Question

Which of the following is false about protected class members?

(a) They begin with one underscore

(b) They can be accessed by subclasses

(c) They can be accessed by name mangling method

(d) They can be accessed within a class

I got this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

The question is from Encapsulation in section Classes and Objects, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation and Exception Handling of Python

Answer 1

Correct answer is (c) They can be accessed by name mangling method

Explanation: Protected class members can’t be accessed by name mangling.