Pointers
1.

Which of the following is the proper declaration of a pointer ?
A.  

int x;

 B.  

int &x;

 C.  

ptr x;

 D.  

 int *x;
2.

Which of the following gives the memory address of integer variable a ?
A.  

*a;

 B.  

 a;

 C.  

&a;

 D.  

address(a);
3.

Which of the following gives the memory address of a pointer a ? 
A.  

a;

 B.  

*a;

 C.  

&a;

 D.  

address(a)
4.

Which of the following gives the value stored at the address pointed to by the pointer a ?
A.  

a

 B.  

val(a);

 C.  

*a;

 D.  

&a
5.

Which of the following is the proper keyword to allocate memory ?
A.  

new

 B.  

malloc

 C.  

create

 D.  

value
6.

Which of the following is the proper keyword to deallocate memory ?
A.  

free

 B.  

delete

 C.  

clear

 D.  

remove
7.

What does the following statement mean ?
A.  

pointer to a pointer

 B.  

pointer to an array of chars

 C.  

pointer to function taking a char* argument and returns an int

 D.  

function taking a char* argument and returning a pointer to int
8.

The operator used for dereferencing or indirection is ____
A.  

*

 B.  

&

 C.  

->

 D.  

–>>
9.

Choose the right option.
string* x, y;
A.  

x is a pointer to a string, y is a string

 B.  

y is a pointer to a string, x is a string

 C.  

both x and y are pointers to string types

 D.  

y is a pointer to a string
10.

Which one of the following is not a possible state for a pointer.
A.  

hold the address of the specific object

 B.  

point one past the end of an object

 C.  

zero

 D.  

point to a type