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A) Abstract level
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C) Implementation level
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A) AVL tree
B) Red-black tree
C) Lemma tree
D) None of the above

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4. Stack is also called as

A) Last in first out

B) First in last out
C) Last in last out
D) First in first out

5. Which of the following is true about the characteristics of abstract data

types?

i) It exports a type.

ii) It exports a set of operations

A) True, False
B) False, True
C) True, True
D) False, False

6. …………… is not the component of data structure.

A) Operations

B) Storage Structures

C) Algorithms

D) None of above

7. Which of the following is not the part of ADT description?

A) Data

B) Operations

C) Both of the above

D) None of the above

8. Inserting an item into the stack when stack is not full is called ………….
Operation and deletion of item form the stack, when stack is not empty is
called ………..operation.

A) push, pop

B) pop, push

C) insert, delete

D) delete, insert
9. ……………. Is a pile in which items are added at one end and removed
from the other.

A) Stack

B) Queue

C) List

D) None of the above

10. ………… is very useful in situation when data have to stored and then
retrieved in reverse order.

A) Stack

B) Queue

C) List

D) Link list

11. Which data structure allows deleting data elements from and
inserting at rear?

A) Stacks

B) Queues

C) Dequeues

D) Binary search tree

12. Which of the following data structure can’t store the non-
homogeneous data elements?

A) Arrays

B) Records

C) Pointers

D) Stacks

13. A ……. is a data structure that organizes data similar to a line in the
supermarket, where the first one in line is the first one out.

A) Queue linked list

B) Stacks linked list

C) Both of them
D) Neither of them

14. Which of the following is non-liner data structure?

A) Stacks

B) List

C) Strings

D) Trees

15. Herder node is used as sentinel in …..

A) Graphs

B) Stacks

C) Binary tree

D) Queues

16. Which data structure is used in breadth first search of a graph to hold
nodes?

A) Stack

B) queue

C) Tree

D) Array

17. Identify the data structure which allows deletions at both ends of the
list but insertion at only one end.

A) Input restricted dequeue

B) Output restricted qequeue

C) Priority queues

D) Stack

18. Which of the following data structure is non linear type?

A) Strings

B) Lists

C) Stacks
D) Graph

19. Which of the following data structure is linear type?

A) Graph

B) Trees

C) Binary tree

D) Stack

20. To represent hierarchical relationship between elements, Which data

structure is suitable?

A) Dequeue

B) Priority

C) Tree

D) Graph

21. A directed graph is ………………. if there is a path from each vertex to

every other vertex in the digraph.

A) Weakly connected

B) Strongly Connected

C) Tightly Connected

D) Linearly Connected

22. In the …………….. traversal we process all of a vertex’s descendants

before we move to an adjacent vertex.

A) Depth First

B) Breadth First

C) With First

D) Depth Limited

23. State True of False.

i) Network is a graph that has weights or costs associated with it.

ii) An undirected graph which contains no cycles is called a forest.

iii) A graph is said to be complete if there is no edge between every pair of vertices.
A) True, False, True

B) True, True, False

C) True, True, True

D) False, True, True

24. Match the following.

a) Completeness i) How long does it take to find a solution

b) Time Complexity ii) How much memory need to perform the search.
c) Space Complexity iii) Is the strategy guaranteed to find the solution when there in
one.

A) a-iii, b-ii, c-i

B) a-i, b-ii, c-iii

C) a-iii, b-i, c-ii

D) a-i, b-iii, c-ii

25. The number of comparisons done by sequential search is ………………

A) (N/2)+1

B) (N+1)/2

C) (N-1)/2

D) (N+2)/2

26. In ……………, search start at the beginning of the list and check every
element in the list.

A) Linear search

B) Binary search

C) Hash Search

D) Binary Tree search

27. State True or False.

i) Binary search is used for searching in a sorted array.

ii) The time complexity of binary search is O(logn).

A) True, False
B) False, True

C) False, False

D) True, True

28. Which of the following is not the internal sort?

A) Insertion Sort

B) Bubble Sort

C) Merge Sort

D) Heap Sort

29. State True or False.

i) An undirected graph which contains no cycles is called forest.

ii) A graph is said to be complete if there is an edge between every pair of vertices.

A) True, True

B) False, True

C) False, False

D) True, False

30. A graph is said to be ……………… if the vertices can be split into two
sets V1 and V2 such there are no edges between two vertices of V1 or two
vertices of V2.

