FINALTERM EXAMINATION

Fall 2009
CS301- Data Structures

Question No: 1 ( 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
► Use the better algorithm

► Use as much data as we can store on the hard disk

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In an array list the current element is

► The first element

► 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 is a valid postfix expression?

► ab+c*d-
► abc*+d-
► abc+*d-
► (abc*)+d-

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In sequential access data structure, accessing any element in the data structure takes
different amount of time. Tell which one of the following is sequential access data
structure, Linked list

► Arrays

► Lists

► Both of these

► None of these

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

I have implemented the queue with a circular array. If data is a circular array of
CAPACITY elements, and last is an index into that array, what is the formula for the
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► (last % 1) + CAPACITY
► last % (1 + CAPACITY)
► (last + 1) % CAPACITY
► last + (1 % CAPACITY)

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following is TRUE about recursion?

► Recursion extensively uses stack memory.

► Threaded Binary Trees use the concept of recursion.

► Recursive function calls consume a lot of memory.

► Iteration is more efficient than iteration.

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Compiler uses which one of the following to evaluate a mathematical equation,

►Binary Tree

►Binary Search Tree

►Parse Tree

►AVL Tree

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following is TRUE about iteration? http://vustudents.ning.com

►Iteration extensively uses stack memory.

►Threaded Binary Trees use the concept of iteration.

►Iterative function calls consumes a lot of memory.

►Recursion is more efficient than iteration.

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If a max heap is implemented using a partially filled array called data, and the array
contains n elements (n > 0), where is the entry with the greatest value? Data[0]

►data[1]
►data[n-1]
►data[n]
►data[2*n+1]

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

► 54
► 55
► 56
► 57

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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)

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If we have 1000 sets each containing a single different person. Which
of the following relation will be true on each set:
► Reflexive
► Symmetric
► Transitive
► Associative

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following is not an example of equivalence relation:

► Electrical connectivity
► Set of people
► <= relation
► Set of pixels

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A binary tree of N nodes has _______.
 ► Log10 N levels
► Log2 N levels
► N / 2 levels
► N x 2 levels

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Please choose one

Binary Search is an algorithm of searching, used with the ______ data.

► Sorted

► Unsorted

► Heterogeneous

► Random

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Consider te following array
23 15 5 12 40 10 7
After the first pass of a particular algorithm, the array looks like
1. 5 12 23 10 7 40
Name the algorithm used

► Heap sort
► Selection sort
► Insertion sort
► Bubble sort

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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.

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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.

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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.

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In a selection sort of n elements, how many times the swap function is called to complete
the execution of the algorithm?

► n-1
► n log n
► n2
► 1

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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.

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statement is NOT correct about find operation:

► It is not a requirement that a find operation returns any

specific name, just that finds on two elements return the same answer
if and only if they are in the same set.
 ► One idea might be to use a tree to represent each set, since
each element in a tree has the same root, thus the root can be used to
name the set.

► Initially each set contains one element.

► Initially each set contains one element and it does not
make sense to make a tree of one node only.

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Consider the following postfix expression S and the initial values of the variables.

S=AB-C+DEF-+^
Assume that A=3, B=2, C=1, D=1, E=2, F=3

What would be the final output of the stack?

►1
►2
►0
► -1

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The maximum number of external nodes (leaves) for a binary tree of height H is
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► 2H
► 2H +1
► 2H -1
► 2H +2

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In threaded binary tree the NULL pointers are replaced by ,

► preorder successor or predecessor

► inorder successor or predecessor
► postorder successor or predecessor
► NULL pointers are not replaced

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In a min heap , preculateDown procedure will move smaller value______ and bigger
value______.
► left,right
► right,left
► up,down
► down,up

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statement is correct about union:
► To perform Union of two sets, we merge the two trees by
making the root of one tree point to the root of the other.
► To perform Union of two sets, we merge the two trees by
making the leaf node of one tree point to the root of the other.
► To perform Union of two sets, merging operation of trees in not
required at all.
► None of the given options.

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose A is an array containing numbers in increasing order, but some numbers occur
more than once when using a binary search for a value, the binary search always finds
____________

► the first occurrence of a value.

► the second occurrence of a value.
► may find first or second occurrence of a value.
► None of the given options.

