Python Chapter 11: Inheritance

In an inheritance relationship, the            is the general class.

• subclass

• superclass

• primary class

• child class

In an inheritance relationship, the            is the specialized class.

• superclass

• secondary class

• subclass

• parent class

Suppose a program uses two classes: Airplane and JumboJet.

Which of these would most likely be the subclass?

• Airplane

• JumboJet

• Both

• Neither

This characteristic of object-oriented programming allows the correct version of an overridden method to be called when an instance of a subclass is used to call it.

• polymorphism

• inheritance

• generalization

• specialization

You can use this to determine whether an object is an instance of a class.

• the in operator

• the is_object_of function

• the isinstance function

• the error messages that are displayed when a program crashes

Polymorphism allows you to write methods in a subclass that have the same name as methods in the superclass.

• True

• False

It is not possible to call a superclass’s init method from a subclass’s init method.

• True

• False

A subclass can have a method with the same name as a method in the superclass.

• True

• False

Only the init method can be overridden.

• True

• False

You cannot use the isinstance function to determine whether an object is an instance of a subclass of a class.

• True

• False