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Monday, 26 November 2012

CS301 Data Structures Solved MCQs for Midterm




CS301 Data Structures Solved MCQs

For a perfect binary tree of height 4. What will be the sum of heights of nodes?
31
3027
26
For a perfect binary tree of height h, having N nodes, the sum of heights of nodes is _____________.
N – (h – 1)
N – (h + 1) 
N – 1
N – 1 + h

If we want to find median of 50 elements, then after applying buildHeap method, how many times deleteMin method will be called ?
5
25
35
50

Which of the following heap method increase the value of key at position ‘p’ by the amount ‘delta’?
increaseKey(p,delta)
decreaseKey(p,delta)
preculateDown(p,delta)
remove(p,delta)

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The main reason of using heap in priority queue is
improve performance 
code is readable
less code
heap can't be used in priority queues
The total number of nodes on 10th level of a perfect binary tree are :
256
512
1024
Can't be determined

Which property of equivalence relation is satisfied if we say: Ahmad R(is related to) Ahmad
Reflexivity
Symmetry 
Transitivity
All of the above

Which of the following heap method lowers the value of key at position ‘p’ by the amount ‘delta’?
increaseKey(p,delta) 
decreaseKey(p,delta)
preculateDown(p,delta)
remove(p,delta)

We can build a heap in _____ time.
Linear 
Exponential
Polynomial
None of the given options

 we can build a heap in linear time using n calls of percolate_down()

If a tree has 50 nodes, then the total edges/links in the tree will be :
55
51
50
49 N-1= 49 





CS301- Data Structure-Current-Solved-MCQs-2-1-2012


Consider a max heap, represented by the following array; 40,30,20,10,15,16,17,18,4 After inserting a nodes with value 35.Which of following is the updated max heap?

40,30,20,10,15,16,17,8,4,35
40,30,20,10,35,16,17,8,4,15
40,35,20,10,30,16,17,8,4,15
40,35,20,10,15,16,17,18,4,30



A Threaded Binary Tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a right child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a Link) ___________Successor.
Preorder
Inorder
Postorder
Leveloder



Which of the following is a property of binary tree?
A Binary tree with N internal nodes has 2+N links, N-1 links to internal nodes and N+1 links to external nodes
A Binary tree with N internal nodes has 2*N links, N-1 links to internal nodes and N+1 links to external nodes.
A Binary tree with N internal nodes has 2-N links, N-1 links to internal nodes and N+1 links to external nodes.
A Binary tree with N internal nodes has 2N links, N+1 links to internal nodes and N-1 links to external nodes
.


A Threaded Binary tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a right child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link)_____________ successor.
Preoder
Inorder
Postorder
Levelorder

If there are 56 internal nodes in a binary tree then how many external nodes this binary tree will have?
54
55
56
57



Which of the following statement is correct?
A threaded Binary tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a left child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link) to its INORDER successor.
A threaded Binary tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a right child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link) to its PREORDER successor.
A threaded Binary tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a left child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link) to its INORDER successor.
A threaded Binary tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a right child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link) to its POSTORDER predecessor.



It is necessary fro Huffman encoding tree to be,
AVL tree
Binary tree
Complete binary Tree
None of these



A binary tree with 45 internal nodes has _________ links to external nodes.
44
45
46
90

In which of the following tree, parent nodes has key greater than or equal to its both children?
Max heap
Binary search tree
Threaded Binary tree
Complete Binary tree

If one pointer of the nodes in a binary tree is NULL then it will be a/an
Inner node
Leaf node
External node
Root node

If there are N external nodes is a binary tree then what will be the no. of the internal nodes in this binary tree?
N-1
N
N+1
N+2



See the below code and fill the appropriate answer for? Void fastlnorder(TreeNod+p) {while((p+nextInorder(p)) !+ ? ) cout << p->getInfo();}
Dummy
rootNode
LTH
RTH



In threaded binary tree, the NULL pointer are replaced by the.
Preorder successor or Predecessor
Inorder successor or predecessor
Postorder successor or predecessor
NULL pointer are not replaced

In which of the following tree, parent nodes has a key greater than or equal to its both children?
Max heap
Binary search tree
Threaded Binary three
Complete Binary tree

In Complete binary tree the bottom level is filled from _______.
Left to right
Right to left
Not filled at all
None of the given options



If the bottom level of a binary tree is NOT completely filled, depicts that the tree is NOT a ________
Complete Binary tree
Threaded Binary Tree
Expression tree
Perfectly compete Binary tree

