IBM Aptitude papers


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    For example, consider a tree with 3 nodes(n=3), it will have the maximum combination of 5 different (ie, 23 - 3 = 5) trees.


 


 


 


 

        i        ii        iii         iv         v

    In general:

    If there are n nodes, there exist 2n-n different trees.

  1. List out few of the Application of tree data-structure?
  • The manipulation of Arithmetic expression,
  • Symbol Table construction,
  • Syntax analysis.


 

  1. List out few of the applications that make use of Multilinked Structures?
  • Sparse matrix,
  • Index generation.
  1. In tree construction which is the suitable efficient data structure?

    (a) Array (b) Linked list (c) Stack (d) Queue (e) none

(b) Linked list

  1. What is the type of the algorithm used in solving the 8 Queens problem?

    Backtracking

  1. In an AVL tree, at what condition the balancing is to be done?

    If the 'pivotal value' (or the 'Height factor') is greater than 1 or less than –1.


 

  1. What is the bucket size, when the overlapping and collision occur at same time?

    One. If there is only one entry possible in the bucket, when the collision occurs, there is no way to accommodate the colliding value. This results in the overlapping of values.

  1. Traverse the given tree using Inorder, Preorder and Postorder traversals.


     


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

  • Inorder :    D H B E A F C I G J
  • Preorder:    A B D H E C F G I J
  • Postorder:    H D E B F I J G C A


 

  1. There are 8, 15, 13, 14 nodes were there in 4 different trees. Which of them could have formed a full binary tree?

    15.

    In general:

    There are 2n-1 nodes in a full binary tree.

By the method of elimination:

Full binary trees contain odd number of nodes. So there cannot be full binary trees with 8 or 14 nodes, so rejected. With 13 nodes you can form a complete binary tree but not a full binary tree. So the correct answer is 15.

Note:

    Full and Complete binary trees are different. All full binary trees are complete binary trees but not vice versa.

  1. In the given binary tree, using array you can store the node 4 at which location?



 


 


 

At location 6


 

        

        

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where LCn means Left Child of node n and RCn means Right Child of node n

  1. Sort the given values using Quick Sort?

    

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    Sorting takes place from the pivot value, which is the first value of the given elements, this is marked bold. The values at the left pointer and right pointer are indicated using L and R respectively.    

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Since pivot is not yet changed the same process is continued after interchanging the values at L and R positions


 

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        When the L and R pointers cross each other the pivot value is interchanged with the value at right pointer. If the pivot is changed it means that the pivot has occupied its original position in the sorted order (shown in bold italics) and hence two different arrays are formed, one from start of the original array to the pivot position-1 and the other from pivot position+1 to end.

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In the next pass we get the sorted form of the array.

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  1. For the given graph, draw the DFS and BFS?

    


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

  • BFS:    A X G H P E M Y J
  • DFS:    A X H P E Y M J G
  1. Classify the Hashing Functions based on the various methods by which the key value is found.
  • Direct method,
  • Subtraction method,
  • Modulo-Division method,
  • Digit-Extraction method,
  • Mid-Square method,
  • Folding method,
  • Pseudo-random method.