Exam 12: Advanced File Operations

The end-of-file marker is automatically written ________.

This data type can be used to create files and read information from them into memory.

An alternative to using the open member function is to use the file stream object declaration itself to open the file. Example: fstream DataFile("names.dat", ios::in | ios::out);

If a file already exists, you can open it with the flags ios::in | ios::out to preserve its contents.

This member function writes a single character to a file.

File output may be formatted the same way as console screen output.

Closing a file causes any unsaved information still held in the file buffer to be ________.

All stream objects have ________, which indicate the condition of the stream.

Which statement opens a file in such a way that information will only be written to its end?

This state bit is set when an attempted operation has failed.

When used by itself, this access flag causes a file's contents to be deleted if the file already exists.

ofstream, ifstream, and fstream are:

Outside of a C++ program, a file is identified by its ________. Inside a C++ program, a file is identified by a(n)________.

Data stored here disappears once the program stops running or the computer is powered down.

Only one file stream object can be declared per C++ program.

When passing a file stream object to a function, you should always pass it by reference.

When data is read from a file, it is automatically stored in a variable.

By default, files are opened in binary mode.