If an expression tree is correct then its root should have,
An operator
(
)
an operand



In threaded binary tree, the NULL pointers are replaced by the.
Preorder successor or predecessor
Inorder successor or predecessor
Postorder successor or predecessor
NULL pointer are not replaced

A complete binary tree is a tree that is ________ filled, with the possible exception of the bottom level.
Partially
Completely
Incompletely
Partly

If the bottom level of a binary tree is not completely filled, depicts that the tree is not a _________.
Expression tree
Threaded binary tree
Complete binary tree
Perfectly complete binary tree

An expression tree will always be a,
Complete binary tree
Binary search tree
Heap AVL tree

Which of the following is a property of binary tree?
A binary tree of N external nodes has N internal node
A Binary tree of N internal nodes has N+1 external node
A Binary tree of N external nodes has N+1 internal node
A Binary tree of N internal has N-1 external node

In a threaded binary tree which nodes have NULL child pointers,
All leaf nodes
Nodes other then leaf nodes
Root Node
None of the nodes
            
In threaded binary tree, the NULL pointers are replaced by the
preorder successor or predecessor
inorder successor or predecessor
postorder successor or predecessor
NULL pointers are not replaced


A complete binary tree is a tree that is _______ filled, with the possible exception of the bottom level.
partially
completely
incompletely
partly


Which one of the following is TRUE about iteration?
Iterative function calls consumes a lot of memory
Threaded Binary Trees use the concept of iteration
Iteration extensively uses stack memory
Recursion is more efficient than iteration


We implement the heap by ____________ .
Threaded Tree
AVL tree
Complete binary tree
Expression


Which of the following statement concerning heaps is NOT true?
Traversing a heap in order provides access to the data in numeric or alphabetical order.
Removing the item at the top provides immediate access to the key value with highest (or lowest) priority.
Inserting an item is always done at the end of the array, but requires maintaining the heap property.
A heap may be stored in an array.


Which of the following statement concerning heaps is NOT true?
A heap can be stored in a binary search tree.
A heap can be stored in an array.
A heap can be used to implement a priority queue.
A heap can be used to sort data.


A complete binary tree is a tree that is _________ filled, with the possible exception of the bottom level.
partially
completely
incompletely
partly



By using __________we avoid the recursive method of traversing a Tree, which makes use of stacks and consumes a lot of memory and time.
Binary tree only
Heap data structure
Huffman encoding

Which of the following statement is true about dummy node of threaded binary tree?
The left pointer of dummy node points to the itself while the right pointer points to the root of tree.
The left pointer of dummy node points to the root node of the tree while the right pointer points itself i.e. to dummy node.
The left pointer of dummy node points to the root node of the tree while the right pointer is always NULL.
The right pointer of dummy node points to the itself while the left pointer is always NULL.

Threaded binary tree
When a complete binary tree, represented by an array then for any array element at position i, the parent is at position ______ .
2i-1
2i
2i+1
floor(i/2) 

When a complete binary tree represented by an array then if right child is at position 5 then left child will be at position _____
2
3
4
6

A binary tree with N internal nodes has _____ links, _______ links to internal nodes and ________ links to external nodes.
2N, N-1, N+1
N-1, 2N, N+1
N+1, 2N, N-1
N+1, N-1, 2N

If a binary tree has N + 1 external nodes then,
It has N internal nodes
.
It has N-1 internal nodes.
It has N/2 internal nodes.
It has N+2 internal nodes.

A binary tree with 45 internal nodes has _______links to external nodes.
44
45
46
90

Consider a binary tree, represented by the following array: 10,7,9,5,2,1,6,3,4 This is a ________.
Min heap
Max heap (Not Sure)
Threaded binary tree
Binary Search tree
 Consider a binary tree, represented by the following array: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,I Is it a strictly binary tree ?  
Yes
No

In threaded binary tree the NULL pointers are replaced by the
preorder successor or predecessor
inorder successor or predecessor
inorder successor or predecessor
NULL pointers are not replaced

Consider a binary tree, represented by the following array: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L Is it a strictly binary tree?
Yes
No 

We implement the heap by ______________ .
Threaded Tree
AVL tree
Complete binary tree
Expression

If there are 56 internal nodes in a binary tree then how many external nodes this binary tree will have?
     
       ► 54
       ► 55
       ► 56
       ► 57



Which of the following statements is correct property of binary trees? 
   
       ► A binary tree with N internal nodes has N+1 internal links.
       ► A binary tree with N external nodes has 2N internal nodes.
       ► A binary tree with N internal nodes has N+1 external nodes. 
       ► None of above statement is a property of the binary tree. 

