Data Structure MCQS

1. Which if the following is/are the levels of implementation of data structure

A) Abstract level
B) Application level
C) Implementation level
D) All of the above

2. A binary search tree whose left subtree and right subtree differ in hight by at most 1
unit is called ……

A) AVL tree B) Red-black tree C) Lemma tree D) None of the above

3. ……………….. level is where the model becomes compatible executable code

A) Abstract level B) Application level C) Implementation level D) All of the above

4. Stack is also called as

A) Last in first out B) First in last out C) Last in last out D) First in first out

5. Which of the following is true about the characteristics of abstract data types?

i) It exports a type.

ii) It exports a set of operations

A) True, False B) False, True C) True, True D) False, False

6. …………… is not the component of data structure.

A) Operations B) Storage Structures C) Algorithms D) None of above

7. Which of the following is not the part of ADT description?

A) Data B) Operations C) Both of the above D) None of the above

8. Inserting an item into the stack when stack is not full is called …………. Operation and
deletion of item form the stack, when stack is not empty is called ………..operation.
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A) push, pop B) pop, push C) insert, delete D) delete, insert

9. ……………. Is a pile in which items are added at one end and removed from the other.

A) Stack B) Queue C) List D) None of the above

10. ………… is very useful in situation when data have to stored and then retrieved in
reverse order.

A) Stack B) Queue C) List D) Link list

11. Which data structure allows deleting data elements from and inserting at rear?

A) Stacks B) Queues C) Dequeues D) Binary search tree

12. Which of the following data structure can't store the non-homogeneous data
elements?

A) Arrays B) Records C) Pointers D) Stacks

13. A ....... is a data structure that organizes data similar to a line in the supermarket,
where the first one in line is the first one out.

A) Queue linked list B) Stacks linked list C) Both of them D) Neither of them

14. Which of the following is non-liner data structure?

A) Stacks B) List C) Strings D) Trees

15. Herder node is used as sentinel in .....

A) Graphs B) Stacks C) Binary tree D) Queues

16. Which data structure is used in breadth first search of a graph to hold nodes?

A) Stack  B) queue C) Tree D) Array

17. Identify the data structure which allows deletions at both ends of the list but
insertion at only one end.

A) Input restricted dequeue

B) Output restricted qequeue
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C) Priority queues
D) Stack

18. Which of the following data structure is non linear type?

A) Strings B) Lists C) Stacks  D) Graph 

19. Which of the following data structure is linear type?

A) Graph  B) Trees C) Binary tree D) Stack

20. To represent hierarchical relationship between elements, Which data structure is

suitable?

A) Dequeue B) Priority C) Tree D) Graph

Answers:

1. D) All of the above

2. A) AVL tree
3. C) Implementation level
4. A) Last in first out
5. C) True, True
6. D) None of above
7. D) None of the above
8. A) push, pop
9. B) Queue
10. A) Stack
11. B) Queues
12. A) Arrays
13. A) Queue linked list
14. D) Trees
15. C) Binary tree
16. B) queue
17. A) Input restricted dequeue
18. D) Graph 
19. D) Stack
20. C) Tree
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1) ......... form of access is used to add and remove nodes from a queue.

A. LIFO, Last In First Out B. FIFO, First In First Out C. Both a and b D. None of these

2) In liked representation of stack ....... holds the elements of the stack.

A. INFO fields B. TOP fields C. LINK fields D. NULL fields

3) ........ form of access is used to add remove nodes from a stack.

A. LIFO B. FIFO C. Both A and B D. None of these

4) In the linked representation of the stack ......... behaves as the top pointer variable of stack.
A. Stop pointer B. Begin pointer C. Start pointer D. Avail pointer

5) New nodes are added to the ......... of the queue.

A. Front B. Back C. Middle D. Both A and B

6) In linked representation of stack the null pointer of the last node in the list signals ..........
A. Beginning of the stack B. Bottom of the stack C. Middle of the stack D. In between some
value

7) What happens when you push a new node onto a stack?

A. The new node is placed at the front of the linked list
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B. The new node is placed at the back of the linked list
C. The new node is placed at the middle of the linked list
D. No Changes happens

8) A queue is a .........
A. FIFO B. LIFO C. FILO D. LOFI

9) Which of the following name does not relate to stacks?

