20.1 - Breadth First Search (BFS)
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Practice Questions
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What data structure does BFS primarily use for managing vertices?
💡 Hint: Think about the order in which nodes are processed.
Define what an adjacency matrix is.
💡 Hint: Consider how connections between nodes would be represented.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the time complexity of BFS in terms of n and m?
💡 Hint: Recall how BFS processes the graph based on its structure.
True or False: BFS can find the shortest path in a weighted graph.
💡 Hint: Think about what BFS does differently from other algorithms.
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Design a BFS algorithm that not only finds the shortest path from vertex A to vertex B but also outputs a list of all vertices visited in order.
💡 Hint: Incorporate both the parent array for path reconstruction and the visit list in your BFS implementation.
How would you modify BFS to handle a situation where the graph changes dynamically? For example, edges can be added or removed during execution.
💡 Hint: Think about the impact of edge modifications on the traversal.
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