Which of the following is a property of binary tree?
       ► A binary tree of N external nodes has N internal node.
       ► A binary tree of N internal nodes has N+ 1 external node.
       ► A binary tree of N external nodes has N+ 1 internal node.
       ► A binary tree of N internal nodes has N- 1 external node
.


Which of the following statement is true about dummy node of threaded binary tree?
       ► The left pointer of dummy node points to the itself while the right pointer points to the root of tree.
       ► The left pointer of dummy node points to the root node of the tree while the right pointer points itself i.e. to dummy node
       ► The left pointer of dummy node points to the root node of the tree while the right pointer is always NULL.
       ► The right pointer of dummy node points to the itself while the left pointer is always NULL.

If the bottom level of a binary tree is NOT completely filled, depicts that the tree is NOT a   
       ► Expression tree
       ► Threaded binary tree
       ► complete Binary tree
       ► Perfectly complete Binary tree



 Which of the following statement is correct about find(x) operation: 
       ► A find(x) on element x is performed by returning exactly the same node that is found.
       ►  A find(x) on element x is performed by returning the root of the tree containing x.
       ►  A find(x) on element x is performed by returning the whole tree itself containing x.
       ► A find(x) on element x is performed by returning TRUE. 



If there are 23 external nodes in a binary tree then what will be the no. of internal nodes in this binary tree?
       ► 23
       ► 2
       ► 21
       ► 22

f there are N external nodes in a binary tree then what will be the no. of internal nodes in this binary tree?
       ► N -1
       ►
N+1
       ► N+2
       ► N



Which of the following statement is correct?
       ►
A Threaded Binary Tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a left child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link) to its INORDER
successor.
       ► A Threaded Binary Tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a right child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link) to its PREOREDR successor.
       ► A Threaded Binary Tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a right child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link) to its INORDER successor.

       ► A Threaded Binary Tree is a binary tree in which every node that does not have a right child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link) to its POSTORDER successor.
 

By using __________we avoid the recursive method of traversing a Tree, which makes use of stacks and consumes a lot of memory and time.
       ► Binary tree only
       ► Threaded binary tree
       ►
Heap data structure
       ► Huffman encoding


Consider a min heap, represented by the following array:

10,30,20,70,40,50,80,60
After inserting a node with value 31.Which of the following is the updated min heap?
       ► 10,30,20,31,40,50,80,60,70     
       ►
10,30,20,70,40,50,80,60,31
       ► 10,31,20,30,40,50,80,60,31
       ► 31,10,30,20,70,40,50,80,60

In complete binary tree the bottom level is filled from ________.
       ► Left to right
       ►
Right to left
       ► Not filled at all
       ► None of the given options



In case of deleting a node from AVL tree, rotation could be prolong to the root node.
       ► Yes
       ►
No


When an array of object is created dynamically then there is no way to provide parameterized constructors for array of objects.
True
Flase


Which of the following method is helpful in creating the heap at once?
Insert
add
update
preculateDown
 
 



 
 
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
CS301- Data Structures
 
Question No: 1      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A queue where the de-queue operation depends not on FIFO, is called a priority queue
 
False
True         (Page 101)
 
Question No: 2      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The data of the problem is of 2GB and the hard disk is of 1GB capacity, to solve this problem we should
 
 Use better data structures
Increase the hard disk space     (Page 5)
Use the better algorithm
 Use as much data as we can store on the hard disk
 
Question No: 3      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Consider the function X as under
int X (int& Value)
{
return Value;
}
Now a and b are integers in a calling function. Which one of the following is a valid call to the above function
X.
a = X (b) ;
► a = X (&b) ;
a = X (*b) ;
None of the given options
Here function argument passing by reference method is used, so when we call a function we will give the variable reference as parameter.
 
Question No: 4      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In the call by value methodology, a copy of the object is passed to the called function.
 
False
► True      (Page 202)
Question No: 5      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The tree data structure is a
      
Linear data structure
► Non-linear data structure       (Page 112)
Graphical data structure
Data structure like queue


 
Question No: 6      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
When should you use a const reference parameter?
Whenever the parameter has huge size.
► Whenever the parameter has huge size, the function changes the parameter within its body, and you do NOT want these changes to alter the actual argument.
Whenever the parameter has huge size, the function changes the parameter within its body, and you DO want these changes to alter the actual argument.
Whenever the parameter has huge size, and the function does not change the parameter within its body.
 
