MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DATA STRUCTURES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Stack uses ____ data structure as the element that was inserted last is the first one to be taken out.
A
LIPO
B
FIFO
C
LIFO
D
FIPO
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Since the element at the top of the stack is the most recently inserted element using the insert operation, and it is also the one to be removed first by the delete operation, the stack is called a Last In First Out (LIFO) list.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stack is a linear data structure in which addition or removal of element follows a particular order i.e. LIFO(Last in First Out) AND FILO(First in Last Out). A stack has many applications. For example, the simplest one is to reverse a word.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stack is a container of objects that are inserted and removed according to the last-in first-out (LIFO) principle. Queue is a container of objects (a linear collection) that are inserted and removed according to the first-in first-out (FIFO) principle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Last-In-First-Out. In a LIFO data structure, the newest element added to the container will be processed first. Sometimes this will be called a stack and is usually pictured as below. The new element is always added at the end of the stack.

Detailed explanation-5: -The order in which an element added to or removed from a stack is described as last in, first out, referred to by the acronym LIFO.

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