Practice Structural Property (36.4.1) - Priority queues and heaps - Part A
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Structural property

Practice - Structural property

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

Define a priority queue and explain how it differs from a standard queue.

💡 Hint: Think about how order of processing differs in urgency.

Question 2 Easy

What is meant by the term 'heap' in data structures?

💡 Hint: Visualize a structured tree rather than a random arrangement.

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Question 1

What defines a priority queue?

Jobs processed in FIFO order
Jobs processed based on priority
Jobs processed based on earliest arrival

💡 Hint: Think about urgency versus sequence in processing.

Question 2

True or False: In a max heap, a parent node can have a child node with a greater value.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what a max heap stands for.

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Challenge 1 Hard

A max heap has the values [30, 20, 25, 10]. You insert a new value of 35. Describe the transformation of the heap.

💡 Hint: Visualize the heap structure before and after to see the requirement for swaps.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given the set of values [40, 30, 35, 20, 25], construct a max heap and illustrate the step-by-step process.

💡 Hint: Draw the heap as you progress to keep track of the properties.

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