Complexity Analysis and Asymptotic Notations · Algorithms · GATE CSE

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Marks 1

1

Let $T(n)$ be the recurrence relation defined as follows:

$T(0) = 1$
$T(1) = 2$, and
$T(n) = 5T(n - 1) - 6T(n - 2)$ for $n \geq 2$

Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

GATE CSE 2024 Set 2
2

Given an integer array of size $N$, we want to check if the array is sorted (in either ascending or descending order). An algorithm solves this problem by making a single pass through the array and comparing each element of the array only with its adjacent elements. The worst-case time complexity of this algorithm is

GATE CSE 2024 Set 1
3

Let $$f$$ and $$g$$ be functions of natural numbers given by $$f(n)=n$$ and $$g(n)=n^2$$. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

GATE CSE 2023
4

Which one of the following statements is TRUE for all positive functions f(n) ?

GATE CSE 2022
5

Consider the following three functions.

f1 = 10n, f2 = nlogn, f3 = n√n

Which one of the following options arranges the functions in the increasing order of asymptotic growth rate?

GATE CSE 2021 Set 1
6
For parameters a and b, both of which are $$\omega \left( 1 \right)$$,
T(n) = $$T\left( {{n^{1/a}}} \right) + 1$$, and T(b) = 1.
Then T(n) is
GATE CSE 2020
7
Consider the equality $$\sum\limits_{i = 0}^n {{i^3}} = X$$ and the following choices for $$X$$
$$\eqalign{ & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,{\rm I}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\Theta \left( {{n^4}} \right) \cr & \,\,\,\,\,{\rm I}{\rm I}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\Theta \left( {{n^5}} \right) \cr & \,\,\,{\rm I}{\rm I}{\rm I}.\,\,\,\,\,\,O\left( {{n^5}} \right) \cr & \,\,\,{\rm I}V.\,\,\,\,\,\,\Omega \left( {{n^3}} \right) \cr} $$
The equality above remains correct if $$𝑋$$ is replaced by
GATE CSE 2015 Set 3
8
Which one of the following is the tightest upper bound that represents the time complexity of inserting an object in to a binary search tree of n nodes?
GATE CSE 2013
9
What is the time complexity of Bellman-Ford single-source shortest path algorithm on a complete graph of n vertices?
GATE CSE 2013
10
Which of the following is the tightest upper bound that represents the number of swaps required to sort n numbers using selection sort?
GATE CSE 2013
11
The worst case running time to search for an element in a balanced binary search tree with n2n elements is
GATE CSE 2012
12
Let W(n) and A(n) denote respectively, the worst case and average case running time of an algorithm executed on an input of size n. Which of the following is ALWAYS TRUE?
GATE CSE 2012
13
Two alternate packages A and B are available for processing a database having 10k records. Package A requires 0.0001n2 time units and package B requires $$10n.\log _{10}^n$$ time units to process n records. What is the smallest value of k for which package B will be preferred over A?
GATE CSE 2010
14
Consider the following segment of C-code:
int j, n;
j=1;
while(j <= n)
 j = j * 2;
The number of comparisons made in the execution of the loop for any n > 0 is:
GATE CSE 2007
15
Consider the following C-program fragment in which i, j and n are integer variables.
for (i = n, j = 0; i > 0; i /= 2, j += i);
let val (j) denote the value stored in the variable j after termination of the for loop. Which one of the following is true?
GATE CSE 2006
16
The time complexity of computing the transitive closure of a binary relation on a set of elements is known to be:
GATE CSE 2005
17
Consider the following three claims
I. (n + k)m = $$\Theta \,({n^m})$$ where k and m are constants
II. 2n+1 = O(2n)
III. 22n = O(22n)
Which of those claims are correct?
GATE CSE 2003
18
Consider an array multiplier for multiplying two n bit numbers. If each gate in the circuit has a unit delay, the total delay of the multiplier is
GATE CSE 2003
19
In the worst case, the number of comparisons needed to search a singly linked list of length n for a given element is
GATE CSE 2002
20
Let f(n) = n2 log n and g(n) = n(log n)10 be two positive functions of n. Which of the following statements is correct?
GATE CSE 2001
21
The maximum gate delay for any output to appear in an array multiplier for multiplying two n bit number is
GATE CSE 1999
22
The concatenation of two lists is to be performed on 0(1) time. Which of the following implementations of a list should be used?
GATE CSE 1997
23
Which of the following is false?
GATE CSE 1996

