Exam 7: Introduction to Classes and Objects

An Abstract data type (AD T) is a programmer-defined data type that specifies the values the type can hold, the operations that can be performed on them, and how the operations will be implemented.

When three different objects of a class are created, they are said to be separate ________ of the class.

When the body of a member function is defined inside a class declaration, it is called a(n) ________ function.

When an object or structure variable is passed to a function as a constant reference

A destructor is a member function that

The bundling of an object's data and functions together is called

A constructor is a public class function that is automatically invoked (i.e., called) whenever a class object is created.

A constructor that does not require that any arguments be passed to it is called a(n) ________ constructor.

A structure variable is similar to a class object in which of the following ways?

A structure has member variables, like an object, but they are usually all public and accessed directly with the dot operator, instead of by calling member functions.

The ________ is used to protect important data.

If setSide is a Square class function and box is a Square object, which of the following statements would set the length of box's side to 5?

An object typically hides its data, but allows outside code to access it through its

An object is a(n) ________ of a class.

A constructor is a public class function that gets called whenever you want to re-initialize an object's member data.

A C++ member function that sets or changes the value stored in a member variable is called

Public members of a class object can be accessed from outside the class by using the

Accessors are sometimes called ________ functions and mutators are sometimes called ________ functions.

What will the following code segment display? Enum Season {Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter} favoriteSeason; FavoriteSeason = Summer; Cout << favoriteSeason;

A(n) ________ member function may be called by a statement in a function that is outside of the class.