A Short Survey of Data Structure Fundamentals

If certain there's only a single correct statement, select its (a), (b), (c) letter: guessing (a), (b), (c), is bad strategy. If any answer is clearly wrong choose the letter between the other two to best reflect your knowledge. If completely unsure or just unclear about the question and three basic answers choose (m). Answer all questions.

1. A stack S holds 4 data items x, m, b, and p. The last entered on the stack was b. The first entered on the stack was x. The item p was entered before item m. The 3 items at the top of the stack are removed and replaced in the reverse order. The item now at the top of stack is:

(a) x. (b) b. (c) p.

2. A queue holds data items a, b, and c, where a arrived first, c last. Two items leave the queue. Another called d arrives. The queue now contains:

(a) a followed by d.

(b) c followed by d.

3. Arranging several numerical data items into a linear order resembles:

(a) Creating a multiple predecessor data structure.

(b) Finding their greatest common factor.

4. A five-element process with precedences is given by a series of pairs (1st precedes, 2nd), as:

( A, E), ( A, B),( C, D), ( D, E).

The Scheduling Tree here is, technically:

(a) A forest data structure.

(b) A tree data structure.

5. For a node X in a doubly-linked list with pointers RLINK and LLINK (R = "right", L = "left"):

(a) RLINK (LLINK (X)), LLINK (RLINK(X)) both point to the same node.

(b) RLINK (LLINK(X)) points to the next node in the list, and LLINK(RLINK(x)) points to the previous node in the list.

6. A binary tree represents a general ordered set of hierarchic data. The binary tree has root A. The root has left successor B, right successor D. E and F are each reached from D by right links, one in the case of E, two in the case of F. The original data:

(a) Is a general tree with four successors of the root.

(b) Is a forest with four roots.