Declaring a parameter as a const simply means that the function can’t change the value of its parameters.
Question No: 7      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Here is the start of a C++ class declaration:
class foo
{
public:
void x(foo f);
void y(const foo f);
void z(foo f) const;
Which of the three member functions can alter the PRIVATE member variables of the foo object that activates the function?
Only x can alter the private member variables of the object that activates the function.
Only y can alter the private member variables of the object that activates the function.
Only z can alter the private member variables of the object that activates the function.
► Two of the functions can alter the private member variables of the object that activates the function.
 
Only the x and y can alter the private member variable of the foo class object. Last Option is more correct but not exact. In the last option the two function name are not mentioned
Question No: 8      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
What is the maximum depth of recursive calls a function may make?
 
1
2
n (where n is the argument)
► There is no fixed maximum
 
Question No: 9      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Suppose n is the number of nodes in a complete Binary Tree then maximum steps required for a search operation are,
► Log2 (n+1) -1           (Page 139)
Log2 (n+1)
Log2 (n) - 1
► Log2 (n)


 
Question No: 10      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In the linked list implementation of the stack class, where does the push member function places the new entry on the linked list?
At the head       (Page 53)
At the tail
After all other entries that are greater than the new entry.
After all other entries that are smaller than the new entry.
Question No: 11      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Suppose we have a circular array implementation of the queue class, with ten items in the queue stored at data[2] through data[11]. The CAPACITY is 42, i.e., the array has been declared to be of size 42. Where does the push member function place the new entry in the array?
 
data[1]
data[2]
data[11]
► data[12]
 
Question No: 12      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The expression AB+C* is called?
Prefix expression
► Postfix expression       (Page 70)
Infix expression
None of these
Question No: 13      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
_________ is a binary tree where every node has a value, every node's left subtree contains only values less
than or equal to the node's value, and every node's right subtree contains only values that are greater then or
equal?
Strictly Binary Tree
► Binary Search tree          Click here for detail
AVL tree
All of these
Question No: 14      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Consider the following binary search tree (BST):


 
If node A in the BST is deleted, which two nodes are the candidates to take its place?
 
J and I
H and E
D and E
► L and M
Question No: 15      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Let’s call the node as that requires re-balancing. Consider the two cases given below:
1) An insertion into left sub tree of the left child of a
2) An insertion into right sub tree of the right child of a.
Which of the following statement is correct about these two cases?
1) The insertion occurs outside (i.e., left-left or right-right) in cases 1 and 2 single rotation can fix the balance in these two cases.
2) The insertion occurs inside ((i.e., left-left or right-right) in cases 1 and 2. single rotation cannot fix the balance in these two cases
 
Question No: 16      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
We access elements in AVL Tree in,
Linear way only
► Non Linear way only
Both linear and non linear ways
None of the given options.
 
Question No: 17      ( Marks: 2 )
AVL Tree is,
► Non Linear data structure           Click here for detail
Linear data structure
Hybrid data structure (Mixture of Linear and Non Linear) None of the given options.


 
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
Question No: 1      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of the following statement is NOT correct .
 
  In linked list the elements are necessarily to be contiguous           Click here for detail
  In linked list the elements may locate at far positions in the memory In linked list each element also has the    next to it
In an array the elements are contiguous
 
Question No: 2      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Each operator in a postfix expression refers to the previous ________ operand(s).
One
► Two   (Page 67)
Three
Four
Question No: 3      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of the following calling methods does not change the original value of the argument in the calling function?
None of the given options


► Call by passing the value of the argument
Call by passing reference of the argument
Call by passing the address of the argument
Question No: 4      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A tree is an AVL tree if
Any one node fulfills the AVL condition



At least half of the nodes fulfill the AVL condition
► All the nodes fulfill the AVL condition      (Page 213)
► None of the given options
Question No: 5      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Suppose currentNode refers to a node in a linked list (using the Node class with member variables called data and nextNode). What statement changes currentNode so that it refers to the next node?
currentNode ++;
currentNode = nextNode;
currentNode += nextNode;
► currentNode = currentNode->nextNode;


 
Question No: 6      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A queue where the de-queue operation depends not on FIFO, is called a priority queue
False
► True      (Page 101)
Question No: 7      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one is a self- referential data type?
Stack
Queue
► Link list
► All of these           Click here for detail
Question No: 8      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Each node in doubly link list has,
1 pointer
► 2 pointers       (Page 39)
3 pointers
4 pointers
Question No: 9      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
I have implemented the queue with a linked list, keeping track of a front pointer and a rear pointer. Which of these pointers will change during an insertion into an EMPTY queue?
Neither changes
Only front pointer changes.
► Only rear pointer changes.
Both change.
Question No: 10      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Consider the following tree.
How many of the nodes have at least one sibling?


