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Q1.
The recurrence relation capturing the optimal time of the Tower of Hanoi problem with n discs is
Discuss
Answer: (d).T(n) = 2T(n – 1) + 1
Q2.
Consider a B+-tree in which the maximum number of keys in a node is 5. What is the minimum number of keys in any non-root node?

a.

1

b.

2

c.

3

d.

4

Discuss
Answer: (b).2
Q3.
What does the following function do for a given Linked List with first node as head?
void fun1(struct node* head)
{
if(head == NULL)
return;

fun1(head->next);
printf("%d ", head->data);
}
Discuss
Answer: (b).Prints all nodes of linked list in reverse order
Discuss
Answer: (d).All of the above
Q5.
Consider the following function that takes reference to head of a Doubly Linked List as parameter. Assume that a node of doubly linked list has previous pointer as prev and next pointer as next.

void fun(struct node **head_ref)
{
struct node *temp = NULL;
struct node *current = *head_ref;

while (current != NULL)
{
temp = current->prev;
current->prev = current->next;
current->next = temp;
current = current->prev;
}

if(temp != NULL )
*head_ref = temp->prev;
}

Assume that reference of head of following doubly linked list is passed to above function 1 <--> 2 <--> 3 <--> 4 <--> 5 <-->6. What should be the modified linked list after the function call?
Discuss
Answer: (c).6 <--> 5 <--> 4 <--> 3 <--> 2 <--> 1
Q6.
Which of the following sorting algorithms can be used to sort a random linked list with minimum time complexity?
Discuss
Answer: (d).Merge Sort
Q7.
The following function reverse() is supposed to reverse a singly linked list. There is one line missing at the end of the function.

/* Link list node */
struct node
{
    int data;
    struct node* next;
};
 
/* head_ref is a double pointer which points to head (or start) pointer
  of linked list */
static void reverse(struct node** head_ref)
{
    struct node* prev   = NULL;
    struct node* current = *head_ref;
    struct node* next;
    while (current != NULL)
    {
        next  = current->next; 
        current->next = prev;  
        prev = current;
        current = next;
    }
    /*ADD A STATEMENT HERE*/
}

What should be added in place of "/*ADD A STATEMENT HERE*/", so that the function correctly reverses a linked list.
Discuss
Answer: (a).*head_ref = prev;
Q8.
What is the output of following function for start pointing to first node of following linked list?
1->2->3->4->5->6

void fun(struct node* start)
{
  if(start == NULL)
    return;
  printf("%d  ", start->data);
  
  if(start->next != NULL )
    fun(start->next->next);
  printf("%d  ", start->data);
}
Discuss
Answer: (d).1 3 5 5 3 1
Q9.
The following C function takes a simply-linked list as input argument. It modifies the list by moving the last element to the front of the list and returns the modified list. Some part of the code is left blank. Choose the correct alternative to replace the blank line.
typedef struct node
{
  int value;
  struct node *next;
}Node;
  
Node *move_to_front(Node *head)
{
  Node *p, *q;
  if ((head == NULL: || (head->next == NULL))
    return head;
  q = NULL; p = head;
  while (p-> next !=NULL)
  {
    q = p;
    p = p->next;
  }
  _______________________________
  return head;
}
Discuss
Answer: (d).q->next = NULL; p->next = head; head = p;
Q10.
The following C function takes a single-linked list of integers as a parameter and rearranges the elements of the list. The function is called with the list containing the integers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 in the given order. What will be the contents of the list after the function completes execution?

struct node
{
  int value;
  struct node *next;
};
void rearrange(struct node *list)
{
  struct node *p, * q;
  int temp;
  if ((!list) || !list->next)
      return;
  p = list;
  q = list->next;
  while(q)
  {
     temp = p->value;
     p->value = q->value;
     q->value = temp;
     p = q->next;
     q = p?p->next:0;
  }
}
Discuss
Answer: (b).2,1,4,3,6,5,7
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