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Searching and sorting algorithms

Question 1 of 10

Question 1 of 10

Sorting [4, 2, 7, 1] in ascending order gives

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Question 2 of 10

Insertion sort works by

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Question 3 of 10

In a binary search, the first item checked is the

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Question 4 of 10

Arranging data from largest to smallest is ___ order.

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Question 5 of 10

Sorting makes data harder to search.

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Question 6 of 10

Descending order means from smallest to largest.

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Question 7 of 10

Why do we sort data?

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Question 8 of 10

A search that checks every item in turn is a ___ search.

Question 9 of 10

Question 9 of 10

Sorting scores from highest to lowest is

Question 10 of 10

Question 10 of 10

A linear search looks for an item by

Questions written by OtisamLMS in the style of the BECE. They are not WAEC past questions.