Priority Queues1.6 - Potential Future Improvements
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Practice Questions
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What is a priority queue?
💡 Hint: Think about how tasks are managed in an operating system.
What is the time complexity for inserting a task in an unsorted list?
💡 Hint: Consider how you would append an item to a list.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What operation is performed to remove the highest priority item from a priority queue?
💡 Hint: Remember the two primary operations of a priority queue.
True or False: An unsorted list allows for faster retrieval of the maximum priority item compared to a sorted list.
💡 Hint: Think about how the items in each list are organized.
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Construct a priority queue using a two-dimensional array, and perform a series of inserts and deletes. Provide a computational analysis of the operations.
💡 Hint: Track operations clearly with comments in your code for analysis.
Evaluate which priority queue structure (unsorted, sorted, or heap) would be optimal for a system processing 1000 jobs with varied priority levels. Justify your answer.
💡 Hint: Consider not only time complexity but also real-world factors like memory overhead.
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