Practice Example of Merge Sort - 19.4 | 19. Mergesort - Part A | Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What are the initial steps of Merge Sort?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how the algorithm begins.

Question 2

Easy

How does Merge Sort improve upon insertion sort?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the performance with larger lists.

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Question 1

What is the primary advantage of Merge Sort?

  • It is simple to implement
  • It has a time complexity of O(nΒ²)
  • It is efficient for large datasets

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how performance changes with input size.

Question 2

True or False: Merge Sort uses a divide-and-conquer strategy.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Recall the strategy used in the sorting process.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Implement the Merge Sort algorithm in Python to sort the list [12, 11, 13, 5, 6, 7]. Show the intermediate steps as you implement the merging process.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Start by dividing the array into halves until reaching one element.

Question 2

Analyze how changing the merging process could result in a different sorted order. What considerations would need to be made?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what might happen if the order of selection was reversed in merging.

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