CS I 
	CONSULTATION TIME, FINAL EXAM TIME AND STUDY TOPICS

Consultation:  Monday, Dec 8,  12:00-3:00pm, MSB 356	
Final Exam:    Tuesday, Dec 9,  10:15am - 12:30pm  LCI 101


TOPICS (not an exhaustive list)

* classes - purpose, advantages over structures, public/private
  members, inline/outside function defintion, mutators/accessors,
  constructors, constructor overloading and default constructor,
  friend functions, static constants

* pointers - definition and usage, pointers and constants, array names
  and pointers, null/loose pointer, pointers to objects (arrow
  operator), pointer arithmetic, passing pointers by value and
  by reference, returning pointers

* dynamic memory allocation - static/dynamic/automatic variables,
  allocation for basic types, for arrays, for objects, allocation of
  objects with dynamic members: the big three (destructor, copy
  constructor, assignment overloading); memory leak problem for
  assignement overloading: protection against self-assingment,
  stackability

* vectors - advantages over (raw) arrays, declaring, adding/removing
  element, comparing/assigning vectors, passing by value/reference
  returning, iterators, iterator arithmetic, using interators
  to insert, erase elements, sort vector

* multidimensional arrays: indexing, using with nested loops, passing
  to functions; vectors of vectors: defining, initializing, accessing;
  the concept of a jagged array
 
* recursion - purpose, program stack, function frame, difference
  between function invocation and function definition, stopping
  case/infinite recursion, recursion vs. iteration
  
* namespaces - purpose, name collision, defining namespace, defining
  constructs (functions) outside of namespace;
  advantages/disadvantages of the three styles of using names of a
  namespace; importing names from a namespace; std (standard)
  namespace

* program diagrams - purpose, structural vs. behavior diagrams, class
  diagrams (multiplicity, aggregation lines, reference lines, member
  visibility), object diagrams (difference from class diagrams), use
  case diagrams (actors, system boundary, use case),
  interaction/sequence diagrams (processes and messages, denoting end
  of object lifetime)