 
8
7
► 5
► 6
A sibling is an element that shares the same parent with another element
Question No: 11      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The nodes with no successor are called _________
Root Nodes
► Leaf Nodes
Both of these
None of these
Question No: 12      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
AVL Tree is,
► Non Linear data structure        Click here for detail
Linear data structure
Hybrid data structure (Mixture of Linear and Non Linear) None of the given options.
Question No: 13      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
We access elements in AVL Tree in,
Linear way only
► Non Linear way only
Both linear and non linear ways
None of the given options.
Question No: 14      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A binary search tree should have minimum of one ________ node/s at each level,
► One
► Two                     Click here for detail
Three
Four
Question No: 15      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Consider the following statements.
 
(i)   A binary tree can contain at least 2L Nodes at level L.
(ii)  A complete binary tree of depth d is a binary tree that contains 2L Nodes at each level L between 0 and d,
      
both inclusive.
(iii) The total number of nodes (Tn ) in a complete binary tree of depth d is 2 d+1 - 1 .
(iv) The height of the complete binary tree can be written as h = log 2 (Tn+1)-1 where Tn is Total number of
       Nodes.


 
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements regarding the Binary trees?
(i) and (iii) only
(i), (ii) and (iii) only
(ii) and (iii) only
(ii), (iii) and (iv) only        Click here for detail
Question No: 16      ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
“+” is a _________operator.
Unary
► Binary        (Page 64)
Ternary
None of the above
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
Question No: 1    ( M a r k s: 1 )
A subscript of an array may be an integer or an integer expression.
► True         Click here for detail
► False
Question No: 2    ( M a r k s: 1 )
Doubly Linked List always has one NULL pointer.
► True
► False      (Page 43)
Question No: 3    ( M a r k s: 1 )
In which of the traversal method, the recursive calls can be used to traverse a binary tree   ?
  In preorder traversal only        (Page 143)
  In inorder traversal only
  In postorder traversal only
  All of the given options
Question No: 4    ( M a r k s: 1 )
A tree is an AVL tree if
► Any one node fulfills the AVL condition
► At least half of the nodes fulfill the AVL condition
► All the nodes fulfill the AVL condition        (Page 213)
► None of the given options


 
Question No: 5    ( M a r k s: 1 )
Suppose currentNode refers to a node in a linked list (using the Node class with member variables called data and nextNode). What boolean expression will be true when cursor refers to the tail node of the list?
► (currentNode == null)
► (currentNode->nextNode == null)
► (nextNode.data == null)
► (currentNode.data == 0.0)
Question No: 6    ( M a r k s: 1 )     - Please choose one
Suppose that the class declaration of SomeClass includes the following function prototype. bool LessThan( SomeClass anotherObject );
Which of the following tests in the client code correctly compares two class objects alpha and beta?
► if (alpha < beta)
► if (alpha.LessThan(beta))          Click here for detail
► if (LessThan(alpha, beta))
► if (LessThan(alpha).beta)
Question No: 7    ( M a r k s: 1 )
In C what is the operation that you can not do with primitive types? ► Assign a value to primitive type using a literal
► Declare primitive types to be constant using the Const keyword
► Create a new instance of primitive type with New keyword           Click here for Detail
► None of these
Question No: 8    ( M a r k s: 1 )
The operation for adding an entry to a stack is traditionally called : ► add
► append
► insert
► push        (Page 53)
Question No: 9    ( M a r k s: 1 )
The operation for removing an entry from a stack is traditionally called: ► delete
► peek
► pop      (Page 53)
► remove
Question No: 10    ( M a r k s: 1 )
Consider the following sequence of push operations in a stack:
stack.push(’7’);
stack.push(’8’);
stack.push(’9’);
stack.push(’10’);
stack.push(’11’);
stack.push(’12’);


