string "Welcome" not followed by a newline character?
(a) printf( "Welcome" );
(b) puts( "Welcome" );
(c) printf( "%s", "Welcome" );
(d) None of the above.
ANS: (c)