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Overall MCQs for Reference
- Which of the following is TRUE about a tree data structure?
a. It is a linear structure
b. It is a hierarchical structure
c. It always has cycles
d. It cannot be used for storage
Answer: b. It is a hierarchical structuregeeksforgeeks+1 - What is the topmost node of a tree called?
a. Leaf
b. Child
c. Root
d. Branch
Answer: c. Rootprepinsta+1 - In a binary tree, what is the maximum number of children a node can have?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer: b. 2examveda+1 - A node with no children in a tree is called:
a. Branch
b. Root
c. Leaf
d. Parent
Answer: c. Leafexamveda+1 - Which traversal method visits the root node first, then left subtree, and then right subtree?
a. Inorder
b. Preorder
c. Postorder
d. Level order
Answer: b. Preordergeeksforgeeks+1 - What is the degree of a node in a tree?
a. Number of children
b. Number of siblings
c. Number of ancestors
d. Its value
Answer: a. Number of childrenprepinsta+1 - In a full binary tree with n leaf nodes, the number of nodes of degree 2 is:
a. n
b. n-1
c. log2n
d. 2n
Answer: b. n-1scribd+1 - Which of the following is NOT a tree traversal algorithm?
a. Inorder
b. Preorder
c. Random order
d. Postorder
Answer: c. Random orderexamveda+1 - A binary search tree (BST) always follows which rule?
a. Root is the smallest
b. Left < Root < Right
c. All nodes are equal
d. No parent pointers
Answer: b. Left < Root < Rightgeeksforgeeks+1 - What is the minimum number of nodes in a non-empty binary tree of height h?
a. h
b. h+1
c. 2^h
d. h-1
Answer: b. h+1studocu+1 - Trees are mainly used to represent:
a. Hierarchical data
b. Linear lists
c. Circular queues
d. Single elements
Answer: a. Hierarchical dataccbp+1 - Which of the following tree types is self-balancing?
a. Binary tree
b. AVL tree
c. Tree map
d. Red-Black tree
Answer: b. AVL treetestbook+1 - Which data structure is best suitable for priority queue implementation?
a. Stack
b. Queue
c. Heap
d. Binary search tree
Answer: c. Heapiquanta+1 - Which of these is a balanced search tree suitable for database indexing?
a. AVL tree
b. Heap
c. B-tree
d. Trie
Answer: c. B-treetestbook+1 - Which protocol in networking uses trees to prevent network loops?
a. TCP
b. UDP
c. Spanning Tree Protocol
d. FTP
Answer: c. Spanning Tree Protocolalmabetter+1 - In a decision tree, what does each internal node represent?
a. Output
b. A test on an attribute
c. Final prediction
d. None
Answer: b. A test on an attributeaimcqs+1 - Which tree is most suited for range query operations like sum or min in an array?
a. B-tree
b. Segment tree
c. Trie
d. AVL tree
Answer: b. Segment treetecharticle+1 - In a threaded binary tree:
a. All left child pointers are null
b. Null pointers are replaced with special links
c. Each node only has one child
d. No parent pointers exist
Answer: b. Null pointers are replaced with special linksscribd+1 - Which search algorithm utilizes trees for its implementation in AI?
a. Brute Force
b. Greedy
c. A*
d. Linear
Answer: c. A*herovired+1 - The time complexity of searching in a balanced binary search tree is:
a. O(1)
b. O(log n)
c. O(n)
d. O(n^2)
Answer: b. O(log n)geeksforgeeks+1 - A tree with a node degree greater than two is called:
a. Binary tree
b. N-ary tree
c. AVL tree
d. Heap
Answer: b. N-ary treeherovired+1 - Which of the following trees is used in Trie data structure applications like autocomplete?
a. Segment tree
b. AVL tree
c. Suffix tree
d. Trie
Answer: d. Trieiquanta+1 - Which is the fastest way to find the minimum in a min-heap?
a. Root node
b. Leftmost leaf
c. Rightmost leaf
d. Any node
Answer: a. Root nodeprepinsta+1 - Which kind of tree is used for the k-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm?
a. Binary Search Tree
b. AVL Tree
c. KD-Tree
d. Heap
Answer: c. KD-Treeiquanta+1 - The total number of nodes in a complete binary tree of height h is:
a. 2h+1 – 1
b. h
c. h+1
d. 2h
Answer: a. 2h+1 – 1geeksforgeeks+1 - What is the main application of a suffix tree in text processing?
a. Range query
b. Pattern matching
c. Network routing
d. Sorting
Answer: b. Pattern matchingprepinsta+1 - Which traversal outputs nodes level-by-level from top to bottom?