A. FIFO lists B. LIFO lists C. Piles D. Push down lists

10) The retrieval of items in a stack is ........... operation.

A. push B. pop C. retrieval D. access

11) The term push and pop is related to

A. Array B. Lists C. Stacks D. Trees

12) Which is the pointer associated with the stack?

A. FIRST B. FRONT C. TOP D. REAR

13) The elements are removal from a stack in .......... order.

A. Reverse B. Hierarchical C. Alternative D. Sequential
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14) The insertion operation in the stack is called .........

A. insert B. push C. pop D. top

15) ...... is the term used to insert an element into stack.

A. Push B. Pull C. Pop D. Pump

16) Stack follows the strategy of ........

A. LIFO B. FIFO C. LRU D. RANDOM

17) .......... is the term used to delete an element from the stack.
A. Push B. Pull C. Pop D. Pump

18) Deletion operation is done using ......... in a queue.

A. front B. rear C. top D. list

19) A pointer variable which contains the location at the top element of the stack is called .....
A. Top B. Last C. Final D. End

20) Which of the following is an application of stack?

A. finding factorial B. tower of Hanoi C. infix to postfix D. all of the above

Answers:

1) B. FIFO, First In First Out

2) A. INFO fields
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3) A. LIFO
4) C. Start pointer
5) B. Back
6) B. Bottom of the stack
7) A. The new node is placed at the front of the linked list
8) A. FIFO
9) A. FIFO lists
10) B. pop
11) C. Stacks
12) C. TOP
13) A. Reverse
14) B. push
15) A. Push
16) A. LIFO
17) C. Pop
18) A. front
19) A. Top
20) D. all of the above

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1) The queue in which the insertion takes place in the first position after of last element
is a ......

A. priority
B. dequeue 
C. circular
D. linked 
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2) Before inserting into stack one must check the condition .........

A. Overflow
B. Underflow
C. Maximum elements
D. Existing elements

3) The another name of dequeue is .........

A. divided queue
B. distributed queue
C. double ended queue
D. design queue

4) Before deletion condition into stack ...... has to be checked.

A. Overflow
B. Underflow
C. Maximum elements
D. Existing elements

5) In dequeue, insertion and deletion takes place of ..........

A. front, rear end

B. only at rear end
C. only at front end
D. both the ends

6) When does Top value of stack change in insertion process?

A. Before insertion
B. After insertion
C. At the time of insertion
D. While checking overflow

7) A queue in which insertion and deletion takes places from any position is called ......

A. circular queue
B. random of queue
C. priority
D. dequeue
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8) Deletion in the linked stack takes place by deleting ........

A. Node pointed by the start process.

B. End of the list
C. Beginning of the list
D. Middle of the list

9) Which of the following name does not relate to stacks?

A. FIFO lists
B. LIFO list
C. piles
D. push-down lists

10) The condition ........ indicate the queue is empty.

A. Front=Null
B. Null=Front
C. Front=Rear
D. Rear=Null 

11) Which of the following is not the type of queue?

A. Ordinary queue
B. Special queue
C. Priority queue
D. Circular queue

12) The value of REAR is increased by 1 when .......

A. An element is deleted in a queue

B. An element is traversed in a queue
C. An element is added in a queue
D. An element is merged in a queue

13) The operations that can be done in a circular queue is/are .....

A. Insert from the front end

B. Delete from front end
C. Display queue contents
D. All of the above
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14) The term dequeue is the contraction of the name ........

A. Double ended queue
B. Double sided queue
C. Double headed queue
D. Double address queue

15) The various operations that can be performed on stacks is/are .....

A. Insert an item into the stack 

B. Delete an item from the stack 
C. Display the contents of the stack
D. All of the above

16) ............. is a collection of elements such that each element has been assigned a
processing priority. 

A. Priority queue
B. Procedure queue
C. Main queue
D. Interrupt queue

17) The deletion operation in stack is called ......

A. insert
B. push
C. pop 
D. top

18) Link fields holds pointers to the .......... element in the linked representation of stack. 

A. Neighbouring
B. Last
C. First
D. Middle

19) The pointer associated with the stack is ...........

A. front
B. rear
C. top 
D. link
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20) Reversing a great deal of space for each stack in memory will ...........

A. Decrease the numbers of times overflow may occur

B. Increase the numbers of times overflow may occur
C. Increase the number of times underflow may occur
D. Increase the number of times underflow may occur.

