Algorithmic Design MCQs

Algorithmic Design MCQs

Try to answer these Algorithmic Design MCQs and check your understanding of the Algorithmic Design subject.
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1: What does ADT stand for?

A.   Abstract Data Type

B.   Advanced Data Type

C.   Active Data Type

D.   Automated Data Type

2: What is an abstract data type?

A.   A general description of data

B.   An extension of an object-oriented programming language

C.   A specification of a data type within some language, independent of an implementation.

D.   A particular representation of data

3: What is an Acceptor in formal languages?

A.   A machine that translates a string of characters into a language-specific program

B.   An algorithm that checks the correctness of a language

C.   A machine whose primary purpose is to determine whether a string is accepted or rejected

D.   A memory location where a string is stored

4: What is an activation record?

A.   Computer hardware component

B.   Programming language interpreter

C.   Entity that is stored on the runtime stack during program execution

D.   Operating system software

5: What is data type definition?

A.   The physical storage of data on a computer system

B.   The process by which data is transmitted from source to destination

C.   The specification of a data type within some language, independent of an implementation.

D.   The software application used to access data

6: What is an algorithm?

A.   A sequence of numbers

B.   A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem

C.   A complex mathematical equation

D.   A type of data structure

7: In algorithmic design, what does "efficiency" refer to?

A.   The simplicity of the algorithm's code

B.   The ability of the algorithm to solve any problem

C.   The speed and resource usage of the algorithm

D.   The accuracy of the algorithm's output

8: Which algorithm design technique involves breaking a problem into smaller subproblems and solving them independently?

A.   Brute-force method

B.   Divide and conquer

C.   Greedy algorithm

D.   Dynamic programming

9: What is the time complexity of an algorithm?

A.   The number of lines of code in the algorithm

B.   The amount of memory used by the algorithm

C.   The measure of the algorithm's efficiency with respect to input size

D.   The number of iterations in a loop

10: Which data structure is typically used to implement a stack data structure in algorithmic design?

A.   Array

B.   Linked list

C.   Tree

D.   Both array and linked list

11: The process of finding the solution to a problem directly, without considering all possible solutions, is a characteristic of which algorithm design technique?

A.   Brute-force method

B.   Divide and conquer

C.   Greedy algorithm

D.   Backtracking

12: What is the primary goal of analyzing the time complexity of an algorithm?

A.   To estimate the algorithm's accuracy

B.   To predict the algorithm's output

C.   To understand how the algorithm's performance scales with input size

D.   To reduce the code size of the algorithm

13: Which algorithm design technique is often used to find the shortest path in a graph?

A.   Divide and conquer

B.   Greedy algorithm

C.   Dynamic programming

D.   Dijkstra's algorithm

14: What is the purpose of pseudocode in algorithm design?

A.   To create visually appealing algorithms

B.   To write a formal proof of correctness for the algorithm

C.   To outline the steps of the algorithm in plain language

D.   To implement the algorithm in a specific programming language

15: Which algorithm design technique is based on making a series of choices that are locally optimal in hopes of finding a global optimum?

A.   Divide and conquer

B.   Greedy algorithm

C.   Backtracking

D.   Dynamic programming