Data Structure Mcqs
Data Structure Mcqs
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) 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.
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.
10. ………… is very useful in situation when data have to stored and then retrieved
in reverse order.
11. Which data structure allows deleting data elements from and inserting at rear?
12. Which of the following data structure can't store the non-homogeneous
data elements?
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
16. Which data structure is used in breadth first search of a graph to hold nodes?
17. Identify the data structure which allows deletions at both ends of the list
but insertion at only one end.
Answers:
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
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
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
8) A queue is a .........
A. FIFO B. LIFO C. FILO D. LOFI
17) .......... is the term used to delete an element from the stack.
A. Push B. Pull C. Pop D. Pump
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
Answers:
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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
2) Before inserting into stack one must check the condition .........
A. Overflow
B. Underflow
C. Maximum elements
D. Existing elements
A. divided queue
B. distributed queue
C. double ended queue
D. design queue
A. Overflow
B. Underflow
C. Maximum elements
D. Existing elements
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
A. FIFO lists
B. LIFO list
C. piles
D. push-down lists
A. Front=Null
B. Null=Front
C. Front=Rear
D. Rear=Null
A. Ordinary queue
B. Special queue
C. Priority queue
D. Circular queue
13) The operations that can be done in a circular queue is/are .....
15) The various operations that can be performed on stacks is/are .....
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
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
A. front
B. rear
C. top
D. link
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
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
A. Direct graph
B. Digraph
C. Dir-graph
D. Digraph
A. Threaded trees
B. Pointer trees
C. Special trees
D. Special pointer trees
A. Leterally connected
B. Widely Connected
C. Unliterally connected
D. Literally connected
A. End nodes
B. Terminal nodes
C. Final nodes
D. Last nodes
A. free graph
B. no cycle graph
C. non cycle graph
D. circular graph
7) Trees are said .......... if they are similar and have same contents at
corresponding nodes.
A. Duplicate
B. Carbon copy
C. Replica
D. Copies
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
A. End points of e
B. Adjacent nodes
C. Neighbours
D. All of the above
14) A binary tree whose every node has either zero or two children is called .......
A. 4
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
A. Dn = n log2n
B. Dn= n log2n+1
C. Dn = log2n
D. Dn = log2n+1
A. Exterior node
B. Outside node
C. Outer node
D. External node
A. Interior node
B. Domestic node
C. Internal node
D. Inner node
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.
2) While converting binary tree into extended binary tree, all the
original nodes in binary tree are .......
A. binary trees
B. binary search trees
C. heaps
D. binary heaps
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. 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.
A. Binary trees
B. Binary search trees
C. Merging
D. AVL Trees
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
A. FAEKCDBHG
B. FAEKCDHGB
C. EAFKHDCBG
D. FEAKDCHBG
A. Absolute
B. Entire
C. Inclusive
D. Complete
A. Info
B. Root
C. Threads
D. Child
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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A) Weakly connected
B) Strongly Connected
C) Tightly Connected
D) Linearly Connected
A) Depth First
B) Breadth First
C) With First
D) Depth Limited
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
A) True, False
B) False, True
C) False, False
D) True, True
8. Which of the following is not the internal sort?
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
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
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
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
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
A) [log2n]-1
B) [logn]+1
C) [log2n]
D) [log2n]+1
Answer :
1. B) Strongly Connected
2. A) Depth First
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
11. B) 0 and -1
15. C) 4
16. D) Traversal
17. B) Sentinel
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1) Linked lists are best suited .....
A. sorting
B. merging
C. inserting
D. traversal
A. Underflow
B. Overflow
C. Houseful
D. Saturated
A. 2 B. 3 C. 1 D. 4
A. 0 B. 1 C. -1 D. 2
A. Three fields
B. Two fields
C. Four fields
D. Five fields
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
A. successor node
B. predecessor node
C. head node
D. last node
A. List
B. Tree
C. Graph
D. Edge
A. Guard
B. Sentinel
C. End pointer
D. Last pointer
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 ......
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 ........
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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A. Discovering
B. Finding
C. Searching
D. Mining
A. Insertion sort
B. Heap sort
C. Bubble sort
D. Quick sort
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
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
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
A. quick
B. shell
C. heap
D. selection
11) .......... sorting is good to use when alphabetizing large list of names.
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
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
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
A. O(n)
B. O(logn)
C. O(n2)
D. O(n 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)
A) Ordinary queue
B) Single ended 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
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
A) True, True
B) True, False
C) False, True
D) False, False
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
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
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
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
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
Answers:
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2) If the number of records to be sorted is small, then ...... sorting can be efficient.
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
A. O(n)
B. O(logn)
C. O(n2)
D. O(n logn)
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.
12) .......... is putting an element in the appropriate place in a sorted list yields a
larger sorted order list.
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.
16) Which of the following sorting algorithm is of divide and conquer type?
17) ........ sorting algorithm is frequently used when n is small where n is total number
of elements.
18) Which of the following sorting algorithm is of priority queue sorting type?
19) Which of the following is not the required condition for binary search algorithm?
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