A) Partite

B) Bipartite

C) Rooted

D) Bisects

31. In a queue, the initial values of front pointer f rare pointer r should be
…….. and ……….. respectively.

A) 0 and 1

B) 0 and -1

C) -1 and 0

D) 1 and 0
32. In a circular queue the value of r will be ..

A) r=r+1

B) r=(r+1)% [QUEUE_SIZE – 1]

C) r=(r+1)% QUEUE_SIZE

D) r=(r-1)% QUEUE_SIZE

33. Which of the following statement is true?

i) Using singly linked lists and circular list, it is not possible to traverse the list
backwards.

ii) To find the predecessor, it is required to traverse the list from the first node in case
of singly linked list.

A) i-only

B) ii-only

C) Both i and ii

D) None of both

34. The advantage of …………….. is that they solve the problem if

sequential storage representation. But disadvantage in that is they are
sequential lists.

A) Lists

B) Linked Lists

C) Trees

D) Queues

35. What will be the value of top, if there is a size of stack STACK_SIZE is
5

A) 5

B) 6

C) 4

D) None

36. ………… is not the operation that can be performed on queue.

A) Insertion
B) Deletion

C) Retrieval

D) Traversal

37. There is an extra element at the head of the list called a ……….

A) Antinel

B) Sentinel

C) List header

D) List head

38. A graph is a collection of nodes, called ………. And line segments

called arcs or ……….. that connect pair of nodes.

A) vertices, edges

B) edges, vertices

C) vertices, paths

D) graph node, edges

39. A ……….. is a graph that has weights of costs associated with its edges.

A) Network

B) Weighted graph

C) Both A and B

D) None A and B

40. In general, the binary search method needs no more than …………….
comparisons.

A) [log2n]-1

B) [logn]+1

C) [log2n]

D) [log2n]+1

41. Which of the following is not the type of queue?

A) Ordinary queue
B) Single ended queue

C) Circular queue

D) Priority queue

42. The property of binary tree is

A) The first subset is called left subtree

B) The second subtree is called right subtree

C) The root cannot contain NULL

D) The right subtree can be empty

43. State true or false.

i) The degree of root node is always zero.

ii) Nodes that are not root and not leaf are called as internal nodes.

A) True, True

B) True, False

C) False, True

D) False, False

44. Any node is the path from the root to the node is called

A) Successor node

B) Ancestor node

C) Internal node

D) None of the above

45. State true of false.

i) A node is a parent if it has successor nodes.

ii) A node is child node if out degree is one.

A) True, True

B) True, False

C) False, True
D) False, False

46. ………………. is not an operation performed on linear list

a) Insertion b) Deletion c) Retrieval d) Traversal

A) only a,b and c

B) only a and b

C) All of the above

D) None of the above

47. Which is/are the application(s) of stack

A) Function calls

B) Large number Arithmetic

C) Evaluation of arithmetic expressions

D) All of the above

48. A …………… is an acyclic digraph, which has only one node with
indegree 0, and other nodes have in-degree 1.

A) Directed tree

B) Undirected tree

C) Dis-joint tree

D) Direction oriented tree

49. …………………. Is a directed tree in which outdegree of each node is

less than or equal to two.

A) Unary tree

B) Binary tree

C) Trinary tree

D) Both B and C

50. State true or false.

i) An empty tree is also a binary tree.

ii) In strictly binary tree, the out-degree of every node is either o or 2.

A) True, False

B) False, True

C) True, True

D) False, False

51. Which of the following data structures are indexed structures?

A. Linear arrays

B. Linked lists

C. Queue

D. Stack

52. Which of the following data structure store the homogeneous data
elements?

A. Arrays

B. Records

C. Pointers

D. Lists

53. When new data are to be inserted into a data structure, but there is
not available space; this situation is usually called ….

A. Underflow

B. overflow

C. houseful

D. saturated

54. A data structure where elements can be added or removed at either

end but not in the middle is called …

A. linked lists

B. stacks

C. queues

D. dequeue

55. Operations on a data structure may be …..

A. creation

B. destruction

C. selection

D. all of the above

56. The way in which the data item or items are logically related defines
…..

A. storage structure

B. data structure

C. data relationship

D. data operation

57. Which of the following are the operations applicable an primitive data
structures?

A. create

B. destroy

C. update

D. all of the above

58. The use of pointers to refer elements of a data structure in which

elements are logically adjacent is ….

