Question

What does inheritance allow you to do?

(a) create a class

(b) create a hierarchy of classes

(c) access methods

(d) create a method

The question was asked in semester exam.

Query is from Design of Class Hierarchies in portion Derived Classes, Templates & Exception Handling in C++ of C++

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) create a hierarchy of classes

For explanation: Inheritance helps in creating hierarchy of classes by making connections between different classes in which one is called base class and other is class derived class.