Marks 2

1

Consider the following recurrence relation:

$$T(n) = \begin{cases} \sqrt{n} T(\sqrt{n}) + n & \text{for } n \ge 1, \\ 1 & \text{for } n = 1. \end{cases}$$

Which one of the following options is CORRECT?

GATE CSE 2024 Set 1
2

Consider functions Function_1 and Function_2 expressed in pseudocode as follows:

Function 1
   while n > 1 do
     for i = 1 to n do
       x = x + 1;
     end for
     n = n/2;
   end while

Function 2
  for i = 1 to 100 ∗ n do
    x = x + 1;
  end for

Let $$f_1(n)$$ and $$f_2(n)$$ denote the number of times the statement "$$x=x+1$$" is executed in Function_1 and Function_2, respectively.

Which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

GATE CSE 2023
3

Consider the following recurrence :

f(1) = 1;

f(2n) = 2f(n) $$-$$ 1, for n $$\ge$$ 1;

f(2n + 1) = 2f(n) + 1, for n $$\ge$$ 1;

Then, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

GATE CSE 2022
4

For constants a ≥ 1 and b > 1, consider the following recurrence defined on the non-negative integers :

$$T\left( n \right) = a.T\left( {\frac{n}{b}} \right) + f\left( n \right)$$

Which one of the following options is correct about the recurrence T(n)?

GATE CSE 2021 Set 2
5

Consider the following recurrence relation.

$$T(n) = \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {T(n/2) + T(2n/5) + 7n \ \ \ if\ n > 0}\\ {1\ \ \ \ \ \ \ if\ n = 0} \end{array}} \right.$$

Which one of the following option is correct?

GATE CSE 2021 Set 1
6

There are n unsorted arrays : A1, A2, …, An. Assume that n is odd. Each of A1, A2, …, An contains n distinct elements. There are no common elements between any two arrays. The worst-case time complexity of computing the median of the medians of A1, A2, …, An is :

GATE CSE 2019
7
The given diagram shows the flowchart for a recursive function $$A(n).$$ Assume that all statements, except for the recursive calls, have $$O(1)$$ time complexity. If the worst case time complexity of this function is $$O\left( {{n^\alpha }} \right),$$ then the least possible value (accurate up to two decimal positions) of $$\alpha $$ is ____________ . GATE CSE 2016 Set 2 Algorithms - Complexity Analysis and Asymptotic Notations Question 13 English
GATE CSE 2016 Set 2
8
An algorithm performs $${\left( {\log N} \right)^{1/2}}$$ find operations, N insert operations, $${\left( {\log N} \right)^{1/2}}$$ delete operations, and $${\left( {\log N} \right)^{1/2}}$$decrease-key operations on a set of data items with keys drawn from a linearly ordered set. For a delete operation, a pointer is provided to the record that must be deleted. For the decrease-key operation, a pointer is provided to the record that has its key decreased. Which one of the following data structures is the most suited for the algorithm to use, if the goal is to achieve the best total asymptotic complexity considering all the operations?
GATE CSE 2015 Set 1
9
Consider the following C function.
int fun1 (int n) { 
     int i, j, k, p, q = 0; 
     for (i = 1; i < n; ++i) 
     {
        p = 0; 
       for (j = n; j > 1; j = j/2) 
           ++p;  
       for (k = 1; k < p; k = k * 2) 
           ++q;
     } 
     return q;
}
Which one of the following most closely approximates the return value of the function fun1?
GATE CSE 2015 Set 1
10
Let $$f\left( n \right) = n$$ and $$g\left( n \right) = {n^{\left( {1 + \sin \,\,n} \right)}},$$ where $$n$$ is a positive integer. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

