Practice Min-Heaps - 36.6.2 | 36. Priority queues and heaps - Part B | Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is a Min-Heap?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how this affects the root node.

Question 2

Easy

Describe the time complexity of insertion in a Min-Heap.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the depth of the tree when inserting a new element.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What characterizes a Min-Heap?

  • Each parent node is smaller than its children
  • Each parent node is larger than its children
  • Parent nodes can be equal to children

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the minimum value's location.

Question 2

True or False: The time to delete the root from a Min-Heap is O(n).

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the tree height during deletion.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Given an array [8, 4, 6, 2, 10, 5], convert it into a Min-Heap and show the structure step by step.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how each parent-child relationship works.

Question 2

Create a Min-Heap from this array and remove the minimum element thrice: [15, 10, 20, 5, 30, 25]

πŸ’‘ Hint: Pay attention to the shifting of nodes.

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