100 Top Data Structures and Algorithms Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
100 Top Data Structures and Algorithms Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
A) Abstract level
B) Application level
C) Implementation level
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
A) Abstract level
B) Application level
C) Implementation level
5. Which of the following is true about the characteristics of abstract data types?
i) It exports a type.
A) True, False
B) False, True
C) True, True
D) False, False
A) Operations
B) Storage Structures
C) Algorithms
D) None of above
A) Data
B) Operations
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.
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
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
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.
C) Both of them
D) Neither of them
A) Stacks
B) List
C) Strings
D) Trees
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.
C) Priority queues
D) Stack
A) Strings
B) Lists
C) Stacks
D) Graph
A) Graph
B) Trees
C) Binary tree
D) Stack
A) Dequeue
B) Priority
C) Tree
D) Graph
21. 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
22. In the …………….. traversal we process all of a vertex’s descendants before we move to
an adjacent vertex.
A) Depth First
B) Breadth First
C) With First
D) Depth Limited
iii) A graph is said to be complete if there is no edge between every pair of vertices.
A) (N/2)+1
B) (N+1)/2
C) (N-1)/2
D) (N+2)/2
26. 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
A) True, False
B) False, True
C) False, False
D) True, True
A) Insertion Sort
B) Bubble Sort
C) Merge Sort
D) Heap Sort
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
30. 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
31. 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
A) r=r+1
B) r=(r+1)% [QUEUE_SIZE – 1]
C) r=(r+1)% QUEUE_SIZE
D) r=(r-1)% QUEUE_SIZE
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
34. 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
35. 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
A) Insertion
B) Deletion
C) Retrieval
D) Traversal
37. There is an extra element at the head of the list called a ……….
A) Antinel
B) Sentinel
C) List header
D) List head
38. 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
39. 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
40. In general, the binary search method needs no more than ……………. comparisons.
A) [log2n]-1
B) [logn]+1
C) [log2n]
D) [log2n]+1
A) Ordinary queue
C) Circular queue
D) Priority queue
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
44. Any node is the path from the root to the node is called
A) Successor node
B) Ancestor node
C) Internal node
A) True, True
B) True, False
C) False, True
D) False, False
B) only a and b
A) Function calls
48. 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
49. …………………. 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
A) True, False
B) False, True
C) True, True
D) False, False
A. Linear arrays
B. Linked lists
C. Queue
D. Stack
52. Which of the following data structure store the homogeneous data elements?
A. Arrays
B. Records
C. Pointers
D. Lists
53. 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
54. 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
A. creation
B. destruction
C. selection
56. 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
57. Which of the following are the operations applicable an primitive data structures?
A. create
B. destroy
C. update
58. 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
59. Arrays are best data structures
B. for the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing
B. Data elements in linked list need not be stored in adjacent space in memory
D. Linked lists are collection of the nodes that contain information part and next pointer.
A) Strings
B) Lists
C) Stacks
D) Tree
A) Array
B) Tree
C) Graphs
D) Hierarchy
A) Data structure
B) Data arrangement
C) Data configuration
D) Data formation
A) Multidimensional array
B) Linear array
B) One-dimensional array
C) Vertical array
D) Horizontal array
B) For the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing
A) Linear arrays
B) Linked lists
C) Graphs
D) Trees
68. Each node in a linked list has two pairs of ………….. and ……………….
69. A …………………… does not keep track of address of every element in the list.
A) Stack
B) String
C) Linear array
D) Queue
A) Before deletion
D) After deletion
A) Strings
B) Lists
C) Stacks
D) Tree
A) Array
B) Tree
C) Graphs
D) Hierarchy
A) Data structure
B) Data arrangement
C) Data configuration
D) Data formation
A) Multidimensional array
B) Linear array
B) One-dimensional array
C) Vertical array
D) Horizontal array
B) For the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing
B) Linked lists
C) Graphs
D) Trees
78. Each node in a linked list has two pairs of ………….. and ……………….
79. A …………………… does not keep track of address of every element in the list.
A) Stack
B) String
C) Linear array
D) Queue
A) Before deletion
D) After deletion
B) for the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing
92. Which of the following data structure is not linear data structure?
A) Arrays
B) Linked lists
C) Time consuming
94. A linear list in which each node has pointers to point to the predecessor and successors
nodes is called as ..
95. 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
D) any position
A) O(n)
B) O(n2)
C) O(n log n)
D) O(log n)
A) finding factorial
B) tower of Hanoi
A) queue
B) stack
C) tree
D) graph
100. A list which displays the relationship of adjacency between elements is said to be
A) linear
B) non linear
C) linked list
D) trees