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Sorting Algorithms — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

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Question 1 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What characteristic of TimSort helps it perform well on real-world data?

Question 2 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which sorting algorithm performs the fewest number of swaps on average?

Question 3 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In which scenario does the Heap Sort algorithm perform best?

Question 4 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What type of sorting algorithm is Bucket Sort?

Question 5 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which sorting algorithm does not work efficiently for arrays with large ranges of integer keys?

Question 6 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Shell sort is more efficient than insertion sort if the length of input arrays is small.

Question 7 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The given array is arr={7, 4, 5, 8, 1, 2}. The number of iterations required to sort the array using comb sort and bubble sort respectively will be . . . . . . . .

Question 8 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the auxiliary space complexity of merge sort?

Question 9 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the auxiliary space requirement of permutation sort?

Question 10 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is an example of parallel sorting technique?

Question 11 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Bead sort is also known as . . . . . . . .

Question 12 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the average case complexity of selection sort?

Question 13 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is not an example of non comparison sort?

Question 14 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following sorting algorithm is not in place?

Question 15 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following algorithm implementations is similar to that of an insertion sort?

Question 16 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is not a stable sorting algorithm?

Question 17 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following sorting algorithm is only applicable to positive integers?

Question 18 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In which case will tim sort will work as an insertion sort?

Question 19 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In a computational complexity theory, a problem with decision making is said to be NP-complete when it is both in NP and NP-hard. What does NP mean?

Question 20 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The complexity of which of the following sorting algorithms remains to be the same in its best, average and worst case?

Question 21 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Bubble sort performs better as compared to cocktail sort.

Question 22 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is an advantage of cycle sort?

Question 23 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Consider the Quick sort algorithm which sorts elements in ascending order using the first element as pivot. Then which of the following input sequence will require a maximum number of comparisons when this algorithm is applied on it?

Question 24 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Sleep sort is an in-place sorting technique.

Question 25 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following sorting techniques is stable?

Question 26 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following sorting algorithm makes use of merge sort?

Question 27 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Merge sort uses which of the following algorithm to implement sorting?

Question 28 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the average time complexity of bottom up merge sort?

Question 29 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Which of the following is a combination of LSD and MSD radix sorts?

Question 30 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

How many comparisons will be made to sort the array arr={1, 5, 3, 8, 2} using counting sort?

Question 31 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In place merge sort has same time complexity as standard merge sort.

Question 32 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Odd-even sort is also known as . . . . . . . .

Question 33 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

In what position does the array for heap sort contains data?

Question 34 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Strand sort is most efficient for data stored in?

Question 35 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the average time complexity of strand sort?

Question 36 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

What is the auxiliary space complexity of binary insertion sort?

Question 37 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Bubble sort is an adaptive sorting algorithm.

Question 38 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

How many comparisons will be made to sort the array arr={1, 5, 3, 8, 2} using pigeonhole sort?

Question 39 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

The auxiliary array used in pigeonhole sorting is called . . . . . . . .

Question 40 of 40
★ PPSC ★ FPSC

Odd-even sort is a variation of . . . . . . . .

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