Answers:

1) C. circular
2) A. Overflow 
3) C. double ended queue
4) B. Underflow
5) D. both the ends
6) A. Before insertion
7) C. priority
8) A. Node pointed by the start process
9) A. FIFO lists
10) A. Front=Null
11) B. Special queue
12) C. An element is added in a queue
13) D. All of the above
14) A. Double ended queue
15) D. All of the above
16) A. Priority queue
17) C. pop 
18) A. Neighbouring
19) C. top 
20) A. Decrease the numbers of times overflow may occur

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1) The operation of processing each element in the list is known as ......

A. sorting
B. merging
C. inserting
D. traversal

2) Other name for directed graph is ..........

A. Direct graph
B. Digraph
C. Dir-graph
D. Digraph

3) Binary trees with threads are called as .......

A. Threaded trees
B. Pointer trees
C. Special trees
D. Special pointer trees

4) Graph G is .............. if for any pair u, v of nodes in G there is a path from u to v or

path from v to u.

A. Leterally connected
B. Widely Connected
C. Unliterally connected
D. Literally connected

5) In Binary trees nodes with no successor are called ......

A. End nodes
B. Terminal nodes
C. Final nodes
D. Last nodes

6) A connected graph T without any cycles is called ........

A. free graph
B. no cycle graph
C. non cycle graph
D. circular graph
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7) Trees are said .......... if they are similar and have same contents at corresponding
nodes.

A. Duplicate
B. Carbon copy
C. Replica
D. Copies

8) A connected graph T without any cycles is called a ........

A. A tree graph
B. Free tree
C. A tree d
D. All of the above

9) Every node N in a binary tree T except the root has a unique parent called the ......... of
N.

A. Antecedents
B. Predecessor
C. Forerunner
D. Precursor

10) In a graph if E=(u,v) means ......

A. u is adjacent to v but v is not adjacent to u

B. e begins at u and ends at v
C. u is processor and v is successor
D. both b and c

11) Sequential representation of binary tree uses ........

A. Array with pointers

B. Single linear array
C. Two dimentional arrays
D. Three dimentional arrays

12) In a graph if e=[u,v], Then u and v are called ........

A. End points of e
B. Adjacent nodes
C. Neighbours
D. All of the above
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13) TREE[1]=NULL indicates tree is ........

A. Overflow
B. Underflow
C. Empty
D. Full

14) A binary tree whose every node has either zero or two children is called .......

A. complete binary tree

B. binary search tree
C. extended binary tree
D. data structure

15) Linked representation of binary tree needs ......... parallel arrays.

A. 4
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5

16) The depth of complete binary tree is given by ......

A. Dn = n log2n
B. Dn= n log2n+1
C. Dn = log2n
D. Dn = log2n+1

17) In a 2-tree, nodes with 0 children are called ............

A. Exterior node
B. Outside node
C. Outer node
D. External node

18) Which indicates pre-order traversal?

A. Left sub-tree, Right sub-tree and root

B. Right sub-tree, Left sub-tree and root
C. Root, Left sub-tree, Right sub-tree
D. Right sub-tree, root, Left sub-tree
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19) In a extended-binary tree nodes with 2 children are called ........

A. Interior node
B. Domestic node
C. Internal node
D. Inner node

20) A terminal node in a binary tree is called ............

A. Root
B. Leaf
C. Child
D. Branch

Answers:

1) D. traversal
2) D. Digraph
3) A. Threaded trees
4) C. Unliterally connected
5) B. Terminal nodes
6) A. free graph
7) D. Copies
8) D. All of the above
9) B. Predecessor
10) D. both b and c
11) A. Array with pointers
12) D. All of the above
13) C. Empty
14) C. extended binary tree
15) C. 3
16) D. Dn = log2n+1
17) D. External node
18) C. Root, Left sub-tree, Right sub-tree
19) C. Internal node
20) B. Leaf
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1) The post order traversal of binary tree is DEBFCA. Find out the pre order traversal.

A. ABFCDE B. ADBFEC C. ABDECF D. ABDCEF

2) While converting binary tree into extended binary tree, all the original nodes in binary tree
are .......

