GATE CS Applied Course

## GATE Previous Subject Wise Questions

##### Question 181
Which of the following statement(s) is / are correct regarding Bellman-Ford shortest path algorithm?

P. Always finds a negative weighted cycle, if one
Q. Finds whether any negative weighted cycle is reachable from the source.
A
P Only
B
Q Only

C
Both P and Q
D
Neither P nor Q
Algorithms gate 2009 Shortest-Path
##### Question 182
The preorder traversal sequence of a binary search tree is 30, 20, 10, 15, 25, 23, 39, 35, 42. Which
one of the following is the postorder traversal sequence of the same tree?
A
10, 20, 15, 23, 25, 35, 42, 39, 30
B
15, 10, 25, 23, 20, 42, 35, 39, 30
C
15, 20, 10, 23, 25, 42, 35, 39, 30
D
15, 10, 23, 25, 20, 35, 42, 39, 30
Algorithms GATE 2013
##### Question 183
Consider the following operation along with Enqueue and Dequeue operations on queues, where k is a global parameter.
MultiDequeue(Q){
m = k
while (Q is not empty and m  > 0) {
Dequeue(Q)
m = m - 1
}
}
What is the worst case time complexity of a sequence of n MultiDequeue() operations on an initially empty queue?
A
Θ(n)
B
Θ(n + k)
C
Θ(nk)
D
Algorithms GATE 2013 Time-Complexity
##### Question 184
The worst case running time to search for an element in a balanced binary search tree with n2n elements is
A
Θ (n log n)
B
Θ (n2n)
C
Θ (n)
D
Θ (log n)
Data Structures GATE 2012 Binary-Trees
##### Question 185
The recurrence relation capturing the optimal execution time of the Towers of Hanoi problem with n discs is
A
T(n) = 2T(n - 2) + 2
B
T(n) = 2T(n - 1) + n
C
T(n) = 2T(n/2) + 1
D
T(n) = 2T(n - 1) + 1
Data Structures Recursion GATE 2012
##### Question 186
Let W(n) and A(n) denote respectively, the worst case and average case running time of an algorithm executed on an input of size n.  Which of the following is ALWAYS TRUE?
A
A(n) = Ω (W(n))
B
A(n) = Θ (W(n))
C
A(n) = O (W(n))
D
A(n) = o (W(n))
Algorithms GATE 2012 Time-Complexity
##### Question 187
Let G be a weighted graph with edge weights greater than one and G' be the graph constructed by squaring the weights of edges in G. Let T and T' be the minimum spanning trees of G and G', respectively, with total weights t and t'. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A
T' = T with total weight t' = t2
B
T' = T with total weight t'2
C
T' ≠ T but total weight t' = t2
D
None of the above
Algorithms GATE 2012 Minimum-Spanning-Tree
##### Question 188
Suppose a circular queue of capacity (n - 1) elements is implemented with an array of n elements. Assume that the insertion and deletion operations are carried out using REAR and FRONT as array index variables, respectively. Initially, REAR = FRONT = 0. The conditions to detect queue full and queue empty are
A
full: (REAR+1)mod n == FRONT
empty: REAR == FRONT
B
full: (REAR+1)mod n == FRONT
empty: (FRONT+1) mod n == REAR
C
full: REAR == FRONT
empty: (REAR+1) mod n == FRONT
D
full: (FRONT+1)mod n == REAR
empty: REAR == FRONT
Data Structures GATE 2012 Queues
##### Question 189
A list of n strings, each of length n, is sorted into lexicographic order using the merge-sort algorithm. The worst case running time of this computation is
A
O (n log n)
B
O (n2 log n)
C
O (n2 + log n)
D
O (n2)
Algorithms GATE 2012 Merge-Sort
##### Question 190
Consider the directed graph shown in the figure below. There are multiple shortest paths between vertices S and T. Which one will be reported by Dijstra?s shortest path algorithm? Assume that, in any iteration, the shortest path to a vertex v is updated only when a strictly shorter path to v is discovered.
A
SDT
B
SBDT
C
SACDT
D
SACET
Algorithms Shortest-Path GATE 2012
##### Question 191
Suppose R1(A, B) and R2(C, D) are two relation schemas. Let r1 and r2 be the corresponding relation instances. B is a foreign key that refers to C in R2. If data in r1 and r2 satisfy referential integrity constraints, which of the following is ALWAYS TRUE?
A
B (r1) - ∏C (r2) = ∅
B
C (r2) - ∏B (r1) = ∅
C
B (r1) = ∏C (r2)
D
B (r1) - ∏C (r2) ≠ ∅
DBMS GATE 2012
##### Question 192
The height of a tree is defined as the number of edges on the longest path in the tree. The function
shown in the pseudocode below is invoked as height(root) to compute the height of a binary
tree rooted at the tree pointer root

