Declaring a variable accomplishes:

• A. Creating a space for it in memory
• B. Setting its initial numeric value
• C. Making it global
• D. Freeing memory

Answer: (A)

Declaring a variable means introducing its name and type to the program and reserving storage for it in memory. This is what creates the space that will hold the value as the program runs. It does not set an initial value—that’s initialization. It also doesn’t by itself determine global vs local scope, since that depends on where and how you declare it in the code. And memory isn’t freed by declaring it; deallocation happens later, when you release the memory or the program ends.

For example, in a C-like language, writing "int x;" declares x and allocates space for an int. Writing "int x = 5;" would declare x and initialize it with the value 5.