CMPSC 101 - CHAPTER 2 UPDATE 2025!!

CMPSC 101 - CHAPTER 2 UPDATE
2025!!
Abstraction - ANSWERthe OOP term that refers to the hiding of the internal details of
an object from the user

Constructor - ANSWERa class method whose instructions the computer
automatically processes each time an object is instantiated from the class

Declaration section - ANSWERthe section that contains the class statement in a
class definition

Default constructor - ANSWERa constructor that has no formal parameters

Derived class - ANSWERthe class that inherits the attributes and behaviors of a
base class

Attributes - ANSWERthe characteristics that describe an object

Base class - ANSWERthe class from which a derived class is created

Behaviors - ANSWERthe actions that an object is capable of performing or to which
the object can respond

Class - ANSWERa pattern or blueprint used to instantiate an object in a program

Class definition - ANSWERused to specify the attributes and behaviors of an object

class statement - ANSWERthe statement used to create a class in C++


Encapsulated - ANSWERthe OOP term that refers to the grouping together of the
attributes and behaviors of an object within a class

Exposed - ANSWERthe OOP term that refers to the attributes and behaviors that the
user can access

Header file - ANSWERa file that contains a class definition; header filenames end
with .h

Hidden - ANSWERthe OOP term that refers to the attributes and behaviors that the
user cannot access

Implementation section - ANSWERthe section that contains the method defi nitions
in a class definition
Overloaded methods - ANSWERtwo or more class methods that share the same
name but have diff erent parameterLists