OOP Definitions

Question 1

Class

Answer 1

A template for creating objects

Question 2

Object

Answer 2

An instance of a class

Question 3

Attribute

Answer 3

A specific item of data for a class/object

Question 4

Method

Answer 4

A subroutine defined within a class

Question 5

Public

Answer 5

A property of a method which allows it to be accessed from everywhere

Question 6

Private

Answer 6

A property of a method which allows it to only be accessed within the class

Question 7

Instantiation

Answer 7

The term for creating an object from a class

Question 8

Encapsulation

Answer 8

Data held within a class can only be accessed via its methods

Question 9

Abstraction

Answer 9

The ability to represent a real-world object as an abstracted representation in code

Question 10

Constructor

Answer 10

A special method which creates an object from a class

Question 11

Overloading

Answer 11

Ability for different methods to have the same names but different numbers of parameters which therefore exhibit different behaviours

Question 12

Base class

Answer 12

A class from which other inherited classes are derived

Question 13

Inheritance

Answer 13

The ability to take a base class and add further functionality specific to the inherited class

Question 14

Polvmorphism

Answer 14

Ability for methods of the same name to be used in inherited classes with different behaviours exhibited