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BITS WILP MSSS 2013-15 (S2-13_SSZG519) EC1 Quiz
Question 1. A characteristic of the data, that binary search uses but the linear search
ignores is the___________.
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a. Order of the elements of the list.
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b. Type of elements of the list
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c. Maximum value in list.
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d. Length of the list.
Question 2. A linear collection of data elements where the linear node is given by
means of pointer is called
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a. linked list
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b. node list
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c. primitive list
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d. None of the above
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Option 5
Question 3. A _________ data type is a keyword of a programming language that
specifies the amount of memory needed to store data and the kind of data that will be
stored in that memory location
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a. None of the above
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b. vector
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c. abstract
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d. int
Question 4. An algorithm is made up of two independent time complexities f (n) and g
(n). Then the complexities of the algorithm is in the order of
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a. Min (f(n),g(n))
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b. f(n)g(n)
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c. Max ( f(n),g(n))
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d. f(n) + g(n)
Question 5. An algorithm that requires __________ operations to complete its task on n
data elements is said to have a linear runtime.
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a. 3n2 + 2
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b. 8
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c. 3n+2
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d. 3n 2 + 3n + 2
Question 6. Assume that we are running MergeSort on an array containing the
following values: 7,5,9,4,4,8,2,6. What does the array contain just before the last call to
a merge?
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a. 4,5,7,9,4,8,2,6
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b. 4,5,7,9,2,4,8,6
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c. 2,4,4,5,6,9,7,8
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d. 2,4,4,5,6,7,8,9
Question 7. If A = 6,12,3,9,4,12 and to search element 6 in this array using binary
search method, what will be the values of a[mid] generated after each iteration ?
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a. 4,9,6
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b. 4,6
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c. 3,4,6
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d. 6
Question 8. If f(n) = 2n; g(n) = 3n which of the following is true?
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a. f(n) = O(g(n))
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b. f(n) = (g(n))
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c. None of these
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d. f(n) = (g(n))
Question 9. If sequence of operations – push(1), push(2), pop, pop, push(1), push(2),
pop, push(2), pop, pop are performed on the stack, sequence of popped out values are
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a. 2,2,1,1,1
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b. 2,2,1,2,1
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c. 2,1,2,1,1
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d. 2,1,2,2,1
Question 10. If the array A contains the items 10 ,4, 7, 23, 67, 12, 5, what will be
resultant array A after 3rd pass of Insertion sort?
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a. 67,12,10,5,4,7,23
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b. 4,7,10,23,67,12,5
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c. 4,5,7,67,10,12,23
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d. 10,7,4,67,23,12,5
Question 11. If the array A contains the items 100,23,90,45,2,34,8 what will be resultant
array A after 3rd pass of selection sort?
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a. 2,8,23,34,45,100,98
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b. 2,8,23,34,100,45,98
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c. 2,23,45,90,100,34,8
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d. 2,8,23,45,100,34,98
Question 12. In an array queue, data is stored in an _____ element.
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a. linked list
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b. array
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c. Node
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d. Constructor
Question 13. Stack A has entries a, b, c(with a on top). Stack B is empty. An entry
popped out of stack A can be printed immediately or pushed on to stack B. An entry
popped out of Stack B can be printed. In this arrangement, which of the following
permutations of a, b, c is not possible.
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a. c,a,b
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b. b,a,c
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c. b,c,a
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d. a,b,c
Question 14. The smallest element of an array index is called its
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a. upper bound
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b. range
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c. lower bound
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d. all of these
Question 15. What term is used to describe an O(1) algorithm?
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a. Linear
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b. Constant
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c. Logarithmic
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d. Quadratic
Question 16. Which is the solution for the recurrence T (n) = 8T (n/2) + n
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a. θ ( lg n)
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b. None of the above
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c. θ (n lg n)
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d. θ ( n 3)
Question 17. Which of the following abstract data types are NOT used by Integer
Abstract Data type group ?
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a. Short
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b. Int
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c. Float
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d. Long
Question 18. Which of the following is not a dynamic data structure?
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a. Array
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b. Binary Tree
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c. Linked list
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d. Stack
Question 19. Which of the following represents the efficiency of the selection sort?
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a. O(n2)
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b. O(1)
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c. O(log n)
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d. O(n)
Question 20. ______________ form of access is used to add and remove nodes from a
stack.
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a. Both LIFO & FIFO
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b. LIFO
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c. None of the above
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d. FIFO