In object-oriented programming, the ability of the same function name to work with different sets of parameters is called
- A.Inheritance
- B.Encapsulation
- C.Function overloading
- D.Function overriding
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Function overloading. Overloading means defining several functions of the same name in the same class with different numbers or types of parameters, so the compiler decides which one to call; because the decision is taken before the program runs, it is called compile-time or static polymorphism. Option A is wrong because inheritance is a derived class taking the members of a base class. Option B is wrong because encapsulation is the binding of data with the methods that act on it. Option D is wrong, and it is the strongest distractor, because overriding is a derived class replacing a base class method with its own version of the same signature, decided while the program runs and therefore called run-time or dynamic polymorphism. Overloading is same name different parameters; overriding is same signature different class.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich of the following is regarded as the first object-oriented programming language?
- A.Simula 67
- B.FORTRAN
- C.COBOL
- D.BASIC
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Simula 67, designed by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard, introduced the ideas of class, object and inheritance and is therefore treated as the first object-oriented language, from which C++ and Java later borrowed.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT counted among the four basic features of object-oriented programming?
- A.Abstraction
- B.Inheritance
- C.Recursion
- D.Polymorphism
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Recursion is a general programming technique in which a function calls itself, and it works equally well in procedural languages such as C, so it is not a feature of the object-oriented approach.
Read the full explanation →Wrapping up of data and the functions that operate on that data into a single unit is called
- A.Inheritance
- B.Encapsulation
- C.Overloading
- D.Compilation
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Encapsulation means binding the data members and the member functions that act on them inside one unit, the class, and keeping the data private so that it can be reached only through the methods provided; the standard illustration is a capsule holding the medicine inside it.
Read the full explanation →Showing only the essential features of an object to the user while hiding its internal details is known as
- A.Abstraction
- B.Encapsulation
- C.Inheritance
- D.Instantiation
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Abstraction presents only what the user needs, such as the accelerator and brake of a car, and keeps the internal working out of sight; in C++ it is obtained through abstract classes with pure virtual functions and in Java through interfaces and abstract classes.
Read the full explanation →Who developed the C++ programming language?
- A.Dennis Ritchie
- B.James Gosling
- C.Bjarne Stroustrup
- D.Guido van Rossum
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Bjarne Stroustrup developed the language at Bell Laboratories, starting it as C with Classes and giving it the name C++ in 1983; it adds classes, inheritance and polymorphism to C while keeping C procedural power, which is why it is called a hybrid language.
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