Data Structure Prelims

Which of the following best defines data?

• Organized information

• A collection of instructions

• No answer

• Raw facts without meaning until processed

Which is an example of a linear data structure?

• graph

• array

• hash table

• tree

Stack follows which principles?

• LIFO

• Random Access

• FIFO

• FILO

Which of the following is NOT a data structure operation?

• Traversal

• Deletion

• Insertion

• Formatting

An algorithm must always:

• run forever

• terminate after a finite number of steps

• work only in pseudocode

• be languae dependent

A data structure that stores data in key-value pairs for fast look-up

• Array

• Dictionary

• Hash Table

• Tree

A diagrammatic representation of an algorithm

• Flowchart

• Output

• Pseudocode

• Framework

A dynamic data structure where each element points to the next element

• Linked list

• Array

• Queue

• Graph

The process of arranging elements in ascending or descending order.

• Arrange

• Sorting

• Sort

• sort()

The process of accessing each data element exactly once so that it can be processed

• Traversal

• Traversing

• Updating

• Iterating

• Searching