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Chapter 15: Problem 43

True or False Public members of a protected base class become private members of the derived class.

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Answer: False

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Recall Inheritance and Access Specifiers

Inheritance is a concept in object-oriented programming languages that allows a class to inherit properties and methods from another class (called the base class). The class that inherits from the base class is called the derived class. Access specifiers are used to restrict the access to class members (properties and methods). The three common access specifiers are public, protected, and private.
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Public Access Specifier

Public members of a class can be accessed from anywhere, including within the class itself, derived classes, and other classes that are not part of the inheritance hierarchy.
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Protected Access Specifier

Protected members of a class can be accessed only within the class itself and its derived classes.
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Private Access Specifier

Private members of a class can only be accessed within the class itself and are not accessible by derived classes or any other classes that are not part of the inheritance hierarchy.
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Base Class with Protected Access Specifier

When a base class has a protected member, that member will be accessible in the derived class. Since public members of a protected base class can be accessed in the derived class, they do not become private members of the derived class.
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Conclusion

The statement "Public members of a protected base class become private members of the derived class" is False. Public members of a protected base class maintain their accessibility in the derived class as protected members, not private members.

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