Practice First Steps Of Selection Sort (16.3.1) - Selection Sort - Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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First Steps of Selection Sort

Practice - First Steps of Selection Sort

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the first step in the Selection Sort algorithm?

💡 Hint: Think about what you would do with a set of unsorted papers.

Question 2 Easy

Define Selection Sort in one sentence.

💡 Hint: Focus on the idea of 'selection' from a group.

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Question 1

What does Selection Sort repeatedly do?

Select the maximum element and sort
Select the minimum element and sort
Select random elements

💡 Hint: Remember the essence of the name 'Selection' Sort.

Question 2

True or False: Selection Sort is efficient for large datasets.

True
False

💡 Hint: Reflect on how Selection Sort has to look at many elements multiple times.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design an algorithm that efficiently sorts a list of objects rather than primitive types. Discuss the necessary modifications to the Selection Sort for this implementation.

💡 Hint: Consider how objects are compared based on their properties.

Challenge 2 Hard

Assess the stability of Selection Sort and suggest methods to make it stable.

💡 Hint: Reflect on how elements with the same value are handled during the sorting.

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