Assigning an object of an ancestor class to a descendent class is called:

A) static binding
B) dynamic binding
C) upcasting
D) downcasting

Downcasting

The process of converting a reference of a parent class to a reference of a child class in the object hierarchy.

Ancestor Class

A class from which another class is derived, either directly or through one or more levels of inheritance.

Descendent Class

A class in object-oriented programming that inherits properties and methods from one or more base classes, also known as a subclass.