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Testing and Debugging Following the case studies in each chapter, this section considers in depth the implications of the chapter material with regard to thorough testing of programs. The section concludes with a list of testing and debugging hints.
Quick Checks At the end of each chapter are questions that test the student's recall of major points associated with the chapter goals. Upon reading each question, the student immediately should know the answer, which he or she can then verify by glancing at the answers at the end of the section. The page number on which the concept is discussed appears at the end of each question so that the student can review the material in the event of an incorrect response.
Exam Preparation Exercises These questions help the student prepare for tests. The questions usually have objective answers and are designed to be answerable with a few minutes of work. Answers to selected questions are given in the back of the book, and the remaining questions are answered in the Instructor's Guide.
Programming Warm-Up Exercises This section provides the student with experience in writing C++ code fragments or functions. The student can practice the syntactic constructs in each chapter without the burden of writing a complete program. Solutions to selected questions from each chapter appear in the back of the book; the remaining solutions may be found in the Instructor's Guide.
Programming Problems These exercises, drawn from a wide range of disciplines, require the student to design solutions and write complete programs.
Case Study Follow-Up These questions require the student to analyze or modify the case studies in the chapter. The exercises afford experience in reading and understanding the documentation and code for existing programs.
Supplements
Instructor's Guide with Test Item File Prepared by the authors, the Instructor's Guide features chapter-by-chapter teaching notes and answers to the balance of the exercises, and a compilation of exam questions with answers. The Instructor's Guide is available on request from Jones and Bartlett.
Computerized Testing Disk Also available on request from the publisher is an electronic version of the exam questions in the Instructor's Guide, distributed in both IBM PC and Macintosh formats.

 
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