Question

Which of the following statement is/are NOT correct about the access modifier in Visual Basic .NET?

(i) Protected access modifier applies to class members only.

(ii) Public access modifier defines a type that is accessible only from within its own class or from a derived class.

• A. (i) and (ii) only
• B. (i) only
• C. (ii) only
• D. None

Answer 1

Answer:

C. (ii) only

Access modifiers in Visual Basic .NET are keywords that specify how a programming element can be accessed or how it will behave in a program. Some examples of access modifiers in Visual Basic .NET include : 

• Public
  This modifier specifies that a programming element can be accessed from anywhere in the same project, from other projects that reference the project, and from any assembly built from the project. 
• Protected
  This modifier specifies that a programming element can only be accessed from within the same class, or from a class derived from that class. 
• Private
  This modifier specifies that a programming element is limited to the containing type. 

The default access modifiers for type members in Visual Basic are: 

• Fields and constants: Private 
• Methods: Public 
• Structures: Public