Merge sort

Merge sort

Assessment

Interactive Video

Computers

9th - 10th Grade

Easy

Created by

Peter Hyland

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6 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of algorithm is Merge Sort?

Bubble Sort

Insertion Sort

Divide and Conquer

Quick Sort

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the initial step in the Merge Sort algorithm?

Sorting elements within each sublist

Merging sublists

Dividing the list into smaller sublists until each contains only one element

Swapping adjacent elements

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When dividing a list in Merge Sort, what is the stopping condition?

The list is sorted

Each sublist contains only one element

The list is divided into two equal halves

All elements are unique

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Are you enjoying the video lesson?

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After dividing the list into single-element sublists, what is the next phase of Merge Sort?

Re-dividing the sublists

Recombining and sorting the sublists

Shuffling the elements randomly

Deleting duplicate elements

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What makes Merge Sort efficient when recombining lists?

It uses a random pivot

It only needs to look at the first number of each sublist because they are already ordered

It performs swaps only when necessary

It sorts elements in place