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Let heap stored in an array as H = [50, 40, 37, 32, 28, 22, 36, 13]. In
other words, the root of the heap contains the maximum element.
What is the result of deleting 40 from this heap
► [50,32, 37,13, 28, 22, 36]
► [37, 28, 32, 22, 36, 13]
► [37, 36, 32, 28, 13, 22]
► [37, 32, 36, 13, 28, 22]
 FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2009
CS301- Data Structures
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

__________ only removes items in reverse order as they were entered.

► Stack

► Queue

► Both of these

► None of these

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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Here is a small function definition:

void f(int i, int &k)

{
i = 1;
k = 2;
}
Suppose that a main program has two integer variables x and y, which are given the value
0. Then the main program calls f(x,y); What are the values of x and y after the function f
finishes?

► Both x and y are still 0.

► x is now 1, but y is still 0.

► x is still 0, but y is now 2.

► x is now 1, and y is now 2.

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Select the one FALSE statement about binary trees:

► Every binary tree has at least one node.

► Every non-empty tree has exactly one root node.

► Every node has at most two children.

► Every non-root node has exactly one parent.

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Every AVL is _________________

► Binary Tree

► Complete Binary Tree

► None of these

► Binary Search Tree

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Searching an element in an AVL tree take maximum _______ time (where n is no. of
nodes in AVL tree),

► Log2(n+1)

► Log2(n+1) -1

► 1.44 Log2n

► 1.66 Log2n
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose that we have implemented a priority queue by storing the items in a heap. We
are now executing a reheapification downward and the out-of-place node has priority of
42. The node’s parent has a priority of 72, the left child has priority 52 and the node’s
right child has priority 62. Which statement best describes the status of the
reheapification.

► The reheapification is done.

► The next step will interchange the two children of the out-of-place node.

► The next step will swap the out-of-place node with its parent.

► The next step will swap the out-of-place node with its left child.

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose you implement a heap (with the largest element on top) in an array. Consider the
different arrays below, determine the one that cannot possibly be a heap:

►7654321

►7362145

►7643521

►7364251

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

► 23
 ► 24

► 21

► 22

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If 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

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following is NOT the property of equivalence relation:

► Reflexive

► Symmetric

► Transitive

► Associative

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The definition of Transitivity property is

► For all element x member of S, x R x

► For all elements x and y, x R y if and only if y R x

 ► For all elements x, y and z, if x R y and y R z then x R z

► For all elements w, x, y and z, if x R y and w R z then x R z

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Union is a _______ time operation.

► Constant

► Polynomial

► Exponential

► None of the given options

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is NOT a correct statement about Table ADT.

► In a table, the type of information in columns may be different.

► A table consists of several columns, known as entities.

► The row of a table is called a record.

► A major use of table is in databases where we build and use tables for keeping
information.

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In the worst case of deletion in AVL tree requires _________.

► Only one rotation

► Rotation at each non-leaf node

► Rotation at each leaf node

 ► Rotations equal to log2 N

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Binary Search is an algorithm of searching, used with the ______ data.

► Sorted

► Unsorted

► Heterogeneous

► Random

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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.
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Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statement is NOT true about threaded binary tree?

► Right thread of the right-most node points to the dummy node.

► Left thread of the left-most node points to the dummy node.

► The left pointer of dummy node points to the root node of the tree.

► Left thread of the right-most node points to the dummy node.

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Consider a min heap, represented by the following array:

11,22,33,44,55
After inserting a node with value 66.Which of the following is the updated min heap?

► 11,22,33,44,55,66

► 11,22,33,44,66,55

► 11,22,33,66,44,55

► 11,22,66,33,44,55
Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Consider a min heap, represented by the following array:

3,4,6,7,5
After calling the function deleteMin().Which of the following is the updated min heap?

► 4,6,7,5

► 6,7,5,4

► 4,5,6,7

► 4,6,5,7

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

We can build a heap in ________ time.

► Linear

► Exponential

► Polynomial

► None of the given options

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose we are sorting an array of eight integers using quick sort, and we have just
finished the first partitioning with the array looking like this:

2 5 1 7 9 12 11 10
Which statement is correct?

► The pivot could be either the 7 or the 9.

 ► The pivot could be the 7, but it is not the 9.

► The pivot is not the 7, but it could be the 9.

► Neither the 7 nor the 9 is the pivot.

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which formula is the best approximation for the depth of a heap with n nodes?

► log (base 2) of n

► The number of digits in n (base 10), e.g., 145 has three digits

► The square root of n

►n

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose you implement a Min heap (with the smallest element on top) in an array.
Consider the different arrays below; determine the one that cannot possibly be a heap:

► 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30

► 16, 20, 18, 24, 22, 30, 28

► 16, 24, 18, 28, 30, 20, 22

► 16, 24, 20, 30, 28, 18, 22

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

While joining nodes in the building of Huffman encoding tree if there are more nodes
with same frequency, we choose the nodes _______.

