Practice Detailed Breakdown Of Typical Contents Within An Activation Record (6.2.1)
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Detailed Breakdown of Typical Contents within an Activation Record

Practice - Detailed Breakdown of Typical Contents within an Activation Record

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Question 1 Easy

What is stored in the Return Value Space of an activation record?

💡 Hint: Think about what a function gives back after it finishes.

Question 2 Easy

What do Actual Parameters represent in an activation record?

💡 Hint: Recall how a function receives inputs.

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Question 1

What does the Return Address in an activation record indicate?

The memory location of the caller's parameters
Where to resume execution after the function finishes
The start of the function code

💡 Hint: Think about what happens once a function has finished executing.

Question 2

True or False: Local variables are only accessible within the function they are defined in.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the concept of variable scope.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design an activation record for a function that takes two integer parameters, calculates their sum, and returns the result. Include all necessary components.

💡 Hint: Think about what each part of the function needs to function correctly.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain the consequences of not using activation records during recursive function calls.

💡 Hint: How would multiple instances of the same function affect the variables without unique storage?

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