A. Internal nodes on extended tree

B. External nodes on extended tree
C. Vanished on extended tree
D. Intermediate nodes on extended tree

3) The in-order traversal of tree will yield a sorted listing of elements of tree in ........

A. binary trees
B. binary search trees
C. heaps
D. binary heaps
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4) In a binary tree, certain null entries are replaced by special pointers which point to nodes
higher in the tree for efficiency. These special pointers are called .........

A. Leaf B. Branch C. Path D. Thread

5) In a head tree .....

A. values in a node is greater than every value every value in left sub tree and smaller than right
sub tree.
B. values in a node is greater than every value in children of it.
C. conditions.
D. terms.

6) The in order traversal of tree will yield a sorted listing of elements of tree in ....

A. Binary trees
B. Binary search trees
C. Merging
D. AVL Trees

7) In a graph if e=(u,v) means .......

A. u is adjacent to v but v is not adjacent to u.

B. e begins at u and ends at v
C. u is node and v is an edge.
D. both u and v are edges.
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8) A binary tree whose every node has either zero or two children is called .........

A. Complete binary tree

B. Binary Search tree
C. Extended binary tree
D. E2 tree

9) If every node u in G is adjacent to every other node v in G,A graph is said to be ........

A. isolated
B. complete
C. finite
D. strongly connected.

10) The post order traversal of a binary tree is DEBFCA. Find out the pre order Traversal.

A. ABFCDE
B. ADBFEC
C. ABDECF
D. ABDCEF

11) In a graph if e=[u,v], then u and v are called

A. endpoints of e
B. adjacent nodes
C. neighbours
D. all of the above
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12) In-order traversing a tree resulted E A C K F H D B G; the pre-order traversal would return.

A. FAEKCDBHG
B. FAEKCDHGB
C. EAFKHDCBG
D. FEAKDCHBG

13) A connected graph T without any cycles is called .

A. a tree graph
B. free tree
C. a tree
D. All of above

14) In linked representation of Binary trees LEFT[k] contains the ........ of at the node N, where k
is the location.
A. Data
B. Location and left child
C. Right child address
D. Null value

15) If every node u in G adjacent to every other node v in G, A graph is said to be

A. isolated B. complete C. finite D. strongly connected

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16) Three standards ways of traversing a binary tree T with root R .......

A. Prefix, infix, postfix

B. Pre-process, in-process, post-process
C. Pre-traversal, in-traversal, post-traversal
D. Pre-order, in-order, post-order

17) A graph is said to be ....... if every node u in G is adjacent to every other node v in G.

A. Absolute
B. Entire
C. Inclusive
D. Complete

18) In threaded binary tree ......... points to higher nodes in tree.

A. Info
B. Root
C. Threads
D. Child

19) A graph is said to be ....... if its edges are assigned data.

A. Tagged B. Marked C. Lebeled D. Sticked

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20) If node N is a terminal node in a binary tree then its .........
A. Right tree is empty
B. Left tree is empty
C. Both left & right sub trees are empty
D. Root node is empty

Answers:
1) C. ABDECF
2) A. Internal nodes on extended tree
3) B. binary search trees
4) D. Thread
5) B. values in a node is greater than every value in children of it.
6) B. Binary search trees
7) B. e begins at u and ends at v
8) C. Extended binary tree
9) B. complete
10) C. ABDECF
11) D. all of the above
12) B. FAEKCDHGB
13) D. All of above
14) A. Data
15) B. complete
16) D. Pre-order, in-order, post-order
17) D. Complete
18) C. Threads
19) C. Lebeled
20) C. Both left & right sub trees are empty
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1. A directed graph is ………………. if there is a path from each vertex to every other
vertex in the digraph.

A) Weakly connected
B) Strongly Connected
C) Tightly Connected
D) Linearly Connected

2. In the …………….. traversal we process all of a vertex’s descendents before we

move to an adjacent vertex.

A) Depth First
B) Breadth First
C) With First
D) Depth Limited

3. State True of False.

i) Network is a graph that has weights or costs associated with it.

ii) An undirected graph which contains no cycles is called a forest.

iii) A graph is said to be complete if there is no edge between every pair of

vertices.

A) True, False, True

B) True, True, False
C) True, True, True
D) False, True, True
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2. 4. Match the following.

a) Completeness          i) How long does it take to find a solution

b) Time Complexity    ii) How much memory need to perform the search.
c) Space Complexity  iii) Is the strategy guaranteed to find the solution when
there in one.

