Garbage Collection in C++ and Java

To automatically allocate memory for new objects

To manually deallocate memory for unused objects

To reclaim memory used by objects that are no longer referenced (correct)

To optimize the performance of the Java Virtual Machine

It checks the object's last access time

It checks the object's constructor to see if it has been called recently

It checks if the object is referenced by any other objects (correct)

It checks the object's size and frees the memory for larger objects first

By setting the `System.gc` property to `true`

By calling the `gc()` method

By using the `Runtime.getRuntime().gc()` method (correct)

By using the `System.runGarbageCollector()` method

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