Practice Tracking Levels - 20.4.2 | 20. Breadth First Search (BFS) | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 1
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20.4.2 - Tracking Levels

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Question 1 Easy

What is the purpose of the BFS algorithm?

💡 Hint: Think about how we visit neighbors in a sequential order.

Question 2 Easy

What data structure is used to manage vertices in BFS?

💡 Hint: Remember the order of processing vertices.

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Question 1

What does BFS stand for?

Best-First Search
Breadth-First Search
Binary First Search

💡 Hint: Think about the meaning of breadth in exploring a graph.

Question 2

True or False: BFS can only be used on unweighted graphs.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider if BFS ensures the shortest path in all scenarios.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a graph representation of a social network, construct a BFS traversal starting from a specified user and list all the connections made. Then reconstruct the path back to the originating user for a selected connection.

💡 Hint: Ensure you note how many levels deep each connection goes and use parents to trace the full path.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a graph representing a course prerequisite structure and demonstrate how BFS can be used to find if a specific course can be reached given a set of enrolled courses. Then indicate the path taken from any enrolled course to that target course.

💡 Hint: Think of enrolled courses as multiple starting points and track the paths with parent pointers.

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