Review Sheet for Exam 2

• Chapter 5 (5.1-5.4, 5.6-5.8)
• Chapter 7 (7.1-7.5, 7.9-7.11, 7.14)
• Chapter 10 (10.1-10.4)

Be prepared to write much more code than on Exam 1!

Use the topics below as a GUIDE in studying for the exam.

• What a destructor is used for, its syntax, and how to write one
• What a copy constructor is, its syntax, and how to write one
• How to overload the stream output operator (<<)
• How to overload the assignment operator (=)
• The "this" pointer, what it is, when it is available, and why it is needed
• How to use stream I/O
• Friend functions
• How to use initializer lists for constructors
• Concepts of template functions and template classes, their syntax, and how to write them
• How to follow the execution of a recursive function
• How to write a recursive function
• What the following types of recursion are: direct, indirect, mutual, tail, linear, tree
• The concept of inheritance
• What public inheritance is
• The difference between the public, protected, and private class member access specifiers
• Syntax for a derived class and its member functions and how to write them
• Constructor and destructor invocation when used with a derived class

• base case, base class (superclass), derived class (subclass), abstract class, "is a" relationship