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Hashing — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

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Question 1 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the main advantage of using a hash function that distributes values uniformly across the hash table?

Question 2 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following techniques involves storing an array of lists in a hash table?

Question 3 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In which case is a hash function with a high number of possible output values less effective?

Question 4 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

How does double hashing work to resolve collisions in a hash table?

Question 5 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is a common strategy to ensure that a hash table performs optimally under varying loads?

Question 6 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In simple chaining, what data structure is appropriate?

Question 7 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following operations are done in a hash table?

Question 8 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Interpret the given character string as an integer expressed in suitable radix notation. Character string = pt

Question 9 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following problems occur due to linear probing?

Question 10 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Collision is caused due to the presence of two keys having the same value.

Question 11 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which indicator is used for similarity between two sets?

Question 12 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

How many probes are required on average for insertion and successful search?

Question 13 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Hashing can be used in online spelling checkers.

Question 14 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In open addressing the hash table can never become full.

Question 15 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is identical to that of a separate chaining hash node?

Question 16 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is a hash function?

Question 17 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

On what value does the probe sequence depend on?

Question 18 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Double hashing is one of the best methods available for open addressing.

Question 19 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which technique was firstly used clustering documents using the similarity of two words or strings?

Question 20 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the value of the Jaccard index when the two sets are disjoint?

Question 21 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

A good hash approach is to derive the hash value that is expected to be dependent of any patterns that might exist in the data.

Question 22 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

How many hashes will be needed for calculating Jaccard index with an expected error less than or equal to 0.05?

Question 23 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is simple uniform hashing?

Question 24 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the search complexity in direct addressing?

Question 25 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is direct addressing?

Question 26 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following variant of a hash table has the best cache performance?

Question 27 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Sequential access in a Hash tree is faster than in B-trees.

Question 28 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The value of h2(k) can be composite relatively to the hash table size m.

Question 29 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following technique stores data separately in case of a collision?

Question 30 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the time complexity of search function in a hash table using a doubly linked list?

Question 31 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which technique has the greatest number of probe sequences?

Question 32 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the time complexity of the search function in a hash table using a binary tree?

Question 33 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The case in which a key other than the desired one is kept at the identified location is called?

Question 34 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is used in hash tables to determine the index of any input record?

Question 35 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

How is a bit vector better compared to a normal array for implementing the hash table?

Question 36 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

How many bits are needed to specify the single permutation by min-wise independent family?

Question 37 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is a hash table?

Question 38 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the expected error by the estimator Chernoff bound on the samples performed without replacement?

Question 39 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the time complexity of delete function in the hash table using list head?

Question 40 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the value of h(k) for the key 123456? Given: p=14, s=2654435769, w=32

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