A) a-iii, b-ii, c-i

B) a-i, b-ii, c-iii
C) a-iii, b-i, c-ii 
D) a-i, b-iii, c-ii

5. The number of comparisons done by sequential search is ………………

A) (N/2)+1
B) (N+1)/2
C) (N-1)/2
D) (N+2)/2

6. In ……………, search start at the beginning of the list and check every element in

the list.

A) Linear search
B) Binary search
C) Hash Search
D) Binary Tree search

7. State True or False.

i) Binary search is used for searching in a sorted array.

ii) The time complexity of binary search is O(logn).

A) True, False
B) False, True
C) False, False
D) True, True
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8. Which of the following is not the internal sort?

A) Insertion Sort
B) Bubble Sort
C) Merge Sort
D) Heap Sort

9. State True or False.

i) An undirected graph which contains no cycles is called forest.

ii) A graph is said to be complete if there is an edge between every pair of vertices.

A) True, True
B) False, True
C) False, False
D) True, False

10. A graph is said to be ……………… if the vertices can be split into two sets V1 and
V2 such there are no edges between two vertices of V1 or two vertices of V2.

A) Partite
B) Bipartite
C) Rooted
D) Bisects

11. In a queue, the initial values of front pointer f rare pointer r should be ……..
and ……….. respectively.

A) 0 and 1
B) 0 and -1
C) -1 and 0
D) 1 and 0
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12. In a circular queue the value of r will be ..

A) r=r+1
B) r=(r+1)% [QUEUE_SIZE – 1]
C) r=(r+1)% QUEUE_SIZE
D) r=(r-1)% QUEUE_SIZE

13. Which of the following statement is true?

i) Using singly linked lists and circular list, it is not possible to traverse the list
backwards.

ii) To find the predecessor, it is required to traverse the list from the first node in
case of singly linked list.

A) i-only
B) ii-only
C) Both i and ii
D) None of both

14. The advantage of …………….. is that they solve the problem if sequential

storage representation. But disadvantage in that is they are sequential lists.

A) Lists
B) Linked Lists
C) Trees
D) Queues

15. What will be the value of top, if there is a size of stack STACK_SIZE is 5

A) 5
B) 6
C) 4
D) None
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16. ………… is not the operation that can be performed on queue.

A) Insertion
B) Deletion
C) Retrieval
D) Traversal

17. There is an extra element at the head of the list called a ……….

A) Antinel
B) Sentinel
C) List header
D) List head

18. A graph is a collection of nodes, called ………. And line segments called arcs or
……….. that connect pair of nodes.

A) vertices, edges
B) edges, vertices
C) vertices, paths
D) graph node, edges

19. A ……….. is a graph that has weights of costs associated with its edges.

A) Network
B) Weighted graph
C) Both A and B
D) None A and B

20. In general, the binary search method needs no more than …………….

comparisons.

A) [log2n]-1

B) [logn]+1

C) [log2n]

D) [log2n]+1
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Answer :
1. B) Strongly Connected

2. A) Depth First

3. B) True, True, False

4. C) a-iii, b-i, c-ii 

5. B) (N+1)/2

6. A) Linear search

7. D) True, True

8. C) Merge Sort

9. A) True, True10. B) Bipartite

11. B) 0 and -1

12. C) r=(r+1)% QUEUE_SIZE

13. C) Both i and ii

14. B) Linked Lists

15. C) 4

16. D) Traversal

17. B) Sentinel

18. A) vertices, edges

19. C) Both A and B 

20. D) [log2n]+1

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1) Linked lists are best suited .....

A. for relatively permanent collections of data.

B. for the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing.
C. data structure
D. for none of above situation

2) The operation of processing each element in the list is known as ......

A. sorting
B. merging
C. inserting
D. traversal

3) The situation when in a linked list START=NULL is ....

A. Underflow
B. Overflow
C. Houseful
D. Saturated

4) Each node in singly linked list has ........ fields.

A. 2 B. 3 C. 1 D. 4

5) Which of the following is two way lists?

A. Grounded header list

B. Circular header list
C. Linked list with header and trailer nodes
D. List traversed in two directions
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6) Which is the pointer associated with the availability list?

