9 - Heaps
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Practice Questions
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What is the primary purpose of a priority queue?
💡 Hint: Think about how tasks are executed based on urgency.
What is a heap?
💡 Hint: Consider how heaps are structured compared to other trees.
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Which operation removes the highest priority element from a heap?
💡 Hint: Remember the operation that focuses on removing elements.
True or False: The max heap property requires each parent to be less than its children.
💡 Hint: Think about how parents compare to their children in a binary tree.
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Challenge Problems
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Given the following values, insert them into an empty max heap: 10, 20, 15, 30, 5. Show the steps taken.
💡 Hint: Keep track of the parent comparisons during each insertion.
Construct a min heap from the following elements: 5, 3, 17, 10, 84, 19, 6, 22, 9. Show how to maintain the min heap property.
💡 Hint: Remember, each insertion can cause a bubble down to find the correct position.
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