Question

The practice of creating objects based on predefined classes is often referred to as ______________

(a) class creation

(b) object creation

(c) object instantiation

(d) class instantiation

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Answer 1

Correct answer is (d) class instantiation

To explain: In object-oriented programming, classes are the blueprints of php objects. Classes do not actually become objects until instantiation is done. When someone instantiates a class, it creates an instance of it, thus creating the object. In other words, instantiation is the process of creating an instance of an object in memory.