a. Preorder
b. Inorder
c. Postorder
d. Level order
Answer: d. Level ordergeeksforgeeks+1 - The parent-child relationship in a tree is best described as:
a. Many-to-Many
b. One-to-One
c. One-to-Many
d. Many-to-One
Answer: c. One-to-Manygeeksforgeeks+1 - Which tree structure organizes multidimensional points efficiently?
a. B-Tree
b. Trie
c. KD-Tree
d. Segment Tree
Answer: c. KD-Treeiquanta+1 - Which type of tree is commonly used by file systems?
a. Segment tree
b. B-tree
c. Heap
d. AVL tree
Answer: b. B-treetecharticle+1 - In a tree, the path from root to any node contains:
a. Only nodes
b. Nodes and edges
c. Only leaves
d. Only branches
Answer: b. Nodes and edgesscaler+1 - Which of the following is NOT an application of tree structures?
a. File systems
b. Network routing
c. Flat lists
d. Database indexing
Answer: c. Flat listsprepinsta+1 - A tree that maintains equal black heights on all root-to-leaf paths is:
a. AVL tree
b. Red-Black tree
c. B-tree
d. Complete binary tree
Answer: b. Red-Black treetestbook+1 - Which of the following is a major drawback of decision trees?
a. Underfitting
b. Overfitting
c. Slow speed
d. No interpretability
Answer: b. Overfittinginterviewbit+1 - What is the time complexity for insertion in a heap?
a. O(1)
b. O(log n)
c. O(n)
d. O(n^2)
Answer: b. O(log n)geeksforgeeks+1 - Which property is unique to a binary search tree?
a. Unordered elements
b. Each node has at most two children
c. Left subtree values < node value < right subtree values
d. Every node has a parent
Answer: c. Left subtree values < node value < right subtree valuesgeeksforgeeks+1 - Which algorithm constructs an optimal binary tree for Huffman coding?
a. Dijkstra’s algorithm
b. Kruskal’s algorithm
c. Huffman’s algorithm
d. Prim’s algorithm
Answer: c. Huffman’s algorithmtestbook+1 - What is the height of a tree with a single node?
a. 1
b. 0
c. 2
d. -1
Answer: b. 0examveda+1 - Which algorithm is used to find the shortest path in a tree?
a. Kruskal’s algorithm
b. Breadth First Search (BFS)
c. Linear Search
d. HeapSort
Answer: b. Breadth First Search (BFS)geeksforgeeks+1 - Which is true about the number of edges in a tree with n nodes?
a. n
b. n+1
c. n-1
d. 2n-1
Answer: c. n-1scribd+1 - Trees are useful in AI for which process?
a. Linear regression
b. Clustering
c. Decision making
d. Text formatting
Answer: c. Decision makingalmabetter+1 - A tree where every non-leaf node has exactly two children is:
a. Complete binary tree
b. Full binary tree
c. General tree
d. Suffix tree
Answer: b. Full binary treeexamveda+1 - Which node is not present in a binary search tree?
a. Duplicate nodes
b. Root node
c. Internal node
d. Leaf node
Answer: a. Duplicate nodesgeeksforgeeks+1 - Which tree is mainly used for auto-completion features?
a. Segment tree
b. Trie
c. AVL tree
d. Heap
Answer: b. Trieiquanta+1 - Which of the following tree types is NOT balanced?
a. AVL tree
b. Red-black tree
c. Binary search tree (unrestricted)
d. B-tree
Answer: c. Binary search tree (unrestricted)testbook+1 - What is a forest in data structure terms?
a. Single tree
b. Set of disjoint trees
c. Set of linked lists
d. Heap structure
Answer: b. Set of disjoint treesgeeksforgeeks+1 - In a k-ary tree, each internal node has:
a. k children
b. At least two children
c. At most k children
d. One child
Answer: c. At most k childrenprepinsta+1 - Which tree variant is vital for memory-efficient prefix search?
a. Heap
b. Trie
c. AVL tree
d. Segment tree
Answer: b. Trieiquanta+1 - Which is NOT a characteristic of a tree?
a. Acyclic
b. Hierarchical
c. Directed edges
d. All nodes are connected
Answer: c. Directed edgesgeeksforgeeks+1 - Which tree data structure is best for dynamic set operations like union and find?
a. AVL tree
b. Segment tree
c. Binary search tree
d. Disjoint Set (Union-Find) tree
Answer: d. Disjoint Set (Union-Find) treeprepinsta+1
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- https://www.w3schools.com/dsa/dsa_theory_trees.php
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- https://herovired.com/learning-hub/blogs/trees-in-data-structure/
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