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Data Structure- Searching & Sorting

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which data structure stores key/value pairs?

Sets

Stacks

Lists

Dictionaries

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does a searching algorithm do?

Search through a set of data
Save a set of data
Help to organise data

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What would be needed if searching algorithms didn't exist?

The data would need to be saved
Each item of data would need to be looked at one by one, until the searched for data was found
A new set of data to look at would be needed

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these is a type of searching algorithm?

Linear search
Word search
Search engine

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does a linear search do?

Looks at the first item of data, then each one in turn, until it finds the data item requested
Organises the data into alphabetical order
Splits the data until the requested data is found

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is an advantage of a linear search?

It is very quick
It only works with ordered lists
It is a simple algorithm

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a serial search?

It can be used on any set of data regardless of type
It is the quickest search to use
It is a simple algorithm, so it is easy to write a computer program to carry it out

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