► Randomly
 ► That occur first in the text message

► That are lexically smaller among others.

► That are lexically greater among others

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Consider the following paragraph with blanks.

A …….…….. is a linear list where …………… and ………… take place at the
same end . This end is called the …….……….

What would be the correct filling the above blank positions?

► (i) queue (ii) insertion (iii) removals (iv) top

► (i) stack (ii) insertion (iii) removals (iv) bottom

► (i) stack (ii) insertion (iii) removals (iv) top

► (i) tree (ii) insertion (iii) removals (iv) top

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A binary tree with 33 internal nodes has _______ links to internal nodes.

► 31

► 32

► 33

► 66

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which traversal gives a decreasing order of elements in a heap where the max element is
stored at the top?

► post-order

► level-order

► inorder

► None of the given options

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

What requirement is placed on an array, so that binary search may be used to locate an
entry?

► The array elements must form a heap.

► The array must have at least 2 entries.

► The array must be sorted.

► The array’s size must be a power of two.

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is a non linear data structure?

► Linked List

► Stack

► Queue

► Tree
 FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2009
CS301- Data Structures
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The arguments passed to a function should match in number, type and

order with the parameters in the function definition.

► True

► False

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If numbers 5, 222, 4, 48 are inserted in a queue, which one will be removed first?

► 48

►4

► 222

►5

Question No: 3 ( 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: 4 ( 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

► LinkLists

► Binary Search Trees

► All of the given options

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Here is a small function definition:

void f(int i, int &k)

{
i = 1;
k = 2;
}
Suppose that a main program has two integer variables x and y, which
are given the value 0. Then the main program calls f(x,y); What are
the values of x and y after the function f finishes?

► Both x and y are still 0.

► x is now 1, but y is still 0.

► x is still 0, but y is now 2.

► x is now 1, and y is now 2.

Question No: 6 ( 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

► 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: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Compiler uses which one of the following to evaluate a

mathematical equation,

► Binary Tree

► Binary Search Tree

► Parse Tree

► AVL Tree

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

► 54

► 55
 ► 56

► 57

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

► 23

► 24

► 21

► 22

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following method is helpful in creating the heap at once?

► insert

► add

► update

► preculateDown

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The definition of Transitivity property is

► For all element x member of S, x R x

► For all elements x and y, x R y if and only if y R x

 ► For all elements x, y and z, if x R y and y R z then x R z

► For all elements w, x, y and z, if x R y and w R z then x R z

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A binary tree of N nodes has _______.

► Log10 N levels

► Log2 N levels

► N / 2 levels

► N x 2 levels

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one 

If there are N elements in an array then the number of maximum steps needed to find an
element using Binary Search is _______ .

►N

► N2

► Nlog2N

► log2N

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Consider te following array

23 15 5 12 40 10 7
After the first pass of a particular algorithm, the array looks like
15 5 12 23 10 7 40
Name the algorithm used
 ► Heap sort

► Selection sort

► Insertion sort

► Bubble sort

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If both pointers of the node in a binary tree are NULL then it will be
a/an _______ .

► Inner node

► Leaf node

► Root node

► None of the given options

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A complete binary tree of height 3 has between ________ nodes.

 ► 8 to 14

► 8 to 15

► 8 to 16

► 8 to 17

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Consider a min heap, represented by the following array:

3,4,6,7,5,10
After inserting a node with value 1.Which of the following is the
updated min heap?

► 3,4,6,7,5,10,1

► 3,4,6,7,5,1,10

► 3,4,1,5,7,10,6

► 1,4,3,5,7,10,6

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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
Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following algorithms is most widely used due to its
good average time,

► Bubble Sort

► Insertion Sort

► Quick Sort

► Merge Sort

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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.

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statement is NOT correct about find operation:

► It is not a requirement that a find operation returns any

specific name, just that finds on two elements return the same answer
if and only if they are in the same set.

► One idea might be to use a tree to represent each set, since

each element in a tree has the same root, thus the root can be used to
name the set.
 ► Initially each set contains one element.

► Initially each set contains one element and it does not

make sense to make a tree of one node only.

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The maximum number of external nodes (leaves) for a binary tree of

height H is _________

► 2H

► 2H +1

► 2H -1

► 2H +2
Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

We are given N items to build a heap , this can be done with _____
successive inserts.

► N-1

►N

► N+1

► N^2

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose we had a hash table whose hash function is “n % 12”, if the

number 35 is already in the hash table, which of the following numbers
would cause a collision?

