Linear Search

How many linear searches will it take to find the value 7 in the list [1,4,8,7,10,28]?

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

A Linear search algorithm requires data to be ordered.

• True
• False

What is an advantage of the Linear search algorithm?

• Performs well with small sized data sets
• Can be used on data sets with more than a million elements
• Is complicated to code

What is a disadvantage of the Linear search algorithm?

• It will only work on a sorted data set
• May be too slow to process large data sets

What will happen in a Linear search algorithm if no match is found?

• It continues to search in a never ending loop.
• "Item not found" is returned