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Q151.
Consider the following code snippet to find the smallest element in a linked list:
Which of the following lines should be inserted to complete the below code?
struct Node
{
     int val;
     struct Node* next;
}*head;
int get_min()
{
      struct Node* temp = head->next;
   int min_num = temp->val;
   while(temp != 0)
   {
        if(_________)
      min_num = temp->val;
  temp = temp->next;
   }
   return min_num;
}
Discuss
Answer: (c).temp->val < min_num
Q152.
What is the output of the following code:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
struct Node
{
     int val;
     struct Node* next;
}*head;
int get_max()
{
      struct Node* temp = head->next;
	  int max_num = temp->val;
	  while(temp != 0)
	  {
	        if(temp->val > max_num)
		    max_num = temp->val;
		temp = head->next;
	  }
	  return max_num;
}
int main()
{
      int n = 9, arr[9] ={5,1,3,4,5,2,3,3,1},i;
      struct Node *temp, *newNode;
      head = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
      head -> next =0;
      temp = head;
      for(i=0;i<n;i++)
      {
          newNode =(struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
          newNode->next = 0;
          newNode->val = arr[i];
          temp->next =newNode;
          temp = temp->next;
      }
      int max_num = get_max();
      printf("%d %d",max_num);
      return 0;
}
Discuss
Answer: (c).runtime error
Q153.
What is the output of the following code?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
struct Node
{
     int val;
     struct Node* next;
}*head;
int get_max()
{
      struct Node* temp = head->next;
	  int max_num = temp->val;
	  while(temp != 0)
	  {
	        if(temp->val > max_num)
		    max_num = temp->val;
		temp = temp->next;
	  }
	  return max_num;
}
int get_min()
{
      struct Node* temp = head->next;
	  int min_num = temp->val;
	  while(temp != 0)
	  {
	        if(temp->val < min_num)
		    min_num = temp->val;
		temp = temp->next;
	  }
	  return min_num;
}
int main()
{
      int i, n = 9, arr[9] ={8,3,3,4,5,2,5,6,7};
      struct Node *temp, *newNode;
      head = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
      head -> next =0;
      temp = head;
      for(i=0;i<n;i++)
      {
          newNode =(struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
          newNode->next = 0;
          newNode->val = arr[i];
          temp->next =newNode;
          temp = temp->next;
      }
      int max_num = get_max();
      int min_num = get_min();
      printf("%d %d",max_num,min_num);
      return 0;
}
Discuss
Answer: (d).8 2
Q154.
What is the time complexity of the above iterative code used to find the smallest and largest element in a linked list?
Discuss
Answer: (b).O(n)
Q155.
Consider the following recursive implementation to find the largest element in a linked list:
Which of the following arguments should be passed to the function max_of two() to complete the below code?
struct Node
{
     int val;
     struct Node* next;
}*head;
int max_of_two(int a, int b)
{
      if(a > b)
        return a;
      return b;
}
int recursive_get_max(struct Node* temp)
{
      if(temp->next == 0)
        return  temp->val;
      return max_of_two(______, _______);
}
Discuss
Answer: (a).temp->val,recursive_get_max(temp->next)
Q156.
What is the output of the following code?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
struct Node
{
     int val;
     struct Node* next;
}*head;
int max_of_two(int a, int b)
{
      if(a > b)
        return a;
      return b;
}
int recursive_get_max(struct Node* temp)
{
      if(temp->next == 0)
        return  temp->val;
      return max_of_two(temp->val,recursive_get_max(temp->next));
}
int min_of_two(int a, int b)
{
      if(a < b)
        return a;
      return b;
}
int recursive_get_min(struct Node* temp)
{
      if(temp->next == 0)
        return  temp->val;
      return min_of_two(temp->val,recursive_get_min(temp->next));
}
int main()
{
     int n = 9, arr[9] ={1,3,2,4,5,0,5,6,7},i;
     struct Node *temp, *newNode;
     head = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
     head -> next =0;
     temp = head;
     for(i=0;i<n;i++)
     {
           newNode =(struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
           newNode->next = 0;
           newNode->val = arr[i];
           temp->next =newNode;
           temp = temp->next;
     }
     int max_num = recursive_get_max(head->next);
     int min_num = recursive_get_min(head->next);
     printf("%d %d",max_num,min_num);
     return 0;
}
Discuss
Answer: (c).7 0
Q157.
What is the time complexity of the recursive implementation used to find the largest and smallest element in a linked list?
Discuss
Answer: (b).O(n)
Q158.
What is the output of the following code?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
struct Node
{
     int val;
     struct Node* next;
}*head;
int min_of_two(int a, int b)
{
      if(a < b)
        return a;
      return b;
}
int recursive_get_min(struct Node* temp)
{
      if(temp->next == 0)
        return  temp->val;
      return min_of_two(temp->val,recursive_get_min(temp->next));
}
int main()
{
     int n = 5, arr[5] ={1,1,1,1,1},i;
     struct Node *temp, *newNode;
     head = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
     head -> next =0;
     temp = head;
     for(i=0;i<n;i++)
     {
           newNode =(struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
           newNode->next = 0;
           newNode->val = arr[i];
           temp->next =newNode;
           temp = temp->next;
     }
     int min_num = recursive_get_min(head->next);
     printf("%d",min_num);
     return 0;
}
Discuss
Answer: (a).1
Q159.
How many times will the function recursive_get_min() be called when the following code is executed?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
struct Node
{
     int val;
     struct Node* next;
}*head;
int min_of_two(int a, int b)
{
      if(a < b)
        return a;
      return b;
}
int recursive_get_min(struct Node* temp)
{
      if(temp->next == 0)
        return  temp->val;
      return min_of_two(temp->val,recursive_get_min(temp->next));
}
int main()
{
     int n = 5, arr[5] ={1,1,1,1,1},i;
     struct Node *temp, *newNode;
     head = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
     head -> next =0;
     temp = head;
     for(i=0;i<n;i++)
     {
           newNode =(struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
           newNode->next = 0;
           newNode->val = arr[i];
           temp->next =newNode;
           temp = temp->next;
     }
     int min_num = recursive_get_min(head->next);
     printf("%d",min_num);
     return 0;
}

a.

4

b.

5

c.

6

d.

7

Discuss
Answer: (b).5
Q160.
Which of the following techniques can be used to search an element in an unsorted array?
Discuss
Answer: (a).Iterative linear search

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