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Fundamentals of Algorithms (CS502)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Objective Questions

  1. Diagraphs are not used in communication and transportation networks.

    1. True
    2. False
  2. The difference between Prim’s algorithm and Dijkstra’s algorithm is that Dijkstra’s algorithm uses a different key.

    1. True
    2. False
  3. A free tree with n vertices have exactly n+1 edges.

    1. True
    2. False
  4. Counting sort assumes that the numbers to be sorted are in the range ________.

    1. k to n where n is large
    2. 1 to k where k is small
    3. k to n where k is small
    4. k to n where n is small
  5. The Huffman algorithm finds a(n) ________ solution.

    1. Optimal
    2. Non-optimal
    3. Exponential
    4. Polynomial
  6. We say that two vertices u and v are mutually ________ if u can reach v and vice versa.

    1. Crossed
    2. Forward
    3. Reachable
    4. Nor Reachable
  7. In Dynamic Programming approach, we do not store the solution to each sub-problem in case if it reappears.

    1. True
    2. False
  8. The Huffman algorithm finds a polynomial solution.

    1. True
    2. False
  9. We can use the optimal substructure property to devise a ________ formulation of the edit distance problem.

    1. Selective
    2. Optimum
    3. Iterative
    4. Recursive
  10. In the clique cover problem, for two vertices to be in the same group, they must be adjacent to each other.

    1. True
    2. False
  11. We say that two vertices u and v are mutually not reachable if u can reach v and vice versa.

    1. True
    2. False
  12. What is generally true of Adjacency List and Adjacency Matrix representations of graphs?

    1. Lists require less space than matrices but take longer to find the weight of an edge (v1,v2)
    2. Lists require less space than matrices and they are faster to find the weight of an edge (v1,v2)
    3. Lists require more space than matrices and they take longer to find the weight of an edge (v1,v2)
    4. Lists require more space than matrices but are faster to find the weight of an edge (v1,v2)
  13. The ________ given by DFS allow us to determine whether the graph contains any cycles.

    1. Order
    2. Time stamps
    3. BFS traversing
    4. Topological sort
  14. Which is true statement.

    1. Breadth first search is shortest path algorithm that works on un-weighted graphs
    2. Depth first search is shortest path algorithm that works on un-weighted graphs.
    3. Both of above are true.
    4. None of the given
  15. According to parenthesis lemma. vertex u is a descendent of v vertex if and only if,

    1. [d[u], f[u]] ⊆ [d[v], f[v]]
    2. [d[u], f[u]] ⊇ [d[v], f[v]]
    3. Unrelated
    4. Disjoint
  16. Adding an edge to a free tree creates.

    1. A cycle
    2. A complete MST
    3. A partial MST
    4. A shortest path
  17. Bellman-Ford allows negative weights edges and negative cost cycles.

    1. True
    2. False
  18. In Prim's algorithm, we start with the root vertex r; it can be any vertex.

    1. True
    2. False
  19. In strong components algorithm, first of all DFS is run for getting ________ times of vertices.

    1. Start
    2. Finish
    3. Both start & finish
    4. None of the given
  20. The term “coloring” came form the original application which was in architectural design.

    1. True
    2. False
  21. Chain matrix multiplication problem can be solved through ________ strategy.

    1. Dynamic programming
    2. Greedy
    3. Divide and conquer
    4. Sorting
  22. In ________ algorithm, at any time, the subset of edges A forms a single tree.

    1. Kruskal's
    2. Prim's
    3. Both Kruskal's and Prim's
    4. None of the given
  23. An optimization problem is one in which you want to find,

    1. Not a solution
    2. An algorithm
    3. Good solution
    4. The best solution
  24. Consider the following adjacency list:
    CS502_0001
    Which of the following graph(s) describe(s) the above adjacency list?

    1. CS502_0002
    2. CS502_0003
    3. CS502_0004
    4. CS502_0005
  25. Networks are ________ in the sense that is possible from any location in the network to reach any other location in the digraph.

    1. Complete
    2. Incomplete
    3. Not graphs
    4. Transportation
  26. A graph may contain ________.

    1. Exactly one MST
    2. Maximum one MST
    3. NO MST
    4. More than one MST
  27. Consider three matrices X, Y, Z of dimensions 1 × 2, 2 × 3, 3 × 4 respectively. The number of multiplications of X(YZ) is:

    1. 16
    2. 23
    3. 26
    4. 32
  28. You have an adjacency list for G, what is the time compexity to compute Graph transpose G^T.?

    1. ? (V + E)
    2. ? (V E)
    3. ?(V)
    4. ?(v^2)
  29. By breaking any edge on cycle created in free tree, the free ________ is restored.

    1. Edge
    2. Tree
    3. Cycle
    4. Vertex
  30. Heap sort is a/an ________ and ________ sorting algorithm.

    1. Not in-place, not stable one
    2. In-place, stable one
    3. In-place, not stable one
    4. Not in-place, stable one
  31. Maximum number of vertices in a Directed Graph may be |V2|

    1. True
    2. False
  32. In Dynamic Programming, our approach is to ________.

    1. Develop the solution in a top-down fashion
    2. Express the problem non-recursively
    3. Build the solution in a bottom-up fashion
    4. Input several sub-problems simultaneously
  33. Although it requires more complicated data structures, Prim's algorithm for a minimum spanning tree is better than Kruskal's when the graph has a large number of vertices.

    1. True
    2. False
  34. Huffman algorithm uses a greedy approach to generate a postfix code T that minimizes the expected length B(T) of the encoded string.

    1. True
    2. False
  35. The codeword assigned to characters by the Huffman algorithm have the property that no codeword is the postfix of any other.

    1. True
    2. False
  36. In kruskal's algorithm, the next edge is added to viable set A, if its adding does not induce a cycle.

    1. True
    2. False
  37. The Huffman algorithm finds an exponential solution

    1. True
    2. False
  38. Kruskal's algorithm (choose best non-cycle edge) is better than Prim's (choose best free edge) when the gaph has relatively few edges.

    1. True
    2. False
  39. If there are Θ (n2) entries in edit distance matrix then each entry E (i, j) takes ________ time to compute.

    1. Θ (n)
    2. Θ (n2)
    3. Θ (1)
    4. Θ (n log n)
  40. If a graph has v vertices and e edges then to obtain a spanning tree we have to delete

    1. v edges.
    2. v – e + 5 edges
    3. v + e edges.
    4. None of the given
  41. Radix sort is not a non-comparative integer sorting algorithm.

    1. True
    2. False
  42. Dijkstra’s algorithm is operated by maintaining a subset of vertices.

    1. True
    2. False
  43. Strongly connected components are not affected by reversal of all edges in terms of vertices reachability.

    1. True
    2. False
  44. Dijkestra’s single source shortest path algorithm works if all edges weights are non-negative and there are negative cost cycles.

    1. True
    2. False
  45. Dynamic Programming is a problem-solving approach in which ________.

    1. Problem is solved in Zero time
    2. Solution is developed only at final stage
    3. Both are correct
    4. Both are incorrect
  46. Shortest path problems can be solved efficiently by modeling the road map as a graph.

    1. True
    2. False
  47. In strong components algorithm, first of all DFS is run for computing finish times of vertices.

    1. True
    2. False
  48. If a problem is in NP, it must also be in P.

    1. True
    2. False
    3. Unknown
  49. The greedy part of the Huffman encoding algorithm is to first find two nodes with larger frequency.

    1. True
    2. False
  50. You have an adjacency list for G, what is the time compexity to compute Graph transpose G^T?

    1. (V+E)
    2. V.E
    3. V
    4. E