9.2 - Heap Structure and Properties
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Practice Questions
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What defines a max heap?
💡 Hint: Focus on parent-child relationships.
Describe the shape property of a heap.
💡 Hint: Think about how nodes are structured.
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What is the primary property of a max heap?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationships between parent and child.
True or False: A max heap can have gaps between nodes?
💡 Hint: Recall the definition of a complete binary tree.
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Challenge Problems
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Construct a max heap from the following sequence of integers: 10, 20, 5, 6, 1, 30.
💡 Hint: Remember to 'bubble up' after each insertion as necessary.
Design an algorithm to delete the max element in a max heap and illustrate with an example.
💡 Hint: Follow the process closely to maintain the heap.
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