Insertion Sort Analysis
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In the worst case scenario, how does the number of comparisons in insertion sort behave?

  • Increases quadratically (correct)
  • Decreases linearly
  • Remains constant
  • Doubles exponentially
  • For the best case scenario in insertion sort, how many comparisons are executed per outer loop?

  • Thrice
  • Never
  • Twice
  • Once (correct)
  • What happens to the number of comparisons made by insertion sort in the average case compared to decreasing arrays?

  • Halved (correct)
  • Remains the same
  • Increases exponentially
  • Doubled
  • Which sorting algorithm is known for 'bubbling up' the largest element to the last position in each pass?

    <p>Bubble sort</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the time complexity of the best and average case scenarios in Quick Sort?

    <p>$O(n ext{ log } n)$</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Merge Sort, how is the original array split before sorting?

    <p>Into two equal halves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the time complexity of Prims Algorithm when using a Priority Queue?

    <p>O(E log V)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In preorder traversal of a binary tree, what is visited first?

    <p>Root</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of A* algorithm?

    <p>Finding the shortest path in a graph from a start to a goal node</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What defines the weight of a tree in the context of minimum spanning trees?

    <p>Sum of weights on all its edges</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which algorithm is used to find the shortest paths from a single source vertex to all other vertices in a weighted graph with non-negative edge weights?

    <p>Dijkstra's algorithm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of solution does Greedy Search construct in optimization problems?

    <p>Locally optimal</p> Signup and view all the answers

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