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Q191.
What is the advantage of bubble sort over other sorting techniques?
Discuss
Answer: (c).Detects whether the input is already sorted
Q192.
The given array is arr = {1,2,4,3}. Bubble sort is used to sort the array elements. How many iterations will be done to sort the array?

a.

4

b.

2

c.

1

d.

0

Discuss
Answer: (a).4
Q193.
How can you improve the best case efficiency in bubble sort? (The input is already sorted)
a)

        boolean swapped = false;
 for(int j=arr.length-1; j>=0 && swapped; j--)
 {
  swapped = true;
  for(int k=0; k<j; k++)
  {
   if(arr[k] > arr[k+1])
   {
    int temp = arr[k];
    arr[k] = arr[k+1];
    arr[k+1] = temp;
    swapped = false;
   }
  }
 }

b)

        boolean swapped = true;
 for(int j=arr.length-1; j>=0 && swapped; j--)
 {
  swapped = false;
  for(int k=0; k<j; k++)
  {
   if(arr[k] > arr[k+1])
   {
    int temp = arr[k];
    arr[k] = arr[k+1];
    arr[k+1] = temp;
   }
  }
 
}

c)

        boolean swapped = true;
 for(int j=arr.length-1; j>=0 && swapped; j--)
 {
  swapped = false;
  for(int k=0; k<j; k++)
  {
   if(arr[k] > arr[k+1])
   {
    int temp = arr[k];
    arr[k] = arr[k+1];
    arr[k+1] = temp;
    swapped = true;
   }
  }
 }

d)

        boolean swapped = true;
 for(int j=arr.length-1; j>=0 && swapped; j--)
 {
  for(int k=0; k<j; k++)
  {
   if(arr[k] > arr[k+1])
   {
    int temp = arr[k];
    arr[k] = arr[k+1];
    arr[k+1] = temp;
    swapped = true;
   }
  }
 }

a.

a

b.

b

c.

c

d.

d

Discuss
Answer: (c).c
Q194.
What is the best case efficiency of bubble sort in the improvised version?
Discuss
Answer: (c).O(n)
Q195.
The given array is arr = {1,2,4,3}. Bubble sort is used to sort the array elements. How many iterations will be done to sort the array with improvised version?

a.

4

b.

2

c.

1

d.

0

Discuss
Answer: (b).2
Q196.
QuickSort can be categorized into which of the following?
Discuss
Answer: (b).Divide and conquer
Q197.
Select the appropriate recursive call for QuickSort.(arr is the array, low is the starting index and high is the ending index of the array, partition returns the pivot element)
a)

public static void quickSort(int[] arr, int low, int high)
{
 int pivot;
 if(high>low)
 {
  pivot = partition(arr, low, high);
  quickSort(arr, low, pivot-1);
  quickSort(arr, pivot+1, high);
 }
}

b)

public static void quickSort(int[] arr, int low, int high)
{
 int pivot;
 if(high<low)
 {
  pivot = partition(arr, low, high);
  quickSort(arr, low, pivot-1);
  quickSort(arr, pivot+1, high);
 }
}

c)

public static void quickSort(int[] arr, int low, int high)
{
 int pivot;
 if(high>low)
 {
  pivot = partition(arr, low, high);
  quickSort(arr, low, pivot);
  quickSort(arr, pivot, high);
 }
}

d) None of the mentioned

a.

a

b.

b

c.

c

d.

d

Discuss
Answer: (a).a
Q198.
What is the worst case complexity of QuickSort?
Discuss
Answer: (d).O(n^2)
Discuss
Answer: (c).Any element in the array is chosen as the pivot
Q200.
Which of the following code performs the partition operation in QuickSort?
a)

private static int partition(int[] arr, int low, int high)
{
 int left, right, pivot_item = arr[low];
 left = low;
 right = high;
 while(left > right)
 {
  while(arr[left] <= pivot_item)
  {
   left++;
  }
  while(arr[right] > pivot_item)
  {
   right--;
  }
  if(left < right)
  {
   swap(arr, left, right);
  }
 }
 arr[low] = arr[right];
 arr[right] = pivot_item;
 return right;
}

b)

private static int partition(int[] arr, int low, int high)
{
 int left, right, pivot_item = arr[low];
 left = low;
 right = high;
 while(left <= right)
 {
  while(arr[left] <= pivot_item)
  {
   left++;
  }
  while(arr[right] > pivot_item)
  {
   right--;
  }
  if(left < right)
  {
   swap(arr, left, right);
  }
 }
 arr[low] = arr[right];
 arr[right] = pivot_item;
 return right;
}

c)

private static int partition(int[] arr, int low, int high)
{
 int left, right, pivot_item = arr[low];
 left = low;
 right = high;
 while(left <= right)
 {
  while(arr[left] > pivot_item)
  {
   left++;
  }
  while(arr[right] <= pivot_item)
  {
   right--;
  }
  if(left < right)
  {
   swap(arr, left, right);
  }
 }
 arr[low] = arr[right];
 arr[right] = pivot_item;
 return right;
}

d)

private static int partition(int[] arr, int low, int high)
{
 int left, right, pivot_item = arr[low];
 left = low;
 right = high;
 while(left > right)
 {
  while(arr[left] > pivot_item)
  {
   left++;
  }
  while(arr[right] <= pivot_item)
  {
   right--;
  }
  if(left < right)
  {
   swap(arr, left, right);
  }
 }
 arr[low] = arr[right];
 arr[right] = pivot_item;
 return right;
}

a.

a

b.

b

c.

c

d.

d

Discuss
Answer: (b).b

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