 
► 7 8 9 10 11 12
► 9 8 11 10 7 12
► 9 10 8 11 12 7
► 9 10 8 12 7 11
Question No: 11    ( M a r k s: 1 )
________ is the maximum number of nodes that you can have on a stack-linked list ? ► Zero
► 2n (where n is the number of nodes in linked list)
► Any Number              Click here for detail
► None of these
Question No: 12    ( M a r k s: 1 )
Which of the following can be used to reverse a string value,
► Stack           Click here for detail
► Queue
► Both of these
► None of these
Question No: 14    ( M a r k s: 1 )
AVL Tree is,
► Non Linear data structure          Click here for detail
► Linear data structure
► Hybrid data structure (Mixture of Linear and Non Linear) ► None of the given options.
Question No: 15    ( M a r k s: 1 )
The following are statements related to queues.
(i)      The last item to be added to a queue is the first item to be removed (ii)  A queue is a structure in which both ends are not used
(iii) The last element hasn’t to wait until all elements preceding it on the queue are removed (iv)A queue is said to be a last-in-first-out list or LIFO data structure.
Which of the above is/are related to normal queues?
► (iii) and (ii) only
► (i), (ii) and (iv) only
► (ii) and (iv) only
► None of the given options           Click here for detail
Question No: 16    ( M a r k s: 1 )
An array is a group of consecutive related memory locations.
► True           Click here for detail
► False


 
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In an array we can store data elements of different types.
True
► False         (Page 7)
Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In an array list the current element is
► The first element         Click here for detail
The middle element
The last element
The element where the current pointer points to
Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of the following calling methods does not change the original value of the argument in the calling function? None of the given options
► Call by passing the value of the argument     Click here for detail
Call by passing reference of the argument
Call by passing the address of the argument
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
► Array size can be changed after its creation.         Click here for detail
Link List size can be changed after its creation
Binary Search Tree size can be changed after its creation AVL Tree size can be changed after its creation
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Suppose that the class declaration of SomeClass includes the following function prototype. bool LessThan( SomeClass anotherObject );
Which of the following tests in the client code correctly compares two class objects alpha and beta?
if (alpha < beta)
► if (alpha.LessThan(beta))     Click here for detail
if (LessThan(alpha, beta))
if (LessThan(alpha).beta)
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A queue is a----- data structure, whereas a stack is a -----data structure.
► FIFO, LIFO      (Page 161,54)
LIFO,FIFO
none of these
both of these


 
Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of the following operators has higher priority than all of others?
► Multiplication operator      Click here for detail
Minus operator
Plus operator
Exponentiation operator
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Each node in Binary Search Tree has
1 pointer
► 2 pointers        Click here for detail
3 pointers
4 pointers
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Four statements about trees are below. Three of them are correct. Which one is INCORRECT?
Trees are recursively defined multi-dimensional data structures tree
The order of a tree indicates a maximum number of children allowed at each node of the A search tree is a special type of tree where all values (i.e. keys) are ordered
► If Tree1's size is greater than Tree2's size, then the height of Tree1 must also be greater than Tree2's height.
Click here for detail
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is "TRUE" about arrays,
We can increase the size of arrays after their creation.
We can decrease the size of arrays after their creation.
We can increase but can't decrease the size of arrays after their creation.
► We can neither increase nor decrease the array size after their creation.      Click here for detail
Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Searching an element in an AVL tree take maximum in AVL tree,
Log2(n+1)
time (where n is no. of nodes
Log2(n+1) -1
► 1.44 Log2n    (Page 227)
1.66 Log2n
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
There is/are case/s for rotation in an AVL tree,
1
3
2
► 4         (Page 229)


 
Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Consider the following statements.
(i) A binary tree can contain at least 2L Nodes at level L.
(ii) A complete binary tree of depth d is a binary tree that contains 2L Nodes at each level L between 0 and d, both inclusive.
(iii) The total number of nodes (Tn ) in a complete binary tree of depth d is 2 d+1 - 1 .
(iv) The height of the complete binary tree can be written as h = log 2 (Tn+1)-1 where Tn is Total number of Nodes.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements regarding the Binary trees?
(i) and (iii) only
(i), (ii) and (iii) only
(ii) and (iii) only
► (ii), (iii) and (iv) only        Click here for detail
Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Consider the following infix expression.
5 + 6/2
If one converts the above expression into postfix, what would be the resultant expression?
56/ + 2
► 5 6 2 / +      (Page 66)
5 6 / 2 +
/62 + 5
Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is a non linear data structure?
Linked List
Stack
Queue
► Tree          (Page 112)
Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
“+” is a
operator.
Unary
► Binary   (Page 64)
Ternary
None of the above
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
1. Addition of new items in stack make the pointer ------------ by 2


