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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is edit distance?
💡 Hint: Think about the actions you can perform on a string.
Question 2
Easy
Why is document similarity important?
💡 Hint: Consider how similar documents might affect search engine results.
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Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What does edit distance quantify?
- The number of pages in a document
- The minimum edits to convert one document to another
- The word count difference
💡 Hint: Focus on what operations are counted for distance.
Question 2
True or False: Similarity measurement is only useful for detecting plagiarism.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider other applications beyond plagiarism.
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Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Given the words 'intention' and 'execution', how many edits are required to convert one to the other using the edit distance metric? Show your workings.
💡 Hint: Write out both words; identify one letter that matches at a time and count changes.
Question 2
Create a small program that computes the edit distance between any two input strings and explains its logic step by step.
💡 Hint: Start with a 2D array to represent your base cases and then fill in values using previous computations.
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