Question

Which among the following is inherited by a derived class from base class?

(a) Data members only

(b) Member functions only

(c) All the members except private members

(d) All the members of base class

I have been asked this question during an online interview.

Enquiry is from Derived Class in portion Classes of Object Oriented Programming

Answer 1

Correct choice is (c) All the members except private members

To explain: The class inheriting another class, inherits all the data members and member functions that are not private. This is done to ensure the security features with maximum flexibility.