Quiz

1. What is a pointer?

2. Name a C++ task that requires a pointer to be performed.

3. What is the difference between declaring an integer variable and declaring an integer pointer variable?

4. What is the meaning of the data type in the declaration of a pointer?

5. What is the meaning and purpose of NULL?

6. What operator do you use to assign a pointer the address of another variable or constant?

7. What is the purpose of the indirection operator?

8. May a pointer point to different memory addresses at different times in the program?

9. May more than one pointer point to the same memory address?

10. What is the effect of incrementing a pointer variable?

11. What are the purposes of the new and delete operators?