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Advanced Programming Concepts Final Exam Review

Get prepared for the final exam by reviewing essential chapters covering syntax, semantics, data types, expressions, control structures, subprograms, ADTs, OOP, concurrency, exceptions, and logic programming.

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Advanced Programming Concepts Final Exam Review

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  1. Final Review In Text: Chapters 1-3, 5-16

  2. Chapters Covered Before Midterm: • Ch. 1—Introduction • Ch. 2—History • Ch. 3-Syntax/Semantics • Ch. 12—OOPLs • Ch. 15—Functional PLs • Ch. 16—Logic PLs Since Midterm: • Ch. 5—Names & Binding • Ch. 6—Data Types • Ch. 7—Expressions • Ch. 8—Control Structures • Ch. 9—Subprograms • Ch. 10—Activation Recs • Ch. 11—ADTs • Ch. 13—Concurrency • Ch. 14—Exceptions  Final Exam Review 

  3. Chapters 1-3, 5, 6, 15 • See Midterm Review • Exam is comprehensive, but most material will be from chapters covered since the midterm  Final Exam Review 

  4. Ch. 5: Names and Binding • What are the six attributes? What do they mean? • Binding and possible binding times • Type checking • Two type compatibility methods • Scope vs. lifetime  Final Exam Review 

  5. Ch. 6: Data Types • Primitive types • Type constructors: • Arrays • Records • Unions • Sets • Pointers • Design issues • Type checking issues  Final Exam Review 

  6. Ch. 7: Expressions • Precedence rules • Associativity rules • Order of operand evaluation • Type conversions: widening and narrowing • Type coercions vs. explicit conversions • Mixed-mode expressions • Relational and boolean expressions • Short-circuit evaluation  Final Exam Review 

  7. Ch. 8: Control Structures • Design issues • Selection • One-way • Two-way • Multi-way • Iteration • Counter-controlled • Logically-controlled • Gotos • Guarded statements  Final Exam Review 

  8. Ch. 9: Subprograms • Definitions • Referencing environment • What are the common parameter passing modes and mechanisms? • Independent vs. separate compilation • Advanced subprogram issues  Final Exam Review 

  9. Ch. 10: Implementing Subprograms • Activation records • Accessing locals • Accessing nonlocals (static scoping) • Static chains • Displays • Implementing blocks • Accessing nonlocals with dynamic scoping  Final Exam Review 

  10. Ch. 11: ADTs • What is an abstraction? • Separation of specification from implementation • Encapsulation • What is needed to support separate compilation?  Final Exam Review 

  11. Ch. 12: Object-Oriented PLs • What are the three defining characteristics of OOP languages? • What are the other hallmarks of OOP? • Definition of OOP terms • Familiarity with Smalltalk • Design issues for OOPLs  Final Exam Review 

  12. Ch. 13: Concurrency • Competition synchronization • Cooperation synchronization • Concurrency control mechanisms: • Semaphores • Monitors • Rendezvous (message passing)  Final Exam Review 

  13. Ch. 14: Exceptions • What is an exceptional condition? • Design issues: • How are handlers bound to exceptions? • Where does control go to after handling? • Are there default handlers? • What about user-defined exceptions? • What about cleaning up the stack?  Final Exam Review 

  14. Ch. 16: Logic Programming • What are the hallmarks of LP? • Definition of LP terms • Prolog syntax • You should be able to read Prolog code  Final Exam Review 

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