Exam 7: Using Classes

Consider the function shown below: void Customer::setBalance(double balance) { Customer::balance = balance; } Why is the scope resolution operator needed within the function body?

ADT stands for ____________________.

Should static fields always be constant? Explain your answer.

To use the function displayStudentData() of the object aSophmore that belongs to the class Student , the correct syntax is ____.

The variable ____ is an example of a correct use of the this pointer.

The ____ operator is the pointer-to-member operator.

Static functions ____ access non-static variables.

You ____ assign a value to a field in a class definition.

The ____ pointer is automatically supplied every time you call a non-static member function of a class.

When you use an object, the ____ operator, and a non-static function of the object's class, you actually pass the specific object's address to the function as an unseen argument.

The value of a static field cannot be changed.

____________________ variables belong to the class, and you can use them even if you never instantiate an object.

To ____ an object is to declare or create it.

Conventionally, class names begin with a(n) ____________________ letter.

A ____ class member exists, even when you have not instantiated any objects of the class.

Programmers sometimes refer to ____ as an example of using a "black box."