The Structure of the Exam

• Questions will for the most part consist of reading and writing code
• There will also be some multiple-choice and short answer questions.
• While the book is a good supplement, you are only responsible for topics and material in the lecture notes and the labs / projects. These are a great way for you to prepare yourself for the exam.

The exam covers Lectures 1-6. Here is a detailed breakdown of the topics

• C++ program structure
• C++ software development; compiling, linking, executing
• separate compilation
  • .h and .cpp files
  • include guards
• scope resolution (::)
• non-member (C-style) functions
• references
• parameter and return value transmission: by-value, -reference, -const-reference
• default parameters
• class declarations
  • constructors
    • member initialization lists
  • data members
  • member functions
    • member functions with constant receivers
    • inline functions
• operator overloading
  • as member and non-member
  • friends
  • arithmetic, relation, and insertion/extraction operators
  • maintaining semantic consistency of simple and compound operators