A. FIRST
B. AVAIL
C. TOP
D. REAR

7) Value of first linked list index is ....

A. 0 B. 1 C. -1 D. 2

8) In linked lists there are no NULL links in

A. single linked list
B. linear doubly linked list
C. circular linked list
D. linked list

9) Each node in a linked list must contain at least .....

A. Three fields
B. Two fields
C. Four fields
D. Five fields

10) The dummy header in linked list contain .....

A. first record of the actual data

B. last record of the actual data
C. pointer to the last record of the actual data
D. middle record of the actual data
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11) In a linked list the .......... field contains the address of next element in the list.

A. Link field
B. Next element field
C. Start field
D. Info field

12) LLINK is the pointer pointing to the ...

A. successor node
B. predecessor node
C. head node
D. last node

13) .......... refers to a linear collection of data items.

A. List
B. Tree
C. Graph
D. Edge

14) A run list is ......

A. small batches of records from a file

B. number of elements having same value
C. number of records
D. number of files in external storage

15) A ...... indicates the end of the list.

A. Guard
B. Sentinel
C. End pointer
D. Last pointer
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16) A ........ is a linear list in which insertions and deletions are made to from either end
of the structure.

A. circular queue
B. random of queue
C. priority
D. dequeue

17) Indexing the ........ element in the list is not possible in linked lists.

A. middle
B. first
C. last
D. any where in between

18) A linear list in which the pointer points only to the successive node is ......

A. singly linked list

B. circular linked list
C. doubly linked list
D. none of the above

19) .......... may take place only when there is some minimum amount(or) no space left in
free storage list.

A. Memory management
B. Garbage collection
C. Recycle bin
D. Memory management

20) A linear list in which the last node points to the first node is ........

A. singly linked list

B. circular linked list
C. doubly linked list
D. none of the above
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Answers:

1) B. for the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing.
2) D. traversal
3) A. Underflow
4) A. 2
5) D. List traversed in two directions
6) B. AVAIL
7) A. 0
8) C. circular linked list
9) B. Two fields
10) A. first record of the actual data
11) A. Link field
12) B. predecessor node
13) A. List
14) A. small batches of records from a file
15) B. Sentinel
16) D. dequeue
17) A. middle
18) A. singly linked list
19) B. Garbage collection
20) B. circular linked list
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1) Finding the location of a given item in a collection of items is called ......

A. Discovering
B. Finding
C. Searching
D. Mining
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2) Which of the following is an external sorting?

A. Insertion Sort
B. Bubble Sort
C. Merge Sort
D. Tree Sort

3) Very slow way of sorting is ..........

A. Insertion sort
B. Heap sort
C. Bubble sort
D. Quick sort

4) Which of the following is an internal sorting?

A. Tape Sort
B. 2-way Merge Sort
C. Merge Sort
D. Tree Sort

5) Sorting a file F usually refers to sorting F with respect to a particular key called .....

A. Basic key
B. Primary key
C. Starting key
D. Index key

6) The time complexity of quick sort is ........

A. O(n)
B. O(logn)
C. O(n2)
D. O(n logn)

7) Selection sort first finds the .......... element in the list and put it in the first position.

A. Middle element
B. Largest element
C. Last element
D. Smallest element
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8) Quick sort is also known as ........

A. merge sort
B. tree sort
C. shell sort
D. partition and exchange sort

9) The operation that combines the element is of A and B in a single sorted list C with
n=r+s element is called ....

A. Inserting
B. Mixing
C. Merging
D. Sharing 

10) A tree sort is also known as ......... sort.

A. quick
B. shell 
C. heap
D. selection 

11) .......... sorting is good to use when alphabetizing large list of names.

A. Merge  B. Heap C. Radix D. Bubble

12) The easiest sorting is ........

A. quick sort B. shell sort C. heap sort D. selection sort 

13) Which of the following sorting algorithm is of divide and conquer type?

A. Bubble sort
B. Insertion sort
C. Quick sort
D. Merge sort
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14) Merging k sorted tables into a single sorted table is called ......

A. k way merging
B. k th merge
C. k+1 merge
D. k-1 merge

15) The function used to modify the way of sorting the keys of records is called ........

A. Indexing function
B. Hash function
C. Addressing function
D. All of the above

16) If the number of record to be sorted large and the key is short, then ...... sorting can
be efficient.

