C++ Institute CPA-21-02 Exam - Topic 3 Question 34 Discussion

Actual exam question for C++ Institute's CPA-21-02 exam

Question #: 34
Topic #: 3

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What is the output of the program given below?

#include

using namespace std;

int main (int argc, const char * argv[])

{

float f=?10.501;

cout<<(int)f;

}

B11

C?10

D?11

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Suggested Answer: B

by Carmelina at Jan 26, 2025, 10:38 PM

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Wilburn

6 months ago

I agree, it should be 10 after casting!

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Arthur

6 months ago

Wait, is the output really 11? That seems off.

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Dominga

7 months ago

Pretty sure it rounds down to 10.

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Lottie

7 months ago

I think it will output 11 when cast to int.

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Haley

7 months ago

It's definitely 10.501 as a float.

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Ligia

7 months ago

I’m leaning towards option D, but I’m confused about the initial float value. Did we cover how to handle floats with a leading question mark?

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Maryann

7 months ago

This seems similar to a practice question we did last week. I believe it should output 11 because of how rounding works in C++.

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Howard

8 months ago

I think the output should be the integer part of the float, so maybe it's 10? But I'm not completely confident.

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Zena

8 months ago

I remember we discussed type casting in class, but I'm not sure how the float will convert to an int here.

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Roselle

8 months ago

I've got this! The float 10.501 will be truncated to 10 when cast to an int. The output should be 10.

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German

8 months ago

I'm a bit confused here. Does the type casting round the value or just truncate it? I'll have to double-check the behavior.

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Daisy

8 months ago

Okay, let me walk through this step-by-step. The float is initialized to 10.501, and then we cast it to an int. I think the output will be 10.

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Tijuana

8 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to carefully think through the type casting from float to int.

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Jennifer

1 year ago

This is a simple case of rounding. The float f is 10.501, and when we cast it to an integer, it should round up to 11. Option B is the correct answer, no doubt about it.

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Emilio

1 year ago

Haha, the question mark is just there to confuse us. It's a classic trick question! I'm going to go with option D, because who doesn't love a bit of chaos in their code?

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