.

The appropriate expressions for the two boxes B1 and B2 are
A
B1: (1+height(n→right))
B2: (1+max(h1,h2))
B
B1: (height(n→right))
B2: (1+max(h1,h2))
C
B1: height(n→right)
B2: max(h1,h2)
D
B1: (1+ height(n→right))
B2: max(h1,h2)
Data Structures GATE 2012 Binary-Trees
##### Question 193
Consider the above tables A, B and C. How many tuples does the result of the following SQL query contains?
SELECT A.id
FROM   A
WHERE  A.age > ALL (SELECT B.age
FROM   B
WHERE  B. name = "arun")
A
4
B
3
C
0
D
1
GATE 2012
##### Question 194
A
B
C
D
Algorithms gate 2009 Time-Complexity
##### Question 195
The keys 12, 18, 13, 2, 3, 23, 5 and 15 are inserted into an initially empty hash table of length 10 using open addressing with hash function h(k) = k mod 10 and linear probing. What is the resultant hash table?
A
B
C
D
Data Structures gate 2009 Hashing
##### Question 196
What is the maximum height of any AVL-tree with 7 nodes? Assume that the height of a tree with a single node is 0.
A
2
B
3
C
4
D
5
Data Structures gate 2009 AVL-Trees
##### Question 197
A
(b,e)(e,f)(a,c)(b,c)(f,g)(c,d)
B
(b,e)(e,f)(a,c)(f,g)(b,c)(c,d)
C
(b,e)(a,c)(e,f)(b,c)(f,g)(c,d)
D
(b,e)(e,f)(b,c)(a,c)(f,g)(c,d)
Algorithms gate 2009 Minimum-Spanning-Tree
##### Question 198
A
B
C
D
Algorithms gate 2009 Sorting
##### Question 199
A sub-sequence of a given sequence is just the given sequence with some elements (possibly none or all) left out. We are given two sequences X[m] and Y[n] of lengths m and n respectively, with indexes of X and Y starting from 0. We wish to find the length of the longest common sub-sequence(LCS) of X[m] and Y[n] as l(m,n), where an incomplete recursive definition for the function l(i,j) to compute the length of The LCS of X[m] and Y[n] is given below:
l(i,j) = 0, if either i=0 or j=0
= expr1, if i,j > 0 and X[i-1] = Y[j-1]
= expr2, if i,j > 0 and X[i-1] != Y[j-1]
A
expr1 ≡ l(i-1, j) + 1
B
expr1 ≡ l(i, j-1)
C
expr2 ≡ max(l(i-1, j), l(i, j-1))
D
expr2 ≡ max(l(i-1,j-1),l(i,j))
Algorithms gate 2009 Dynamic-Programming
##### Question 200
Consider the data given in the previous question. The values of l(i, j) could be obtained by dynamic programming based on the correct recursive definition of l(i, j) of the form given above, using an array L[M, N], where M = m+1 and N =n+1, such that L[i, j] = l(i, j). Which one of the following statements would be TRUE regarding the dynamic programming solution for the recursive definition of l(i, j)?
A
All elements L should be initialized to 0 for the values of l(i,j) to be properly computed
B
The values of l(i,j) may be computed in a row major order or column major order of L(M,N)
C
The values of l(i,j) cannot be computed in either row major order or column major order of L(M,N)
D
L[p,q] needs to be computed before L[r,s] if either p < r or q < s
Algorithms gate 2009 Dynamic-Programming