When Should Base Class Members Be Declared Protected

question 10

Multiple Choice

When should base class members be declared protected?

• A) When all clients should be able to access these members.
• B) When these members are used only by member functions of this base class.
• C) When these members should be available only to derived classes (and friends), but not to other clients.
• D) The protected access specified should never be used.

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