A. Merge 
B. Heap
C. Radix
D. Bubble

17) The total number of comparisons in a bubble sort is ....

A. O(n logn)
B. O(2n)
C. O(n2)
D. O(n)

18) If the number of record to be sorted large and the key is long, then ...... sorting can
be efficient.

A. Merge 
B. Heap
C. Quick
D. Bubble

19) The time complexity of heap sort is ....

A. O(n)
B. O(logn)
C. O(n2)
D. O(n logn)
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20) The complexity of selection sort is .......

A. O(n)
B. O(n2)
C. O(n logn)
D. O(logn)

Answers:

1) C. Searching 
2) C. Merge Sort 
3) A. Insertion sort 
4) D. Tree Sort 
5) B. Primary key 
6) D. O(n logn) 
7) D. Smallest element 
8) D. partition and exchange sort 
9) C. Merging 
10) C. heap 
11) C. Radix 
12) D. selection sort 
13) C. Quick sort 
14) A. k way merging 
15) B. Hash function 
16) C. Radix 
17) A. O(n logn) 
18) C. Quick 
19) D. O(n logn) 
20) B. O(n2)  
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1. Which of the following is not the type of queue?

A) Ordinary queue
B) Single ended queue
C) Circular queue
D) Priority queue

2. The property of binary tree is

A) The first subset is called left subtree

B) The second subtree is called right subtree
C) The root cannot contain NULL
D) The right subtree can be empty

3. State true or false.

i) The degree of root node is always zero.

ii) Nodes that are not root and not leaf are called as internal nodes.

A) True, True
B) True, False
C) False, True
D) False, False

4. Any node is the path from the root to the node is called

A) Successor node
B) Ancestor node
C) Internal node
D) None of the above

5. State true of false.

i) A node is a parent if it has successor nodes.

ii) A node is child node if out degree is one.

A) True, True
B) True, False
C) False, True
D) False, False
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6. ………………. is not an operation performed on linear list

a) Insertion b) Deletion c) Retrieval d) Traversal

A) only a,b and c

B) only a and b
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

7. Which is/are the application(s) of stack

A) Function calls
B) Large number Arithmetic
C) Evaluation of arithmetic expressions
D) All of the above

8. A …………… is an acyclic digraph, which has only one node with indegree 0, and other
nodes have in-degree 1.

A) Directed tree
B) Undirected tree
C) Dis-joint tree
D) Direction oriented tree

9. …………………. Is a directed tree in which outdegree of each node is less than or equal
to two.

A) Unary tree
B) Binary tree
C) Trinary tree
D) Both B and C

10. State true or false.

i) An empty tree is also a binary tree.

ii) In strictly binary tree, the out-degree of every node is either o or 2.

A) True, False
B) False, True
C) True, True
D) False, False
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11. Which of the following data structures are indexed structures?

A. Linear arrays
B. Linked lists
C. Queue
D. Stack

12. Which of the following data structure store the homogeneous data elements?

A. Arrays
B. Records
C. Pointers
D. Lists

13. When new data are to be inserted into a data structure, but there is not available
space; this situation is usually called ....

A. Underflow
B. overflow
C. houseful
D. saturated

14. A data structure where elements can be added or removed at either end but not in
the middle is called ...

A. linked lists
B. stacks
C. queues
D. dequeue

15. Operations on a data structure may be .....

A. creation 
B. destruction
C. selection
D. all of the above

16. The way in which the data item or items are logically related defines .....

A. storage structure
B. data structure
C. data relationship
D. data operation 
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17. Which of the following are the operations applicable an primitive data structures?

A. create
B. destroy
C. update
D. all of the above

18. The use of pointers to refer elements of a data structure in which elements are
logically adjacent is ....

A. pointers
B. linked allocation
C. stack 
D. queue

19. Arrays are best data structures

A. for relatively permanent collections of data

B. for the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing
C. for both of above situation
D. for non of above situation

20. Which of the following statement is false?

A. Arrays are dense lists and static data structure.

B. Data elements in linked list need not be stored in adjacent space in memory
C. Pointers store the next data element of a list.
D. Linked lists are collection of the nodes that contain information part and next
pointer.
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Answers:

1. B) Single ended queue

2. D) The right ..... empty
3. C) False, True
4. B) Ancestor node
5. B) True, False 
6. D) None of the above
7. D) All of the above
8. A) Directed tree
9. B) Binary tree
10. C) True, True
11. A. Linear arrays 
12. B. Records
13. B. overflow 
14. D. dequeue
15. D. all of the above 
16. B. data structure
17. D. all of the above 
18. B. linked allocation
20. C. Pointers store the next data element of a list. 

