WGU C949 DATA STRUCTURES AN D ALGORITHMS OA

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WGU C949 DATA STRUCTURES AN D ALGORITHMS OA

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• Which term refers to a template for creating an object?
• Application
• Class
• Algorithm

D. Method: B. Class

• Which characteristic of an algorithm is independent in nature?
• Uses Python to implement the algorithm
• Uses MySQL for the database needs of the algorithm's application
• Uses Windows to install the application

D. Uses an agnostic code repository: D. Uses an agnostic code repository

• What is referred to as a data structure that stores sub items?

Record

• Which factor takes the ability to easily update an algorithm into consideration?

Maintainability

• What is a component of an algorithm that specifies a stopping point?

Finiteness

• Which term refers to a type of search algorithm?
• Linear 1 / 3

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• Divide-and-conquer
• Greedy

D. Quicksort: A. Linear

• What is a high-level consideration in an algorithm's design?
• Simplicity
• Database Type
• Finiteness

D. Browser type: A. Simplicity

• What is the primary method used to search for an item in a sorted array

Binary search

• Which review of an algorithm happens after implementation?

A posteriori analysis

• Which factor helps measure the reusability of an algorithm?

Extensibility

• Which search algorithm utilizes the divide-and-conquer strategy?
• Insertion search
• Bubble search
• Linear search

D. Binary Search: D. Binary search

• Which algorithm requires data sorting as its first step?
• Recursive
• Linear 2 / 3

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• Binary

D. Merge: C. Binary

• What does a time complexity analysis of an algorithm include?
• Memory usage
• Efficiency analysis
• Screen load times

D. Worst case: D. Worst case

• Which data type do heap sorts work with?

Tree-based data structure

• Which function is used in conjunction with a merge sort algorithm?
• For loop
• If statement
• Do while loop

D. Recursive: D. Recursive

• Which attribute of a recursive function makes it unique?

Calls itself

• What is x in the following block of logic?

x=28 If x >= 10 and x < 20 x = 20

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