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1.

Which of the following is not an alternate name of exponential search?

A. Logarithmic search
B. Doubling search
C. Galloping search
D. Struzik search
Answer» B. Doubling search
2.

Choose the incorrect statement about exponential search from the following.

A. Exponential search is an in place algorithm
B. Exponential search has a greater time complexity than binary search
C. Exponential search performs better than binary search when the element being searched is present near the starting point of the array
D. Jump search has a greater time complexity than an exponential search
Answer» C. Exponential search performs better than binary search when the element being searched is present near the starting point of the array
3.

Exponential search performs better than binary search when the element being searched is present near the starting point of the array.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
4.

Jump search has a better time complexity than the exponential search.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
5.

Best case of the exponential search will have time complexity of?

A. O(1)
B. O(n)
C. O(log n)
D. O(n log n)
Answer» B. O(n)
6.

In which of the following case jump search will be preferred over exponential search?

A. jumping backwards takes significantly more time than jumping forward
B. jumping forward takes significantly more time than jumping backwards
C. when the given array is very large in size
D. when the given array is very small in size
Answer» B. jumping forward takes significantly more time than jumping backwards
7.

What is the auxiliary space requirement of the exponential sort when used with recursive binary search?

A. O(n)
B. O(2<sup>n</sup>)
C. O(1)
D. O(log n)
Answer» E.
8.

What is the auxiliary space requirement of an exponential sort when used with iterative binary search?

A. O(n)
B. O(2<sup>n</sup>)
C. O(1)
D. O(log n)
Answer» D. O(log n)
9.

What is the time complexity of exponential sort?

A. O(n)
B. O(2n)
C. O(n log n)
D. O(log n)
Answer» E.
10.

Exponential search has ____________

A. neither an exponential space complexity nor exponential time complexity
B. exponential time complexity but a linear space complexity
C. exponential space complexity but a linear time complexity
D. both exponential time and space complexity
Answer» B. exponential time complexity but a linear space complexity
11.

Which of the following searching algorithm is used with exponential sort after finding the appropriate range?

A. Linear search
B. Binary search
C. Jump search
D. Fibonacci Search
Answer» C. Jump search
12.

Exponential search algorithm requires which of the following condition to be true?

A. array should be sorted
B. array should have not be sorted
C. array should have a less than 128 elements
D. array should be partially sorted
Answer» B. array should have not be sorted