What is protected mode inheritance in Cpp? All Questions › Category: Cpp Language › What is protected mode inheritance in Cpp? 0 Vote Up Vote Down Chetan Shidling Staff asked 5 years ago I need short information. 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Chetan Shidling Staff answered 5 years ago If we derive a subclass from a Protected base class. Then both public members and protected members of the base class will become protected in the derived class.