CS502-Midterm
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In RAM model instructions are executed
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Algorithm analysts know for sure about efficient solutions for NP-complete problems.
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A point p in 2-dimensional space is usually given by its integer coordinate(s)____________
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One example of in place but not stable algorithm is
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For the worst-case running time analysis, the nested loop structure containing one “for” and one “while” loop, might be expressed as a pair of _________nested summations.
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Heaps can be stored in arrays without using any pointers; this is due to the ____________ nature of the binary tree,
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What type of instructions Random Access Machine (RAM) can execute? Choose best answer
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Quick sort is based on divide and conquer paradigm; we divide the problem on base of pivot element and:
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Divide-and-conquer as breaking the problem into a small number of
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In Heap Sort algorithm, we build _______ for ascending sort.
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Is it possible to sort without making comparisons?
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For small values of n, any algorithm is fast enough. Running time does become an issue when n gets large.
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Which may be a stable sort?
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Efficient algorithm requires less computational…….
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Sieve Technique applies to problems where we are interested in finding a single item from a larger set of _____________
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Consider the following code:
For(j=1; j
For(k=1; k<15;k++)
For(l=5; l
{
Do_something_constant();
}
What is the order of execution for this code.
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A heap is a left-complete binary tree that conforms to the ___________
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Algorithm is a mathematical entity, which is independent of a specific machine and operating system.
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______________ graphical representation of algorithm.
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In Heap Sort algorithm, the total running time for Heapify procedure is ____________
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What is the total time to heapify?
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Quick sort is
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After sorting in merge sort algorithm, merging process is invoked.
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One of the clever aspects of heaps is that they can be stored in arrays without using any _______________.
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In the analysis of Selection algorithm, we make a number of passes, in fact it could be as many as,
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In Quick Sort Constants hidden in T(n log n) are
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One Example of in place but not stable sort is
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In the analysis of Selection algorithm, we eliminate a constant fraction of the array with each phase; we get the convergent _______________ series in the analysis,
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An algorithm is a mathematical entity that is dependent on a specific programming language.
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In ____________ we have to find rank of an element from given input.
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The function f(n)=n(logn+1)/2 is asymptotically equivalent to nlog n. Here Lower Bound means function f(n) grows asymptotically at ____________ as fast as nlog n.
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Analysis of Selection algorithm ends up with,
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Sieve Technique can be applied to selection problem?
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What is the solution to the recurrence T(n) = T(n/2)+n .
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In pseudo code, the level of details depends on intended audience of the algorithm.w
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The array to be sorted is not passed as argument to the merge sort algorithm.
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Sorting is one of the few problems where provable ________ bonds exits on how fast we can sort,
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Random access machine or RAM is a/an
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In Sieve Technique we do not know which item is of interest
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The sieve technique works in ___________ as follows
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We cannot make any significant improvement in the running time which is better than that of brute-force algorithm.
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Slow sorting algorithms run in,
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F (n) and g (n) are asymptotically equivalent. This means that they have essentially the same __________ for large n.
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How much time merge sort takes for an array of numbers?
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_______________ is a graphical representation of an algorithm
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Floor and ceiling are ____________ to calculate while analyzing algorithms.
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The ancient Roman politicians understood an important principle of good algorithm design that is plan-sweep algorithm.
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Which sorting algorithm is faster
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