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Arrays
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Exercise 1
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1.
List 5 simple data types.
2.
How many values can be stored by a simple data type?
3.
What is a data structure?
4.
Any data type that can store more than one value is a ________________________.
5.
What is another word for an array?
6.
Arrays first became popular with what programming language?
7.
Refer to your answer to the previous question. What or who was this language designed for?
8.
What is an array?
9.
A one-dimensional array is frequently also called a _______________.
10.
A two-dimensional array is frequently also called a _______________.
11.
If you need to store several pieces of data for many people, and you create one array for their names,
another array for their addresses, another for their birthdates, another for their social security numbers,
etc. What kind of arrays have you created?
12.
Records first became popular with what programming language?
13.
What is a record?
14.
What is a file?
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15.
What does the file data structure allow?
16.
What is a stack?
17.
What does LIFO stand for?
18.
What is one major difference between an array and a record?
19.
What is the Improved Data Structure Definition?
20.
What is the Improved Array Definition?
21.
What do an array and a stack have in common?
22.
Refer to the previous question. If they have this in common, why are they considered different data
structures?
23.
The languages FORTRAN and COBOL have been mentioned in this chapter.
What do these language names stand for?
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