► 144

► 145

► 143

► 148
Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Here is an array of ten integers:

5 3 8 9 1 7 0 2 6 4
The array after the FIRST iteration of the large loop in a selection sort
(sorting from smallest to largest).

►0 3 8 9 1 7 5 2 6 4

►2 6 4 0 3 8 9 1 7 5

►2 6 4 9 1 7 0 3 8 5

►0 3 8 2 6 4 9 1 7 5

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

What requirement is placed on an array, so that binary search may be

used to locate an entry?

► The array elements must form a heap.

► The array must have at least 2 entries.

► The array must be sorted.

► The array’s size must be a power of two.

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In case of deleting a node from AVL tree, rotation could be prolong to

the root node.

► Yes

► No
 FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Fall 2009
CS301- Data Structures (Session - 4)
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In an array we can store data elements of different types.

► True
► False

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following statement is NOT correct .

► In linked list the elements are necessarily to be contiguous

► 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: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Doubly Linked List always has one NULL pointer.

► True
► False

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A queue is a data structure where elements are,

► inserted at the front and removed from the back.

► inserted and removed from the top.
► inserted at the back and removed from the front.
► inserted and removed from both ends.

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Each node in doubly link list has,

► 1 pointer

► 2 pointers

► 3 pointers

► 4 pointers

Question No: 6 ( 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: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Compiler uses which one of the following to evaluate a mathematical equation,

► Binary Tree

► Binary Search Tree

► Parse Tree

► AVL Tree

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If a complete binary tree has n number of nodes then its height will be,

►Log2 (n+1) -1

►2n

►Log2 (n) - 1

►2n - 1

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If a complete binary tree has height h then its no. of nodes will be,

►Log (h)

►2h+1- 1

►Log (h) - 1

►2h - 1
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) http://vustudents.ning.com - Please choose one
A binary relation R over S is called an equivalence relation if it has following property(s)

►Reflexivity
►Symmetry
►Transitivity
►All of the given options

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Binary Search is an algorithm of searching, used with the ______ data.

► Sorted

► Unsorted

► Heterogeneous

► Random

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If there are N elements in an array then the number of maximum steps needed to find an
element using Binary Search is _______ .

►N

► N2

► Nlog2N

► log2N

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Use of binary tree in compression of data is known as _______ .

► Traversal
► Heap
► Union
► Huffman encoding

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

While building Huffman encoding tree the new node that is the result of joining two
nodes has the frequency.
► Equal to the small frequency
► Equal to the greater
► Equal to the sum of the two frequencies
► Equal to the difference of the two frequencies

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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.

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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.

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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.

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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
left child has a THREAD (in actual sense, a link) to its INORDER predecessor.
► 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.

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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 __________ successor.

► levelorder
► Preorder
► Inorder
► Postorder

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statement is true about dummy node of threaded binary tree?
► This dummy node never has a value.
► This dummy node has always some dummy value.
► This dummy node has either no value or some dummy value.
► This dummy node has always some integer value.

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A complete binary tree of height 3 has between ________ nodes.
► 8 to 14
► 8 to 15
► 8 to 16
► 8 to 17

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

We can build a heap in ________ time.

► Linear
► Exponential
► Polynomial
► None of the given options

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Suppose that a selection sort of 100 items has completed 42 iterations of the main loop.
How many items are now guaranteed to be in their final spot (never to be moved again)?

► 21
► 41
► 42
► 43
Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Suppose you implement a Min heap (with the smallest element on top) in an array.
Consider the different arrays below; determine the one that cannot possibly be a heap:
► 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 30
► 16, 20, 18, 24, 22, 30, 28
► 16, 24, 18, 28, 30, 20, 22
► 16, 24, 20, 30, 28, 18, 22

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following statement is NOT correct about find operation:

► It is not a requirement that a find operation returns any specific name, just that
finds on two elements return the same answer if and only if they are in the same set.
► One idea might be to use a tree to represent each set, since each element in a tree
has the same root, thus the root can be used to name the set.

► Initially each set contains one element.

► Initially each set contains one element and it does not make sense to make a tree
of one node only.

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Consider the following infix expression:
x–y*a+b/c
Which of the following is a correct equivalent expression(s) for the above?

►x y -a * b +c /
►x *y a - b c / +
►x y a * - b c / +
►x y a * - b/ + c

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A complete binary tree of height ____ has nodes between 16 to 31 .
►2
►3
►4
►5

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Here is an array of ten integers:
5 3 8 9 1 7 0 2 6 4
The array after the FIRST iteration of the large loop in a selection sort (sorting from
smallest to largest).

