Question

The new operator _____________

(a) Can allocate reference types too

(b) Doesn’t allocate reference types

(c) Can allocate reference to objects

(d) Doesn’t allocate any data

I had been asked this question during an interview for a job.

My question is from New Operator topic in portion Memory Allocation & Scope of Variable of Object Oriented Programming

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) Doesn’t allocate reference types

To explain I would say: The new operator doesn’t allocate reference types. This is because the reference types are not objects. The new operator is used to allocate memory to the direct objects.