True or False The base class's access specification affects the way base class member functions may access base class member variables.

Access specifications are used to determine what parts of a class can be accessed by other classes and their objects. There are mainly three access specifiers in object-oriented programming languages like C++ and Java: 1. Public: Members declared as public are accessible from any part of the program. 2. Protected: Members declared as protected are accessible only within the class and its derived (sub)classes. 3. Private: Members declared as private are only accessible within the class and are not accessible by derived (sub)classes or any other class. Inheritance is a concept in object-oriented programming, where one class (called the derived or subclass) inherits properties and functionality from another class (called the base or superclass). This is useful for creating new classes that are built upon the existing classes without modifying them.

Now let's analyze the given statement: "The base class's access specification affects the way base class member functions may access base class member variables." Base class member functions can always access base class member variables within the base class, regardless of their access specification (public, protected, or private). The access specification of the base class determines visibility and accessibility of its member variables and functions for derived (sub)classes and other classes. However, it doesn't affect how the base class member functions access the base class member variables - they always have access to all of them.

Using the understanding from Steps 1 and 2, the given statement is 'False'. The base class's access specification affects the visibility and accessibility of its member variables and functions in the context of inheritance and other classes, but not how base class member functions access base class member variables.