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Data Structures Theoryknowledge~10 mins

Why BST enables efficient searching in Data Structures Theory - Test Your Understanding

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easy

Complete the sentence to explain why BSTs are efficient for searching.

Data Structures Theory
A Binary Search Tree (BST) allows searching in [1] time on average.
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Alinear
Bquadratic
Cconstant
Dlogarithmic
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Common Mistakes
Confusing linear search with BST search.
Thinking BST search is constant time.
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medium

Complete the sentence to describe the BST property that helps efficient searching.

Data Structures Theory
In a BST, for any node, all values in the left subtree are [1] the node's value.
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Aless than
Bequal to
Cgreater than
Dunrelated to
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Common Mistakes
Mixing up left and right subtree values.
Thinking values are equal on the left.
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hard

Fix the error in the explanation about BST search efficiency.

Data Structures Theory
BST search is efficient because it [1] the search space by half at each step.
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Areduces
Bignores
Cdoubles
Drepeats
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Common Mistakes
Choosing 'doubles' or 'repeats' which increase or keep the search space the same.
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hard

Fill both blanks to complete the BST search explanation.

Data Structures Theory
At each node, the search compares the target value with the node's value and then [1] to the [2] subtree if the target is smaller.
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Amoves
Bignores
Cleft
Dright
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Common Mistakes
Choosing 'ignores' or 'right' for the smaller value case.
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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the dictionary comprehension that represents BST search steps.

Data Structures Theory
search_path = [1]: node for node in bst_nodes if node.value [2] target_value [3]
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Anode.id
B<
Cor node.value == target_value
D>
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Common Mistakes
Using '>' instead of '<' for the comparison.
Omitting the equality check.