Priority Queues1 - Priority Queues
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Practice Questions
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What operation removes the job with the highest priority from a priority queue?
💡 Hint: Think about extracting the most important task.
Which data structure would allow us to easily add new jobs?
💡 Hint: Consider the time needed for adding elements.
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What is the primary operation of a priority queue?
💡 Hint: Think about how we prioritize tasks.
True or False: A priority queue can only use sorted structures to be effective.
💡 Hint: Consider different approaches to data structure design.
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Given a set of jobs with different priorities, if inserted into a priority queue using an unsorted list, what would be the time complexity for processing 100 jobs?
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of each operation's time complexity.
If an algorithm making use of heaps processes 500 jobs, how could the overall running time be improved?
💡 Hint: Consider the operations in log time for effective processing.
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