Divide and Conquer Quiz

What is the primary benefit of using the divide and conquer technique?

• It duplicates the data set.

• It makes the problem more complex.

• It reduces the problem size with each iteration.

• It increases the size of the problem.

How does a binary search algorithm utilize the divide and conquer approach?

• By sorting the data set alphabetically.

• By multiplying the data set size.

• By discarding half of the data set with each iteration.

• By adding more data to the set.

In the police database example, what is the first filter applied to reduce the dataset?

• Ethnic category IC1.

• Age between 18 and 30.

• Entries related to males.

• Crimes committed in Gloucestershire.

What is a key advantage of using divide and conquer in computational thinking?

• It makes tasks more difficult to manage.

• It allows tasks to be tackled separately and concurrently.

• It requires more computational resources.

• It limits the number of solutions available.

Which algorithm is mentioned as an example of divide and conquer that will be covered in more detail later?

• Merge sort algorithm.

• Bubble sort algorithm.

• Insertion sort algorithm.

• Quick sort algorithm.