MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

DATA STRUCTURES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why might a sorting algorithm be needed before a search?
A
Data is better when ordered
B
Data always needs to be in order before searching
C
The search algorithm may be in the code before the sorting algorithm
D
The search algorithm may need the data to be in order
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Why Sorting Algorithms are Important. Since they can often reduce the complexity of a problem, sorting algorithms are very important in computer science. These algorithms have direct applications in searching algorithms, database algorithms, divide and conquer methods, data structure algorithms, and many more.

Detailed explanation-2: -A sorting algorithm will put items in a list into an order, such as alphabetical or numerical order. For example, a list of customer names could be sorted into alphabetical order by surname, or a list of people could be put into numerical order by age.

Detailed explanation-3: -A sorting algorithm is a method for reorganizing a large number of items into a specific order, such as alphabetical, highest-to-lowest value or shortest-to-longest distance. Sorting algorithms take lists of items as input data, perform specific operations on those lists and deliver ordered arrays as output.

Detailed explanation-4: -Efficient sorting is important for optimizing the efficiency of other algorithms (such as search and merge algorithms) that require input data to be in sorted lists. Sorting is also often useful for canonicalizing data and for producing human-readable output.

Detailed explanation-5: -This type of searching algorithm is used to find the position of a specific value contained in a sorted array. The binary search algorithm works on the principle of divide and conquer and it is considered the best searching algorithm because it’s faster to run.

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