MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DATA STRUCTURES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If the size of the stack is 10 and we try to add the 11th element in the stack then the condition is known as ____
A
Underflow
B
Garbage collection
C
Overflow
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The answer is c because the stack is full with its 10 elements, and inserting one more element in a stack will lead to the stack overflow.

Detailed explanation-2: -Expert Answer Question: If the size of the stack is 10, adding the 11th element in the stack can cause Answer: Correct option d. Overflow-this is the correct option.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: The stack is filled with 5 elements and pushing one more element causes a stack overflow. This results in overwriting memory, code and loss of unsaved work on the computer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Adding an entry to a stack is known as a push operation, while removing an entry from a stack is known as a pop operation. There are two possible errors that can be caused when pushing onto/popping from a stack: stack underflow-trying to pop an item from an empty stack.

Detailed explanation-5: -Overflow occurs when the stack is full and the user performs a push operation.

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