Insertion Sort Quiz
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A quiz based on Insertion Sort
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- 1.What are the correct intermediate steps of the following data set when it is being sorted with the Insertion sort? 15,20,10,18
- A.
15,20,10,18 -- 10,15,20,18 -- 10,15,18,20 -- 10,15,18,20
- B.
15,18,10,20 -- 10,18,15,20 -- 10,15,18,20 -- 10,15,18,20
- C.
15,10,20,18 -- 15,10,18,20 -- 10,15,18,20
- D.
10, 20,15,18 -- 10,15,20,18 -- 10,15,18,20
- 2.Consider the following lists of partially sorted numbers. The double bars represent the sort marker. How many comparisons and swaps are needed to sort the next number. [1 3 4 8 9 || 5 2]
- A.
2 comparisons, 3 swaps
- B.
3 comparisons, 2 swaps
- C.
4 comparisons, 3 swaps
- D.
3 comparisons, 4 swaps
- 3.Consider the following lists of partially sorted numbers. The double bars represent the sort marker. How many comparisons and swaps are needed to sort the next number. [1 3 4 5 8 9 || 2]
- A.
5 comparisons, 4 swaps
- B.
4 comparisons, 5 swaps
- C.
6 comparisons, 5 swaps
- D.
5 comparisons, 6 swaps
- 4.If all the elements in an input array is equal for example {1,1,1,1,1,1}, What would be the running time of the Insertion Algorithm?
- A.
O(2N)
- B.
O(n^2)
- C.
O(n)
- D.
None of the above
- 5.What operation does the Insertion Sort use to move numbers from the unsorted section to the sorted section of the list?
- A.
Finding the minimum value
- B.
Swapping
- C.
Finding out an pivot value
- D.
None of the above
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