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What is the primary goal of a well-designed hash function?
To distribute items uniformly throughout the table
What is the purpose of increasing the table capacity in a hash table implementation?
To reduce collisions
In the division method of hash function design, what type of number is a good choice for the value of m?
A prime number not close to an exact power of 2
What is the primary clustering problem in a hash table implementation?
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What is the purpose of the multiplication method of hash function design?
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What is the primary advantage of using universal hashing in hash function design?
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What is the key idea behind hash tables?
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What is the main disadvantage of direct-access tables?
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What is the purpose of a hash function?
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What is the result of a many-to-one mapping in hash tables?
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What is the average time complexity of a hash table with perfect hashing?
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What is the purpose of handling collisions in hash tables?
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What is the main advantage of hash tables over direct-access tables?
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What is the time complexity of direct-address-insert operation?
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What is the primary drawback of linear probing?
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What is the purpose of the second hash function in double hashing?
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What is the characteristic of the probe sequence in quadratic probing?
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What is the effect of secondary clustering on hash table performance?
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What is the advantage of using double hashing over linear probing?
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What is the primary advantage of using quadratic probing over linear probing?
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What is the purpose of the load factor in chained hashing?
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What is the characteristic of the probe sequence in open-addressing schemes?
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