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What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
- Defining a new class without any reference to existing classes
- Exclusively using base classes without creating derived classes
- Copying code into the definitions of derived classes
- Creating specialized versions of a general class (correct)
What does a derived class automatically have?
What does a derived class automatically have?
- All the instance variables and methods of the base class (correct)
- No relation to the base class
- A completely different set of instance variables and methods from the base class
- Only the instance variables of the base class, not the methods
Why is inheritance advantageous in programming?
Why is inheritance advantageous in programming?
- It restricts the usage of base class methods
- It allows code to be reused without copying it into the definitions of derived classes (correct)
- It limits the addition of new instance variables
- It results in a completely independent set of classes
What is a derived class also known as?
What is a derived class also known as?
How are hourly employees and salaried employees related in terms of inheritance?
How are hourly employees and salaried employees related in terms of inheritance?
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