Which of the Following Statements About Friend Functions and Friend

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about friend functions and friend classes is false?

• A) A class can either grant friendship to or take friendship from another class using the friend keyword.
• B) A friend declaration can appear anywhere in a class definition.
• C) A friend of a class can access all of its private data member and member functions.
• D) The friendship relationship is neither symmetric nor transitive.

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Definitions:

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