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c ++ True and False Questions
I need to figure if these are true or false, any help would be greatly appreciated...
8. If B is a base class of D, then D’s members cannot access the private data members of B without regard to the kind of inheritance.
9. An overloaded operator= function must be a non-static class member.
10. One constructor of a class can call another constructor of the same class to initialize the this object
11. When overloading (), [], -> or any assignment operator, the operator overloading function must be declared as a class member.
12. A copy constructor is used to initialize an object with another object of the same class. Copy constructors are also invoked whenever a copy of an object is needed, such as in call-by-value, and when returning a value from a called function. In a copy constructor, the object being copied must be passed in by reference.
13. To overload the increment operator to allow both pre-increment and post-increment usage, each overloaded operator function must have a distinct signature so the compiler will be able to determine which version of ++ is intended.
14. Derived classes can provide their own implementations of a base class virtual function if necessary, but if they do not, the base class's implementation is used.
15. With single inheritance, a class is derived from only one base class. With multiple inheritance, a derived class inherits from multiple (possibly unrelated) base classes.
16. A derived class cannot access the private members of its base class; allowing this would violate the encapsulation of the base class. A derived class can, however, access the public and protected members of its base class.
17. An object of a derived class can be treated as an object of its corresponding public base class. However, the reverse is not true.
18. When deriving a class from a private base class, public and protected members of the base class become private members of the derived class.
19. For a derived-class object, first the base-class constructor is called, then the derived-class constructor is called (which may call member object constructors).
20. An attempt by a const member function of a class to modify an object of that class is a syntax error.
8. If B is a base class of D, then D’s members cannot access the private data members of B without regard to the kind of inheritance.
9. An overloaded operator= function must be a non-static class member.
10. One constructor of a class can call another constructor of the same class to initialize the this object
11. When overloading (), [], -> or any assignment operator, the operator overloading function must be declared as a class member.
12. A copy constructor is used to initialize an object with another object of the same class. Copy constructors are also invoked whenever a copy of an object is needed, such as in call-by-value, and when returning a value from a called function. In a copy constructor, the object being copied must be passed in by reference.
13. To overload the increment operator to allow both pre-increment and post-increment usage, each overloaded operator function must have a distinct signature so the compiler will be able to determine which version of ++ is intended.
14. Derived classes can provide their own implementations of a base class virtual function if necessary, but if they do not, the base class's implementation is used.
15. With single inheritance, a class is derived from only one base class. With multiple inheritance, a derived class inherits from multiple (possibly unrelated) base classes.
16. A derived class cannot access the private members of its base class; allowing this would violate the encapsulation of the base class. A derived class can, however, access the public and protected members of its base class.
17. An object of a derived class can be treated as an object of its corresponding public base class. However, the reverse is not true.
18. When deriving a class from a private base class, public and protected members of the base class become private members of the derived class.
19. For a derived-class object, first the base-class constructor is called, then the derived-class constructor is called (which may call member object constructors).
20. An attempt by a const member function of a class to modify an object of that class is a syntax error.
It's probably more useful if you give us the answers you think are correct (and your reasoning), and then we can confirm or correct them.
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This is what I have for the answers
8. T
9. T
10. F
11. T
12. T
13. F
14. T
15. T
16. T
17. F
18. F
19. T
20. T
8. T
9. T
10. F
11. T
12. T
13. F
14. T
15. T
16. T
17. F
18. F
19. T
20. T
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>>16. A derived class cannot access the private members of its base class; allowing this would violate the encapsulation of the base class.
you could still have a public function in your base class which provides access to the private members. The question can be interpreted in this way as well. So the better way to put it is that a derived class cannot directly access the private members of its base class.
>>20. An attempt by a const member function of a class to modify an object of that class is a syntax error.
such an attempt will be prevented by the compiler. So it is semantically incorrect and doesn't really fall under the category of a pure syntax error. Like infinity said a "mutable" member can be modified within a const member function.
you could still have a public function in your base class which provides access to the private members. The question can be interpreted in this way as well. So the better way to put it is that a derived class cannot directly access the private members of its base class.
>>20. An attempt by a const member function of a class to modify an object of that class is a syntax error.
such an attempt will be prevented by the compiler. So it is semantically incorrect and doesn't really fall under the category of a pure syntax error. Like infinity said a "mutable" member can be modified within a const member function.
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