 
a. Increment, bits
b. Increment, bytes
c. Decrement, bits
d. Decrement, bytes          Click here for detail
2. Next item in a linked list is known as
a. Index
b. Item
c. Node       Click here for detail
d. Child
3. What will be the postfix notation of 5+6/2.
a. 56+/2
b. 562+/
c. 562/+       (Page 66)
d. 5+62/
4. In an AVL tree to delete a parent with two childs in a straight line following rotations will be required:-
a. Single
b. Double
c. Triple
d. None.
5. To check the depth of an AVL tree following time will be taken:-
a. 1.66 Log2n
b. 1.44 Log2n     (Page 227)
c. Log2 (n+1)-1
d.       1.66 Log2n (n+1)
6. BST is a Structure:-
a. Linear
b. Non Linear        
c. Circular
d. None of Above
7. After creation of an array:-
a. Size can be increase but can not be decreased.
b. Size can be decreased but can not be increased.
c. Size can neither be increased nor be decreased.  Click here for detail
d. Size can be increased and can also be decreased.
 
8. Each node in a BST has Pointers:-
a. 1
b. 2          
c. 3
d. 4
9. Highest Operators Precedence is of the following operator:-


 
a. Plus
b. Minus
c. Multiply          Click here for detail
d. Exponentiation
 
10. Following are the linear data structures:-
a. Stacks
b. Queues
c. Both a & b   (Page 52, 87)
d. None of the above
11. Each entry which points to a null value in a Singly Linked List is known as:-
a. Node
b. First Node
c. Last Node
d. Head Node
12. Non recursive calls are faster than the Recursive calls.
a. True       (Page 323)
b. False
13. Tree data structure is a
a. Linear
b. Non Linear       (Page 112)      rep
c. Circular
d. None of Above
14. What will be the valid postfix notation of A+B*C-D
a. ABC+*D-
b. ABC*+D-    (According to rule)
c. ABCD+-*
d. AB+D*C
15. When an operator is used in between two operands this is which type of notation
a. Prefix
b. Postfix
c. Infix     (Page 64)
d. None of the Above


 
 
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2009
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which one of the following is a valid postfix expression?
► ab+c*d-
► abc*+d-   (According to rule)
► abc+*d-
► (abc*)+d-
Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The tree data structure is a
► Linear data structure
► Non-linear data structure   (Page 112)
► Graphical data structure
► Data structure like queue
Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
A Compound Data Structure is the data structure which can have multiple data items of same type or of different types.Which of the following can be considered compound data structure?
► Arrays            Click here for detail
► LinkLists
► Binary Search Trees
► All of the given options
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Suppose a pointer has been declared in main but has not assigned any variable address then ►That pointer points to First byte in main function
►That pointer contains a NULL value
►None of these
►That pointer points to any memory address
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Here is the start of a C++ class declaration:
class foo
{
public:
void x(foo f);
void y(const foo f);
void z(foo f) const;
Which of the three member functions can alter the PRIVATE member variables of the foo object that activates the function?
►Only x can alter the private member variables of the object that activates the function.
►Only y can alter the private member variables of the object that activates the function.
►Only z can alter the private member variables of the object that activates the function.


 
 
►Two of the functions can alter the private member variables of the object that activates the function.
Only the x and y can alter the private member variable of the foo class object. Last Option is more correct but not exact. In the last option the two function name are not mentioned
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The operation for removing an entry from a stack is traditionally called: ► delete
► peek
► pop     (Page 53)
► remove
Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which statement of the following statements is incorrect? ► Lists can be implemented by using arrays or linked lists ► A list is a sequence of one or more data items
► Stack is a special kind of list in which all insertions and deletions take place at one end
► Stacks are easier to implement than lists
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Parameters in function call are passed using,
► Stack    (Page 80)
► Queue
► Binary Search Tree
► AVL Tree
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Consider the following sequence of push operations in a stack: stack.push(’7’);
stack.push(’8’);
stack.push(’9’);
stack.push(’10’);
stack.push(’11’);
stack.push(’12’);
►7 8 9 10 11 12
►9 8 11 10 7 12
►9 10 8 11 12 7
►9 10 8 12 7 11
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
What is the maximum depth of recursive calls a function may make?
► 1
► 2
► n (where n is the argument)
► There is no fixed maximum


