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What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
- The method of creating objects without using classes
- The technique of combining multiple objects into a single object
- The process of creating new classes without any relationship to existing ones
- The mechanism of basing an object or class upon another object or class, retaining similar implementation (correct)
What does a 'child object' acquire from the 'parent object' in inheritance?
What does a 'child object' acquire from the 'parent object' in inheritance?
- All properties and behaviors except constructors, destructors, overloaded operators, and friend functions (correct)
- None of the properties and behaviors
- Only properties but not behaviors
- Only constructors and destructors
What does inheritance allow programmers to do in OOP?
What does inheritance allow programmers to do in OOP?
- Only create new classes without reusing existing code
- Create classes with entirely different behaviors from the parent class
- Create classes without any relationships with existing classes
- Create classes built upon existing classes, specify new implementation while maintaining the same behaviors, and reuse code (correct)
What is a subclass in inheritance?
What is a subclass in inheritance?
What is the term used for inheritance in prototype-based programming?
What is the term used for inheritance in prototype-based programming?