ISRO | ISRO CS 2014 | Question 51

Which of the following is NOT represented in a subroutine’s activation record frame for a stack-based programming language?
(A) Values of local variables
(B) Return address
(C) Heap area
(D) Information needed to access non local variables


Answer: (C)

Explanation: The portion of the stack used for an invocation of a function is called the function’s stack frame or activation record.
An activation record is another name for Stack Frame. It’s the data structure that composes a call stack. It is generally composed of:

Locals to the callee
Return address to the caller
Parameters of the callee

Heap area is required in the case of dynamic variables.
So, option (C) is correct.

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