 
Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Consider the following function:
void test_a(int n)
{
cout << n << " ";
if (n>0)
test_a(n-2);
}
What is printed by the call test_a(4)?
► 4 2 0
► 0 2 4
► 0 2
► 2 4
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Queue follows,
► Last in First out
► First in Last out
► First in First out      (Page 87)
► None of these
Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
is a binary tree where every node has a value, every node's left subtree contains only values less than or equal to the node's value, and every node's right subtree contains only values that are greater then or equal ?
►Strictly Binary Tree
►Binary Search tree        Click here for detail
►AVL tree
►All of these
Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Four statements about trees are below. Three of them are correct. Which one is INCORRECT?
►Trees are recursively defined multi-dimensional data structures    Click here for detail
►The order of a tree indicates a maximum number of childen allowed at each node of the tree ►A search tree is a special type of tree where all values (i.e. keys) are ordered
►If
Tree1's size is greater than Tree2's size, then the height of Tree1 must also be greater than
Tree2's height.
Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Below is a binary search tree. If we delete the value 50 using the algorithm we discussed, what value will be in the root of the remaining tree?
► 50
► 60
► 70
80


 
Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Is a data structure that can grow easily dynamically at run time without having to copy existing elements? ► Array
► List
► Both of these
► None of these
 
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2009
Question No: 1    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
Which one of the following statement is NOT correct .
  In linked list the elements are necessarily to be contiguous           Click here for detail
  In linked list the elements may locate at far positions in the memory
► In linked list each element also has the address of the element next to it ► In an array the elements are contiguous
Question No: 2    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
In a program a reference variable, say x, can be declared as
  int &x ;              
  int *x ;
  int x ;
► None of the given options
Question No: 3    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
Linked lists are collections of data items "lined up in a row" , insertions and deletions can be made only
at the front and the back of a linked list.
► True
► False         
Question No: 4    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
A Linear Data Structure is the data structure in which data elements are arranged in a sequence or a linear list. Which of the following is Non Linear Data Structure?
► Arrays
► LinkLists
► Binary Search Trees       
► None of these
 
Question No: 5    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
A queue where the de-queue operation depends not on FIFO, is called a priority queue
►False
True   (Page 101)


 
 
Question No: 6    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
Which one of the following statements is correct?
Array size is fixed once it is created     Click here for detail
►Link List size is fixed once it is created.
►Binary Search Tree size isfixed once it is created
►AVL Tree size is fixed once it is created
Question No: 7    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
Which one of the following is correct about pointers? ►They always point todifferent memory locations ►They may point to a singlememory location
►The address of two pointer variables is same
►None of these
Question No: 8    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
Which of the following abstract data types are NOT used by Integer Abstract Data type group? ►short
►Int
►float Click here for detail
►long
Question No: 9    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
The operation for adding an entry to a stack is traditionally called : ►add
►append
►insert
►push       (Page 53)
Question No: 10    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
The operation for removing an entry from a stack is traditionally called:
►delete
►peek
►pop        (Page 53)
►remove
Question No: 11    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
We can add elements in QUEUE From _________
►Front
►Rear    (Page 91)
►From Both Rare and Front
►None of these


 
Question No: 12    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
The difference between a binary tree and a binary search tree is that ,a binary search tree has
►two children per node whereas a binary tree can have none, one, or two children per node  Click here for
 ►in binary search tree nodes are inserted based on the values they contain ►in binary tree nodes are inserted based on the values they contain
►none of these
Question No: 13    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
Suppose n is the number of nodes in a complete Binary Tree then maximum steps required for a search operation are,
Log2 (n+1) -1   (Page 139)
►Log2 (n+1)
►Log2 (n) - 1
►Log2 (n)
Question No: 14    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
The following is a segment of a C program.
int  pqr(BinaryNode t)
{ if (t == null )
return -1;
else
return 1+max(pqr(t.left),pqr(t.right))   }
Identify, what the above program intend(s) to do?
►Compute the height of a binary tree using an in-order traversal
►Compute the height of a binary tree using a pre-order traversal
►Compute the depth of a binary tree using a pre-order traversal
►Compute the depth of a binary tree using a post-order traversal
Question No: 15    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
Consider the following infix expression:
3 + 5 * 6 - 7 * (8 + 5)
Which of the following is a correct equivalent expression(s) for the above? ► 3   6 5 + * 7   5   8   +   - *
► 3   6 5 7   5   8 + *   +   - *
► 3    5   6 + * 7   8   5   +   - *
► 3    5   6   *   +   7   8   5   +   *    -
Question No: 16    ( Marks: 1 )     - Please choose one
An array is a group of consecutive related memory locations.
► True            Click here for detail
► False
Question No: 17    ( Marks: 1 )


 

 

Is this a correct statement? Give answer in Yes or No.

A node cannot be deleted, when the node to be deleted has both left and right subtrees.

False ----      No, it can be deleted.

Question No: 18    ( Marks: 1 )

Deleting a leaf node in binary search tree involves setting ______ pointer/s of that node’s parent as null.

1

2
3
4

 
 

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