A. pointers

B. linked allocation

C. stack

D. queue

59. Arrays are best data structures

A. for relatively permanent collections of data

B. for the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing

C. for both of above situation

D. for non of above situation

60. Which of the following statement is false?

A. Arrays are dense lists and static data structure.

B. Data elements in linked list need not be stored in adjacent space in memory

C. Pointers store the next data element of a list.

D. Linked lists are collection of the nodes that contain information part and next
pointer.

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61. Which of the following data structure is non-linear type?

A) Strings

B) Lists

C) Stacks

D) Tree

62. Which of the following data structure is linear type?

A) Array

B) Tree

C) Graphs

D) Hierarchy

63. The logical or mathematical model of a particular organization of

data is called a ………

A) Data structure

B) Data arrangement

C) Data configuration

D) Data formation

64. The simplest type of data structure is ………………

A) Multidimensional array

B) Linear array

C) Two dimensional array

D) Three dimensional array

65. Linear arrays are also called ……………….

A) Straight line array

B) One-dimensional array

C) Vertical array

D) Horizontal array

66. Arrays are best data structures …………

A) For relatively permanent collections of data.

B) For the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing

C) For both of above situation

D) For none of the above

67. Which of the following data structures are indexed structures?

A) Linear arrays

B) Linked lists

C) Graphs

D) Trees

68. Each node in a linked list has two pairs of ………….. and ……………….

A) Link field and information field

B) Link field and avail field

C) Avail field and information field

D) Address field and link field

69. A …………………… does not keep track of address of every element in

the list.

A) Stack

B) String

C) Linear array

D) Queue

70. When does top value of the stack changes?

A) Before deletion

B) While checking underflow

C) At the time of deletion

D) After deletion

71. Which of the following data structure is non-linear type?

A) Strings

B) Lists

C) Stacks

D) Tree

72. Which of the following data structure is linear type?

A) Array

B) Tree

C) Graphs

D) Hierarchy

73. The logical or mathematical model of a particular organization of data

is called a ………

A) Data structure

B) Data arrangement

C) Data configuration

D) Data formation

74. The simplest type of data structure is ………………

A) Multidimensional array

B) Linear array

C) Two dimensional array

D) Three dimensional array

75. Linear arrays are also called ……………….

A) Straight line array

B) One-dimensional array

C) Vertical array

D) Horizontal array

76. Arrays are best data structures …………

A) For relatively permanent collections of data.

B) For the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing

C) For both of above situation

D) For none of the above

77. Which of the following data structures are indexed structures?

A) Linear arrays

B) Linked lists

C) Graphs

D) Trees

78. Each node in a linked list has two pairs of ………….. and ……………….

A) Link field and information field

B) Link field and avail field

C) Avail field and information field

D) Address field and link field

79. A …………………… does not keep track of address of every element in

the list.

A) Stack

B) String

C) Linear array

D) Queue

80. When does top value of the stack changes?

A) Before deletion

B) While checking underflow

C) At the time of deletion

D) After deletion

91. Arrays are best data structures

A) for relatively permanent collections of data

B) for the size of the structure and the data in the structure are constantly changing

C) for both of above situation

D) for none of above situation

92. Which of the following data structure is not linear data structure?

A) Arrays

B) Linked lists

C) Both of the above

D) None of the above

93. The disadvantage in using a circular linked list is …………………….

A) It is possible to get into infinite loop.

B) Last node points to first node.

C) Time consuming

D) Requires more memory space

94. A linear list in which each node has pointers to point to the
predecessor and successors nodes is called as ..

A) Singly Linked List

B) Circular Linked List

C) Doubly Linked List

D) Linear Linked List

95. A ……………….. is a linear list in which insertions and deletions are

made to from either end of the structure.

A) circular queue

B) random of queue
C) priority

D) dequeue

96. In a priority queue, insertion and deletion takes place at ………………

A) front, rear end

B) only at rear end

C) only at front end

D) any position

97. The time complexity of quick sort is …………..

A) O(n)

B) O(n2)

C) O(n log n)

D) O(log n)

98. Which of the following is an application of stack?

A) finding factorial

B) tower of Hanoi

C) infix to postfix conversion

D) all of the above

99. The data structure which is one ended is ………………

A) queue

B) stack

C) tree

D) graph

100. A list which displays the relationship of adjacency between elements

is said to be

A) linear

B) non linear

C) linked list
D) trees

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