Magna International Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

A virtual function is a function in a base class that is declared using the keyword 'virtual' and can be overridden by a function with the same signature in a derived class.

• Virtual functions allow for dynamic polymorphism in object-oriented programming.

• They are used to achieve runtime polymorphism by allowing a function to be called based on the type of object it is called on.

• Virtual functions are declared in a base cl...read more

Polymorphism is the ability of a function or method to behave differently based on the object it is acting upon.

• Polymorphism allows objects of different classes to be treated as objects of a common superclass.

• It enables a single interface to be used for different data types or classes.

• Examples include method overloading and method overriding in object-oriented programming.

Structure is a collection of variables of different data types while union is a collection of variables of same data type.

• Structure allocates memory for all its variables while union allocates memory for only one variable at a time.

• Structure is used when we want to store different types of data while union is used when we want to store only one type of data.

• Structure is accessed using dot operator while union is access...read more

Dangling pointers can be avoided by setting them to NULL after freeing the memory they point to.

• Always initialize pointers to NULL.

• Set pointers to NULL after freeing the memory they point to.

• Avoid accessing memory through a pointer after it has been freed.

• Use smart pointers or garbage collection to automate memory management.

A program to print Fibonacci series using recursion.

• Define a recursive function that takes an integer n as input

• Base case: if n is 0 or 1, return n

• Recursive case: return the sum of the previous two Fibonacci numbers

• Call the recursive function with the desired number of terms and print the result