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1) The worst case occur in linear search algorithm when .......

A. Item is somewhere in the middle of the array

B. Item is not in the array at all
C. Item is the last element in the array
D. Item is the last element in the array or item is not there at all

2) If the number of records to be sorted is small, then ...... sorting can be efficient.

A. Merge B. Heap C. Selection D. Bubble

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3) The complexity of sorting algorithm measures the ...... as a function of the number n
of items to be sorter.

A. average time
B. running time
C. average-case complexity
D. case-complexity

4) Which of the following is not a limitation of binary search algorithm?

A. must use a sorted array

B. requirement of sorted array is expensive when a lot of insertion and deletions are
needed
C. there must be a mechanism to access middle element directly
D. binary search algorithm is not efficient when the data elements more than 1500.

5) The Average case occurs in linear search algorithm ..........

A. when item is somewhere in the middle of the array

B. when item is not the array at all
C. when item is the last element in the array
D. Item is the last element in the array or item is not there at all

6) Binary search algorithm cannot be applied to ...

A. sorted linked list

B. sorted binary trees
C. sorted linear array
D. pointer array

7) Complexity of linear search algorithm is .........

A. O(n) B. O(logn) C. O(n2) D. O(n logn)

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8) Sorting algorithm can be characterized as ......

A. Simple algorithm which require the order of n2 comparisons to sort n items.

B. Sophisticated algorithms that require the O(nlog2n) comparisons to sort items.
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above

9) The complexity of bubble sort algorithm is .....

A. O(n)
B. O(logn)
C. O(n2)
D. O(n logn)

10) State True or False for internal sorting algorithms.

i) Internal sorting are applied when the entire collection if data to be sorted is small
enough that the sorting can take place within main memory.

ii) The time required to read or write is considered to be significant in evaluating the

performance of internal sorting.

A. i-True, ii-True B. i-True, ii-False C. i-False, ii-True D. i-False, ii-False

11) The complexity of merge sort algorithm is ......

A. O(n) B. O(logn) C. O(n2) D. O(n logn)

12) .......... is putting an element in the appropriate place in a sorted list yields a larger
sorted order list.

A. Insertion B. Extraction C. Selection D. Distribution

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13) ............order is the best possible for array sorting algorithm which sorts n item.

A. O(n logn) B. O(n2) C. O(n+logn) D. O(logn)

14) ......... is rearranging pairs of elements which are out of order, until no such pairs
remain.

A. Insertion B. Exchange C. Selection D. Distribution

15) ............ is the method used by card sorter.

A. Radix sort B. Insertion C. Heap D. Quick

16) Which of the following sorting algorithm is of divide and conquer type?

A. Bubble sort B. Insertion sort C. Merge sort D. Selection sort

17) ........ sorting algorithm is frequently used when n is small where n is total number of
elements.

A. Heap B. Insertion C. Bubble D. Quick

18) Which of the following sorting algorithm is of priority queue sorting type?

A. Bubble sort B. Insertion sort C. Merge sort D. Selection sort

19) Which of the following is not the required condition for binary search algorithm?

A. The list must be sorted

B. There should be the direct access to the middle element in any sub list
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C. There must be mechanism to delete and/or insert elements in list.
D. Number values should only be present

20) Partition and exchange sort is ........

A. quick sort B. tree sort C. heap sort D. bubble sort

Answers:

1) D. Item is the last element in the array or item is not there at all
2) C. Selection
3) B. running time 
4) D. binary search algorithm is not efficient when the data elements more than 1500.
5) A. when item is somewhere in the middle of the array
6) D. pointer array
7) A. O(n)
8) C. Both of the above
9) C. O(n2)
10) B. i-True, ii-False
11) D. O(n logn)
12) A. Insertion
13) C. O(n+logn)
14) B. Exchange
15) A. Radix sort
16) C. Merge sort
17) B. Insertion
18) D. Selection sort
19) C. There must be mechanism to delete and/or insert elements in list.
20) A. quick sort