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  Given the purpose of the following variables, tell me what the most efficient and accurate data type to declare it as would be :   An age of a patient –  The height of a mountain –  The name of a football player –  The letter grade of a student –  A bank account balance – 

When a value loses its fractional part because it is assigned to a variable with less precision, it is said to have been ____________.

What is the output of the following?              int x, y, z = 3;              x = y = 5;             cout

int a = 5;  int b = 7;  int c = 5;  int d = 10; Evaluate the following expressions (makes true or false) : a > d     makes ?  b == d   makes ?  a != c   makes ?  d

The function ________ ensures that a user input string of characters does not overflow the number of bits reserved for that variable.

Write your name as it would appear in C++ source code as a comment (1 point).

Using three different rules for creating valid variable names, make up an example for each that would NOT compile. (3 points)

What is included as part of your C++ programs when you use #include? (1 point)

Write a preprocessor directive that defines a constant named TAX which has a value of 6.5. (3 points)

Write a block of code that demonstrates the concept of overflow.