Question

The static member functions __________________

(a) Have access to all the members of a class

(b) Have access to only constant members of a class

(c) Have access to only the static members of a class

(d) Have direct access to all other class members also

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This intriguing question originated from Static Member Functions topic in portion Exception Handling & Static Class Members of Object Oriented Programming

Answer 1

Correct answer is (c) Have access to only the static members of a class

The explanation is: The static member functions are common for all the objects. These functions can use only the static members of a class in which those are defined. This is because other members change with respect to each object created.