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Merge Sort

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Computers

5th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two simple sorting algorithms mentioned?

Merge sort and Quick sort

Bubble sort and Insertion sort

Bubble sort and Merge sort

Selection sort and Heap sort

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are bubble sort and insertion sort not good for large lists?

They require too much memory

They are too complex

They are slow

They cannot sort large numbers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of algorithm is the merge sort?

Exchange sort

Incremental sort

Divide and conquer

Selection sort

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in the merge sort process?

Sorting the list

Merging the list

Breaking down the list into sub-lists

Comparing elements

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the merge sort algorithm begin sorting data?

By swapping all elements

By selecting the smallest element

By dividing the list into two equal parts

By creating pairs of smaller lists

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What makes the merge sort algorithm memory intensive?

It requires additional arrays

It keeps track of many sub-lists in memory

It uses recursion

It sorts data in place

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main use of the merge sort?

Sorting numerical data only

Sorting large lists of unsorted data

Sorting small lists

Sorting data in databases

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