Practice Physical Task Of Sorting (16.2.1) - Selection Sort - Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Physical Task of Sorting

Practice - Physical Task of Sorting

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is sorting?

💡 Hint: Think about organizing things in your life.

Question 2 Easy

Describe the Selection Sort method.

💡 Hint: Consider how someone would pull items out of a list.

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Question 1

What is the main purpose of sorting?

To arrange data
To encrypt data
To compress data

💡 Hint: Think about why you might want to find something quickly.

Question 2

Selection Sort is efficient for large datasets.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall the time complexity we discussed.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider an array with the following integers: [67, 45, 89, 23, 90, 12]. Describe step-by-step how Selection Sort would arrange this array.

💡 Hint: Visualize how you would sort the physical items step by step.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the limits of Selection Sort in the context of sorting a list of 10,000 elements. Can it remain efficient?

💡 Hint: Consider the time taken and how many operations would need to be performed.

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