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Data Structures 300 Unique MCQs
Practice Data Structures 300 Unique questions with answers and explanations.
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A.
Skip List
B.
Undirected Graph
C.
Merge Sort
D.
Circular Linked List
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Correct Answer: D. Circular Linked List
Explanation:
Circular Linked List fits because it supports round-robin scheduling and traversal can continue cyclically without reaching a null link.
Both clues point to this choice.
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A.
Stack
B.
Fenwick Tree
C.
Trie
D.
Sparse Table
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Correct Answer: A. Stack
Explanation:
Stack is a linear structure that follows Last In, First Out order.
This description distinguishes it from the other choices.
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A.
range queries with point or range updates
B.
function-call management and undo operations
C.
algorithms with many decrease-key operations
D.
modeling one-way relationships
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Correct Answer: B. function-call management and undo operations
Explanation:
Stack is commonly used for function-call management and undo operations.
Its design supports this task efficiently or naturally.
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A.
children are commonly called left and right
B.
an edge may represent a string rather than one character
C.
push and pop occur at the same end
D.
the function is bounded above and below by constant multiples
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Correct Answer: C. push and pop occur at the same end
Explanation:
The defining property is that push and pop occur at the same end.
The other statements describe different structures or concepts.
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A.
Quadratic Probing
B.
Trie
C.
Quick Sort
D.
Stack
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Correct Answer: D. Stack
Explanation:
Stack fits because it supports function-call management and undo operations and push and pop occur at the same end.
Both clues point to this choice.
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A.
Queue
B.
Skip List
C.
Directed Graph
D.
Memory Pool
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Correct Answer: A. Queue
Explanation:
Queue is a linear structure that follows First In, First Out order.
This description distinguishes it from the other choices.
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A.
Recursion Stack
B.
Adjacency Matrix
C.
Fenwick Tree
D.
Doubly Linked List
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Correct Answer: D. Doubly Linked List
Explanation:
Doubly Linked List fits because it supports efficient insertion or deletion when a node reference is available and each node stores two links.
Both clues point to this choice.
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A.
Circular Linked List
B.
Reference Counting
C.
Max-Heap
D.
Priority Queue
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Correct Answer: A. Circular Linked List
Explanation:
Circular Linked List is a linked list whose last node points back to the first node.
This description distinguishes it from the other choices.
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A.
task scheduling and buffering
B.
round-robin scheduling
C.
cache-friendly hash tables
D.
dense graphs and constant-time edge-existence tests
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Correct Answer: B. round-robin scheduling
Explanation:
Circular Linked List is commonly used for round-robin scheduling.
Its design supports this task efficiently or naturally.
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A.
Complete Binary Tree
B.
Skip List
C.
Perfect Binary Tree
D.
Singly Linked List
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Correct Answer: D. Singly Linked List
Explanation:
Singly Linked List fits because it supports frequent insertions at the head and forward traversal is supported but direct backward traversal is not.
Both clues point to this choice.
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A.
Doubly Linked List
B.
Segment Tree
C.
Union by Rank
D.
Graph
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Correct Answer: A. Doubly Linked List
Explanation:
Doubly Linked List is a sequence of nodes with links to both the next and previous nodes.
This description distinguishes it from the other choices.
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A.
task scheduling and buffering
B.
efficient insertion or deletion when a node reference is available
C.
stable sorting with guaranteed O(n log n) time
D.
describing both upper and lower growth rates
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Correct Answer: B. efficient insertion or deletion when a node reference is available
Explanation:
Doubly Linked List is commonly used for efficient insertion or deletion when a node reference is available.
Its design supports this task efficiently or naturally.