Consider the Following Code Snippet: Public Class Vessel

question 58

Multiple Choice

Consider the following code snippet: public class Vessel
{
Private String manufacturer;
) . .
Public void setVesselClass(double engineRPM)
{
) . .
}
}
If a Speedboat class is created as a subclass of the Vessel class, which of the following statements is correct?

• A) A Speedboat object inherits and can directly use both the instance variable manufacturer and the method setVesselClass.
• B) A Speedboat object inherits and can directly use the instance variable manufacturer but not the method setVesselClass.
• C) A Speedboat object inherits but cannot directly use either the instance variable manufacturer or the method setVesselClass.
• D) A Speedboat object inherits and can directly use the method setVesselClass but cannot directly use the instance variable manufacturer.

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