Why Does Using the Protected Access Modifier Compromise Encapsulation

question 53

Multiple Choice

Why does using the protected access modifier compromise encapsulation?

• A) Multiple classes can set the value of an instance variable defined in another class.
• B) When a class does change a protected value, there is added maintenance complexity.
• C) Subclass methods that directly set the value of a protected instance variable need to be verified.
• D) When high performance is essential, superclass methods can be used to change the value of protected variables.

---

Definitions:

Business Games

Interactive simulations or activities designed to teach management, business strategies, or decision-making skills in an educational or training context.

Median

The middle value in a data set when it is ordered from smallest to largest, or the mean of the two middle numbers when the set has an even number of observations.

Mathematical Average

Another term for mean, which is calculated by adding up all the numbers in a set of data and dividing by the count of numbers.

Mode

The datum that is most recurrent in a given data set.