MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

ALGORITHMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following searching techniques require the data to be in sorted form
A
Binary search
B
Linear search
C
Interpolation search
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Binary search is a very fast and efficient searching technique. It requires the list to be in sorted order.

Detailed explanation-2: -Binary search works on sorted arrays. Binary search begins by comparing an element in the middle of the array with the target value. If the target value matches the element, its position in the array is returned.

Detailed explanation-3: -The linear search starts searching from the first element and compares each element with a searched element till the element is not found. It finds the position of the searched element by finding the middle element of the array. In a linear search, the elements don’t need to be arranged in sorted order.

Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: Binary Search is used to find a given key element only in a sorted array. In this search type, the middle value of the given array is found and then it is compared with the given key element from the user.

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