When You Work with a Dereferenced Pointer, You Are Actually

question 7

Multiple Choice

When you work with a dereferenced pointer, you are actually working with:

• A) a variable whose memory has been deallocated
• B) a copy of the value pointed to by the pointer variable
• C) the actual value of the variable whose address is stored in the pointer variable
• D) All of these
• E) None of these

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Definitions:

Steroids

Organic compounds with four rings arranged in a specific molecular configuration, used in medicine and for performance enhancement.

Lurking Variables

Hidden or unobserved variables that can influence the outcome of an experiment or study without being explicitly considered.

Random Assignment

A method used in experiments to assign participants to different groups in a way that each has an equal chance of being placed in any group, aiming to eliminate bias and ensure that groups are comparable.

Confounding Variables

Factors other than the independent variable that might affect the outcome of an experiment or study, potentially leading to erroneous conclusions.