$$\eqalign{ & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,{\rm I}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,f\left( n \right) = O\left( {g\left( n \right)} \right) \cr & \,\,\,\,\,{\rm I}{\rm I}.\,\,\,\,\,\,\,f\left( n \right) = \Omega \left( {g\left( n \right)} \right) \cr} $$

GATE CSE 2015 Set 3
11
The number of elements that can be stored in $$\Theta (\log n)$$ time using heap sort is
GATE CSE 2013
12
Which of the given options provides the increasing order of asymptotic Complexity of functions f1, f2, f3 and f4?
f1 = 2n f2 = n3/2
f3(n) = $$n\,\log _2^n$$
f4 (n) = n log2n
GATE CSE 2011
13
You are given the post order traversal, P, of a binary search tree on the n element, 1,2,....,n. You have to determine the unique binary search tree that has P as its post order traversal. What is the time complexity of the most efficient algorithm for doing this?
GATE CSE 2008
14
Consider the following functions: F(n) = 2n
G(n) = n!
H(n) = nlogn
Which of the following statements about the asymptotic behaviour of f(n), g(n), and h(n) is true?
GATE CSE 2008
15
The minimum number of comparisons required to determine if an integer appears more than n/2 times in a sorted array of n integers is
GATE CSE 2008
16
Consider the following C functions:
int f1(int n){
 if(n == 0 || n == 1){
    return n;
 }
 return (2 * f1(n - 1) + 3 * f1(n - 2));
}
int f2(int n){
 int i;
 int X[N], Y[N], Z[N];
 X[0] = Y[0] = Z[0] = 0;
 X[1] = 1; Y[1] = 2; Z[1] = 3;
 for(i = 2; i <= n; i++){
  X[i] = Y[i - 1] + Z[i - 2];
  Y[i] = 2 * X[i];
  Z[i] = 3 * X[i];
 }
 return X[n];
}
The returning time of f1(n) and f2(n) are
GATE CSE 2008
17
Consider the following C functions:
int f1(int n){
 if(n == 0 || n == 1){
    return n;
 }
 return (2 * f1(n - 1) + 3 * f1(n - 2));
}
int f2(int n){
 int i;
 int X[N], Y[N], Z[N];
 X[0] = Y[0] = Z[0] = 0;
 X[1] = 1; Y[1] = 2; Z[1] = 3;
 for(i = 2; i <= n; i++){
  X[i] = Y[i - 1] + Z[i - 2];
  Y[i] = 2 * X[i];
  Z[i] = 3 * X[i];
 }
 return X[n];
}
f1(8) and f2(8) return the values
GATE CSE 2008
18
In the following C function, let n $$ \ge $$ m.
int gcd(n,m)
{
if (n % m == 0) return m;
n = n % m;
return gcd(m,n);
}
How many recursive calls are made by this function?
GATE CSE 2007
19
Consider the following C code segment:
int IsPrime(n){
 int i, n;
 for(i=2; i<=sqrt(n);i++){
  if(n % i == 0){
    printf("No prime\n"); return 0;
  }
  return 1;
 }
}
Let T(n) denote the number of times the for loop is executed by the program on input n. Which of the following is TRUE?
GATE CSE 2007
20
What is the time complexity of the following recursive function?
int DoSomething(int n){
 if(n <= 2)
     return 1;
 else
     return (floor(sqrt(n)) + n);
}
GATE CSE 2007
21
A Priority-Queue is implemented as a Max-Heap. Initially, it has 5 elements. The level-order traversal of the heap is given below:
10, 8, 5, 3, 2
Two new elements '1' and '7' are inserted in the heap in that order, The level order traversal of the heap after the insertion of the elements is:
GATE CSE 2005
22
Consider the following C - function:
double foo(int n){
 int i;
 double sum;
 if(n == 0) return 1.0;
 sum = 0.0;
 for (i = 0; i < n; i++){
  sum += foo(i);
