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What is the main characteristic of a recursive method?
What is the main characteristic of a recursive method?
- It uses a stopping condition (base case) to terminate the recursion. (correct)
- It can only be implemented in certain programming languages.
- It can only be called once.
- It consumes large amounts of storage.
What is a disadvantage of using recursive techniques?
What is a disadvantage of using recursive techniques?
- It is provided in all programming languages.
- It is easy to implement for problems that are naturally recursive.
- It is not efficient in storage usage. (correct)
- It reduces the use of variables.
In the given example, what is the 4th term of the series of Triangular Number?
In the given example, what is the 4th term of the series of Triangular Number?
- 10 (correct)
- 21
- 15
- 6
What does the base case in a recursive method represent?
What does the base case in a recursive method represent?
Why are not all problems suitable for solving using recursive techniques?
Why are not all problems suitable for solving using recursive techniques?
What does the recursive step in a method involve?
What does the recursive step in a method involve?
Which characteristic is NOT an advantage of using recursive techniques?
Which characteristic is NOT an advantage of using recursive techniques?
What impact does using recursive techniques have on variable usage?
What impact does using recursive techniques have on variable usage?
What is the primary purpose of an if-else statement in a recursive method?
What is the primary purpose of an if-else statement in a recursive method?
Which statement best describes the implementation of a base case in a recursive method?
Which statement best describes the implementation of a base case in a recursive method?
What is recursion in programming?
What is recursion in programming?
What is the base case in recursion?
What is the base case in recursion?
Why might a recursive approach be inefficient in some cases?
Why might a recursive approach be inefficient in some cases?
What happens if a recursive method lacks a base case?
What happens if a recursive method lacks a base case?
What does recursion require to have for each argument?
What does recursion require to have for each argument?
What is the relationship between recursion and a stack?
What is the relationship between recursion and a stack?
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