Topic 2 - Inheritance & Polymorphism

Question 1

Inheritance

Answer 1

A relationship where a new class (subclass) can receive or inherit properties and methods from an existing class (superclass)

Question 2

Superclass

Answer 2

The parent class that is being inherited from

Question 3

Subclass

Answer 3

The child class that inherits from the superclass

Question 4

Reusability in Inheritance

Answer 4

Subclasses can reuse methods defined in the superclass

Question 5

Extensibility in Inheritance

Answer 5

Subclasses can extend the logic of methods inherited from the superclass

Question 6

Inheritance Hierarchy

Answer 6

Classes are organized from general to specific, with more specific classes inheriting from more general ones

Question 7

Implementing Inheritance

Answer 7

To create a subclass, declare it with the syntax: class Subclass(Superclass)

Question 8

Subclass __init__ method

Answer 8

Must call the superclass __init__ method to initialize inherited attributes

Question 9

Accessing Superclass methods

Answer 9

Can be done using Superclass.method(self) or super().method()

Question 10

Method Overriding

Answer 10

Subclasses can override (redefine) methods inherited from the superclass

Question 11

Polymorphism

Answer 11

Ability of subclasses to have methods with the same names as methods in their superclasses

Question 12

Polymorphic Method Call

Answer 12

Program can call the correct method based on the object type

Question 13

isinstance() function

Answer 13

Used to check if an object is an instance of a specific class