CS502-Midterm
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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 sorting algorithm is faster
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In selection algorithm, because we eliminate a constant fraction of the array with each phase, we get the
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If we associate (x, y) integers pair to cars where x is the speed of the car and y is the negation of the price. High y value for a car means a ________ car.
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Brute-force algorithm uses no intelligence in pruning out decisions.
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Floor and ceiling are ____________ to calculate while analyzing algorithms.
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In addition to passing in the array itself to Merge Sort algorithm, we will pass in _________other arguments which are indices.
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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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Quick sort is best from the perspective of Locality of reference.
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An algorithm is a mathematical entity that is dependent on a specific programming language.
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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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In analysis of f (n) =n (n/5) +n-10 log n, f (n) is asymptotically equivalent to ________.
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The running time of quick sort depends heavily on the selection of
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The sieve technique is a special case, where the number of sub problems is just
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Sorting can be in _________
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One example of in place but not stable algorithm is
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In simple brute-force algorithm, we give no thought to efficiency.
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A point p in 2-dimensional space is usually given by its integer coordinate(s)____________
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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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If there are Θ (n2) entries in edit distance matrix then the total running time is
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Efficient algorithm requires less computational…….
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In Heap Sort algorithm, we build _______ for ascending sort.
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The definition of Theta-notation relies on proving ___________asymptotic bound.
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A heap is a left-complete binary tree that conforms to the ___________
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Random access machine or RAM is a/an
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Before sweeping a vertical line in plane sweep approach, in start sorting of the points is done in increasing order of their _______coordinates.
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In Quick Sort Constants hidden in T(n log n) are
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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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For Chain Matrix Multiplication we can not use divide and conquer approach because,
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After sorting in merge sort algorithm, merging process is invoked.
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In Heap Sort algorithm, the maximum levels an element can move upward is _________
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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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The ancient Roman politicians understood an important principle of good algorithm design that is plan-sweep algorithm.
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In Heap Sort algorithm, the total running time for Heapify procedure is ____________
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Divide-and-conquer as breaking the problem into a small number of
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What type of instructions Random Access Machine (RAM) can execute? Choose best answer
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Is it possible to sort without making comparisons?
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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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In which order we can sort?
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In Sieve Technique we do not know which item is of interest
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An in place sorting algorithm is one that uses ___ arrays for storage
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What is the total time to heapify?
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If the indices passed to merge sort algorithm are ________,then this means that there is only one element to sort.
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In ____________ we have to find rank of an element from given input.
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In plane sweep approach, a vertical line is swept across the 2d-plane and _______structure is used for holding the maximal points lying to the left of the sweep line.
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For the Sieve Technique we take time
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How much time merge sort takes for an array of numbers?
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In analysis, the Lower Bound means the function grows asymptotically at least as fast as its largest term.
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