►0 3 8 9 1 7 5 2 6 4
►2 6 4 0 3 8 9 1 7 5
 ►2 6 4 9 1 7 0 3 8 5
►0 3 8 2 6 4 9 1 7 5

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

What requirement is placed on an array, so that binary search may be used to locate an
entry?

► The array elements must form a heap.

► The array must have at least 2 entries.
► The array must be sorted.
► The array’s size must be a power of two.
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PM )
The data type before a function name represents its,

Select correct option:

Return Type

Function data

Function arguments

Function name

Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 07:15:49

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PM )
When we call a function, its control

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transfers to its Prototype

transfers to its definition

returns to statement following function call

The compiler stops execution of whole program

Question # 3 of 10 ( Start time: 07:16:37

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

Select correct option:

True

False
Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 07:17:50
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PM )
Reference is not really an address it is ______________.

Select correct option:

a synonym

an antonym

a value

a number

Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 07:18:22

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PM )
Which of the following concept is NOT associated with stream?

Select correct option:

Source

Template

Destination

State

Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 07:18:57

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PM )
___________ work more or less in the same way as macros

Select correct option:

Friend functions

Inline functions

User defined functions

 Built-in functions

Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 07:19:35

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PM )
To get the memory address of a variable we use ____ .

Select correct option:

&

Question # 8 of 10 ( Start time: 07:20:05

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PM )
Class is a user defined___________. http://vustudents.ning.com

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data type

memory reference

value

none of the given options.

Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 07:20:46

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PM )
The compiler generates __________________ automatically

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member functions

classes
 objects of a class

constructors

Question # 10 of 10 ( Start time:

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In_________, we try to have a precise problem statement

Select correct option:

Analysis

Design

Coding

None of the given

Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 08:02:27

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PM )
From the following; which on is the correct syntax of an array declaration: array size is 5 and it
is of float data type?

Select correct option:

float [5] name;

name[5] float;

float name[5];

None of the given options

Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 08:05:15

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PM )
In the case of pointer to pointer or _______________, the first pointer contains the address of the
second pointer, which contains the address of the variable, which contains the desired value.

Select correct option:

double dereference

Single dereference

Dereference

None of the given

Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 08:06:04

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PM )
A structure is a collection of _____________under a single name.

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values

variables

data

None of the given

Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 08:07:21

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PM )
The ws manipulator can be used with ______ stream(s).

Select correct option:

Output

Input

Input/Output

None of the given options

Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 08:08:44

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PM )
Look at the program code and identify the error. 1 #include 2 #define PI 3.1415926; //
Defining PI 3 main() { 4 int radius = 5; 5 cout << "Area of circle with radius " << radius << "
= " << PI * radius * radius; }
 Select correct option:

It will be compiled successfully and will not generate error

It will be compiled and returns nothing

Error exists in line number 2. Semi colon is not allowed with define directive

The value of PI cannot be defined in the beginning

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Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 08:10:51

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PM )
+= , *= , /= , etc are called,

Select correct option:

Assignment operators

Logical operator

Compound assignment operator

Unary operator
Question # 1 of 10 ( Start
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For the inorder traversal of threaded binary tree, we introduced a
dummy node. The left pointer of the dummy node is pointing to the
________ node of the tree.
Select correct option:

left most

root

right most

any of the given node

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When a complete binary tree, represented by an array then for any array
element at position i, the parent is at position ______ .
Select correct option:

2i-1

2i

2i+1

floor(i/2)

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In threaded binary tree the NULL pointers are replaced by the
Select correct option:
 preorder successor or predecessor

inorder successor or predecessor

inorder successor or predecessor

NULL pointers are not replaced

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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?
Select correct option:

Yes

No

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We implement the heap by ______________ .
Select correct option:

Threaded Tree

AVL tree

Complete binary tree

Expression

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Question # 6 of 10 ( Start
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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 __________
successor
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Preorder

Inorder

Postorder

levelorder

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Question # 7 of 10 ( Start
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See the below code and fill the appropriate answer for? void
fastInorder(TreeNode* p) { while((p=nexInorder(p)) != ? ) cout << p-
>getInfo(); }
Select correct option:

dummy

rootNode

LTH

RTH

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In which of the following tree, parent node has key greater than or equal to
its both children?
Select correct option:
 Max heap

Binary search tree

Threaded Binary tree

Complete Binary tree

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Consider a binary tree, represented by the following array: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,I
Is it a strictly binary tree ?
Select correct option:

Yes

No

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When a complete binary tree, represented by an array then for any array
element at position i, the right child is at position ______ .
Select correct option:

2i-1

2i

2i+1

floor(i/2)