CSCI 1302 Test Cram Study

Question	Answer
When a reference variable is passed as an argument to a method.	The method has access to the object that the variable references.
When a method's return type is a class, what is actually returned to the calling program?	It is a reference to the an object of that class.
To compare two objects in a class...	you must write an equals method that will make a field-by-field comparison of the two objects
If 'object1' and 'object2', are objects of the same class, to make object2 a copy of object1:	You would write a copy method that will make a field by field copy of object1's data members into object2's data members
What is a constructor and how does it differ from a copy constructor?	A constructor initializes an object while a copy constructor has a parameter whos data type is the same as the class.

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