revised: 05/26/03; 10/05/03

Quiz on the Conditional Operator and the Switch Statement

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1. What value is placed in var? 

var = 12 > 9 ? 0 : 1;

A.    0
B.    1
C.    9
D.    12

2. What value is placed in awk? 

int x = 5, y = 19;

awk = y-x > x-y ? y-x : x-y ;

A.    5
B.    19
C.    14
D.    -14

3. What value is placed in choice? 

int a=5, b=10, c=15 ;

choice = a>b && a>c ? a : (b > c ? b : c) ;

A.    5
B.    10
C.    15
D.    0

4. What value is placed in sum? 

double sum = 10.0, price=100;

sum +=  price>=100 ? price*1.1 : price;

A.    90
B.    100
C.    110
D.    120

5. Which statement makes sure that x is an even number?

A.    x = x%2 == 1 ? x++ : x;
B.    x = x%2 == 0 ? x+1 : x;
C.    x += x%2 == 0 ? 0 : 1 ;
D.    x += 2*x ;

6. What value is assigned to discount ? 

double discount;
char   code = 'C' ;

switch ( code )
{
  case 'A':
    discount = 0.0;
    break;

  case 'B':
    discount = 0.1;
    break;

  case 'C':
    discount = 0.2;
    break;

  default:
    discount = 0.3;
}

A.    0.0
B.    0.1
C.    0.2
D.    0.3

7. What value is assigned to discount ? 

double discount;
char   code = 'C' ;

switch ( code )
{
  case 'A':
    discount = 0.0;

  case 'B':
    discount = 0.1;

  case 'C':
    discount = 0.2;

  default:
    discount = 0.3;
}

A.    0.0
B.    0.1
C.    0.2
D.    0.3

8. What value is assigned to discount ? 

double discount;
char   code = 'X' ;

switch ( code )
{
  case 'A':
    discount = 0.0;
    break;

  case 'B':
    discount = 0.1;
    break;

  case 'C':
    discount = 0.2;
    break;

  default:
    discount = 0.3;
}

A.    0.0
B.    0.1
C.    0.2
D.    0.3

9. What value is assigned to discount ? 

double discount;
String code = "A" ;

switch ( code )
{
  case 'A':
    discount = 0.0;
    break;

  case 'B':
    discount = 0.1;
    break;

  case 'C':
    discount = 0.2;
    break;

  default:
    discount = 0.3;
}

A.    0.0
B.    0.1
C.    0.2
D.    The program will not compile because code is the wrong type.

10. What value is assigned to discount ? 

double discount;
char   code = 'b' ;

switch ( code )
{
  case 'a':
  case 'A':
    discount = 0.0;
    break;

  case 'b':
  case 'B':
    discount = 0.1;
    break;

  case 'c':
  case 'C':
    discount = 0.2;
    break;

  default:
    discount = 0.3;
}

A.    0.0
B.    0.1
C.    0.2
D.    The code will not compile because there are missing statements.

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