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What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
- The act of reusing code without basing it on existing classes
- The process of creating new classes from scratch
- The mechanism of basing an object or class upon another object or class, retaining similar implementation (correct)
- The method of combining multiple classes into one
What does a 'child object' acquire from a 'parent object' in inheritance?
What does a 'child object' acquire from a 'parent object' in inheritance?
- All the properties and behaviors, including constructors, destructors, overloaded operators, and friend functions
- All the properties and behaviors, except for constructors, destructors, overloaded operators, and friend functions (correct)
- Only the properties and constructors
- None of the properties and behaviors
What is the main purpose of inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What is the main purpose of inheritance in object-oriented programming?
- To restrict the behaviors of classes
- To eliminate the need for creating new classes
- To limit the reuse of code
- To create classes built upon existing classes, reuse code, and specify new implementations while maintaining the same behaviors (correct)
What is the difference between prototype-based inheritance and class-based inheritance?
What is the difference between prototype-based inheritance and class-based inheritance?
What does inheritance allow programmers to do in object-oriented programming?
What does inheritance allow programmers to do in object-oriented programming?
What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What is inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What does a child object acquire from a parent object through inheritance?
What does a child object acquire from a parent object through inheritance?
What is not acquired by a child object from a parent object through inheritance?
What is not acquired by a child object from a parent object through inheritance?
What is one of the benefits of inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What is one of the benefits of inheritance in object-oriented programming?
What does inheritance in object-oriented programming enable programmers to independently extend?
What does inheritance in object-oriented programming enable programmers to independently extend?