UMBC CMSC202, Computer Science II, Fall 1998, Sections 0101, 0102, 0103, 0104

Exam 1 Topics

The following topics are "fair game" for Exam 1:

• OOP Terminology (members, member functions, constructors, host objects, ...)

• References

• Function Overloading

• Scope

• Allocation Methods

• Uses of the keyword "static"

• Automatic allocation of local variables on the "stack"

• dynamic memory allocation (new & delete)

• destructors

• C++ I/O

• functions with optional parameters

• the "this" pointer

• void * pointers

In addition you should know how to:

• write a simple constructor

• write a simple destructor

• write a simple member function

• write code using C++ I/O

• resolve function calls to overloaded functions (straightforward cases)

• write code to allocate/deallocate memory

Topics not covered in Exam 1:

• pointers to functions.