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Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the questions, write only the correct answers.)
The access modifier that gives least accessibility is:
Topic: Access specifiers
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Answer
Exam answer
(a) private.
Explanation
Rank them from most open to most closed: public (anywhere), protected (class, subclasses and package), default or package-private (same package only), private (same class only). private is therefore the most restrictive, and it is the specifier used for data in encapsulation. Note that "package" as written in option (d) is not itself a specifier.
In words
private.
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