 }
 return sum;
}
The space complexity of the above function is:
GATE CSE 2005
23
Consider the following C - function:
double foo(int n){
 int i;
 double sum;
 if(n == 0) return 1.0;
 sum = 0.0;
 for (i = 0; i < n; i++){
  sum += foo(i);
 }
 return sum;
}
Suppose we modify the above function foo() and store the values of foo(i), $$0 \le i \le n$$, as and when they are computed. With this modification, the time complexity for function foo() is significantly reduced. The space complexity of the modified function would be:
GATE CSE 2005
24
The recurrence equation
T(1) = 1
T(n) = 2T(n - 1)+n, $$n \ge 2$$
Evaluates to
GATE CSE 2004
25
The time complexity of the following C function is (assume n > 0)
int recursive(int n){
 if(n == 1){
   return (1);
 }
 return (recursive(n - 1) + recursive(n - 1));
}
GATE CSE 2004
26
Let A[1,...,n] be an array storing a bit (1 or 0) at each location, and f(m) is a function whose time complexity is O(m). Consider the following program fragment written in a C like language:
counter = 0;
for(i = 1; i <= n; i++){
 if(A[i]==1){
   counter++;
 }else{
   f(counter); counter = 0;
 }
}
The complexity of this program fragment is
GATE CSE 2004
27
What does the following algorithm approximate?
(Assume m > 1, $$ \in > 0$$)
x = m;
y = 1;
while(x - y > ε){
 x = (x + y) / 2;
 y = m/x;
}
print(x);
GATE CSE 2004
28
The cube root of a natural number n is defined as the largest natural number m such that $${m^3} \le n$$. The complexity of computing the cube root of n (n is represented in binary notation) is
GATE CSE 2003
29
The running time of the following algorithm Procedure A(n)
If n<=2 return (1) else return (A([$$\sqrt n $$])); is best described by
GATE CSE 2002
30
Consider the following algorithm for searching for a given number x in an unsorted array A[1..n] having n distinct values:
1. Choose an i uniformly at random fro 1..n;
2. If A[i]=x then stop else Goto 1;
Assuming that x is present A, what is the expected number of comparisons made by the algorithm before it terminates?
GATE CSE 2002
31
Consider the following functions
$$f(n) = 3{n^{\sqrt n }}$$
$$g(n) = {2^{\sqrt n {{\log }_2}n}}$$
$$h(n) = n!$$
Which of the following is true?
GATE CSE 2000
32
Conside the following two functions:
$${g_1}(n) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {{n^3}\,for\,0 \le n < 10,000} \cr {{n^2}\,for\,n \ge 10,000} \cr } } \right.$$
$${g_2}(n) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {n\,for\,0 \le n \le 100} \cr {{n^3}\,for\,n > 100} \cr } } \right.$$ Which of the following is true:
GATE CSE 1994
33
$$\sum\limits_{1 \le k \le n} {O(n)} $$ where O(n) stands for order n is:
GATE CSE 1993
34
Express T(n) in terms of the harmonic number Hn = $$\sum\limits_{t = 1}^n {1/i,n \ge 1} $$ where T(n) satisfies the recurrence relation, T(n) = $${{n + 1} \over 2}$$ T(n-1) + 1, for $$n \ge 2$$ and T(1) = 1 What is the the asymptotic behavior of T(n) as a function of n?
GATE CSE 1990
35
What is the generating function G (z) for the sequence of Fibonacci numbers?
GATE CSE 1987
36
Solve the recurrence equations
T (n) = T (n - 1) + n
T (1) = 1
GATE CSE 1987
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