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If I have a C++ function declaration:
int func(const vector<int> a)
Would it always be beneficial to replace it with
int func(const vector<int> &a)
since the latter does not need to make a copy of a to pass into the function?
In general, yes. You should always pass large objects by reference (or pass a pointer to them, especially if you are using C).