Practice Quicksort - 15.1 | 15. Quicksort | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 1
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15.1 - Quicksort

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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is Quicksort?

💡 Hint: Think about how it sorts without needing extra storage.

Question 2

Easy

Who invented Quicksort?

💡 Hint: Consider prominent figures in computer science.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is the time complexity of Quicksort in the average case?

  • O(n^2)
  • O(n log n)
  • O(n)

💡 Hint: Consider the efficiency of other sorting algorithms as a comparison.

Question 2

True or False: The choice of the pivot in Quicksort does not affect performance.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Reflect on how a well-balanced partition helps efficiency.

Solve and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Given the array [9, 4, 8, 3, 7], implement Quicksort and demonstrate the complete sorting process with all partitioning steps.

💡 Hint: Identify the pivot selections and result after each partition.

Question 2

Illustrate a scenario where selecting the first element as a pivot leads to the worst-case performance.

💡 Hint: Look at how the partitioning occurs with each choice of pivot.

Challenge and get performance evaluation