Java Data Structures

Data structures are a specialized box that can hold a series of data.

• True

• False

What are 2 reasons why data structures are important?

• Great for creating virtual condos

• Useful for managing large amounts of data.

• Allows for easy sorting, analyzing, and accessing of information.

• Decreases the work load on the programmer.

What are 2 questions you should ask yourself when you don't know what data structure to use?

• What kind of information will I be storing?

• What data type is most effective?

• Where will I put the data structure?

• How is that information going to be used?

Once you've created an array, the size of the array can still change later in the code.

• True

• False

How do I access the first element in the array 'songs'?

• Ask politely.

• songs[1]

• songs[0]

Linked Lists are the backbone of what 2 data structures?

• Queues

• Stacks

• ArrayLists

• Lists

Inserting and deleting elements from Linked Lists is very slow!

• True

• False

This data structure extends an array's functionality.

• ArrayList

• Queues

• Stacks

• List