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DAA BCS401 ALL Module Question Bank

Design and Analysis of Algorithms (Visvesvaraya Technological University)

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R.R. Institute of Technology

Affiliated to VTU Belgaum and Approved by AICTE, New Delhi, Recognised by Govt. of Karnataka
Accredited by NAAC with ‘A+’, NBA
Raja Reddy Layout, Chikkabanavara, Bengaluru – 560 090
Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Question Bank – 4th Semester

Subject Name: Analysis & Design of Algorithms Subject Code: BCS401

Course Learning Objectives: This course (BCS401) will enable students to:
 To learn the methods for analyzing algorithms and evaluating their performance.
 To demonstrate the efficiency of algorithms using asymptotic notations.
 To solve problems using various algorithm design methods, including brute force greedy,
divide and conquer, decrease and conquer, transform and conquer, dynamic programming,
backtracking, and branch and bound.
 To learn the concepts of P and NP complexity classes.
Q.No Question COs

MODULE 1
Define an algorithm? What are the properties of an algorithm? Briefly discuss
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the algorithm specification
Draw a Analysis framework and explain all its dimensions(6 dimensions) CO1
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3 Explain Fundamentals of Algorithmic Problem Solving. CO1

Discuss the notion of algorithm and elaborate with an example how a new CO1
4 variable count introduced in a program can be used to find the number of steps
needed by a program to solve a particular problem instance
Design an algorithm to search an element in an array using sequential search. CO1
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discuss the worst case, best case and average case efficiency of this algorithm
CO1
6 Elaborate the general plan for analyzing efficiency of non-recursive algorithms.

List and Define the commonly encountered asymptotic notations and illustrate CO1
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with figures(3 notations)
a)Prove the theorem of asymptotic notations: If t1(n)Є O(g1(n)) and t2(n)Є CO1
O(g2(n)) then prove the following assertion t1(n) + t2(n) Є O(max(g1(n)),
(g2(n)))
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b)Express the following using asymptotic notations.
(i)6*2n+ n2 (ii) ½ n(n-1)
Write an algorithm to compute n! Recursively. Set up a recurrence relation for CO1
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the algorithm’s basic count and solve it.
Give the general plan for analysing the recursive algorithms. Mathematically CO1
10 analyse the tower of Hanoi problem, clearly indicating the steps and comment on
its complexity

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Find the time efficiency for computing product of n x n matrices with an CO1
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algorithm
Develop an algorithm to determine the minimum and maximum values in an CO1
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array of integers. Determine the worst case complexity
Write down the Selection sort and Bubble sort algorithm with example and find CO1
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its time complexity for both.
CO1
14 Write the Sequential search algorithm with example and analyse its efficiency.
Describe brute-force approach. What are the advantages and disadvantages of CO1
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this approach?
Design a brute-force algorithm for string matching with example and find its CO1
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time complexity for the same.
MODULE 2

Give the general divide and conquer recurrence and explain the same. CO2
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Explain the Exhaustive Search method using Travelling Salesman problem with CO2
2 the example.

Describe how the Knapsack Problem work using Exhaustive Search method with CO2
3 the example.
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Write the Insertion sort algorithm and sort the list 89,45,68,90,29,34,17 using CO2
4 insertion sort algorithm and discuss the time efficiency.
What is topological sorting? Explain the Source Removal algorithm for CO2
topological Sort. Obtain topological sorting for the given diagraph using source
removal method

Inscribe the algorithm for DFS and explain how it canbe used to solve the CO2
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topological sorting problem with one example
Write down the algorithm for BFS and explain how it canbe used to solve the CO2
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topological sorting problem with one example
8 Construct an algorithm for merge sort. Analyze its efficiency. CO2

Write the merge sort algorithm and Sort the list E, X, A, M, P, L, E in CO2
9 alphabetical order using merge sort and discuss the efficiency of merge sort.

10 Trace the merge sort algorithm for the data set 8, 4, 1, 6, 7, 2, 3, 9. CO2

11 Construct an algorithm for Quick sort. Analyze its efficiency. CO2

Discuss how quick sort works to sort an array. Trace quick sort algorithm for the CO2
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following data set 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 60, 55, 50, 45
Consider the numbers given below. Show how partitioning algorithm of quick CO2
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sort will place 106 in its correct position. Show all the steps clearly. “106 117

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128 134 141 91 84 63 42”

14 Explicate the Binary tree Traversals with an example CO2
15 Explain Strassen’s matrix multiplication and derive its time complexity CO2
MODULE 3

1 Define Binary Tree. What is the important for Balanced Binary search tree CO3
explain its Types
2 Define AVL trees explain its Rotations with example CO3

3 Construct AVL trees for the list 5,6,8,3,2,4,7 by successive insertion along with CO3
its time complexity.
4 Define heap. Explain the properties of heap along with its representation. CO3
Construct bottom up heap for the list 2,9,7,6,5,8. Obtain its time complexity
5 Write the algorithm of Heap sort. Along with the bottom approach for CO3
constructing the heap. Find its Time complexity.
6 Algorithm for Comparison Counting sort and sort the list 62,31,84,96,19,47 using CO3
the same.
7 Algorithm for Distribution Counting sort and sort the list 13,11,12,13,12,12 using CO3
the same.
8 Explain Horspool’s algorithm cases with example. CO3

9 Design Horspools algorithm for string matching. Apply Horspools algorithm to CO3
find the pattern BARBER in the text: JIM_SAW_ME_IN_A_BARBERSHOP.
10 Write Horspool’s algorithm and find the pattern SORTING in the text CO3
BRUTE_FORCE_METHOD_USED_FOR_SORTING_ALGORITHM
MODULE 4

1 Using dynamic programming, solve the following instance of knapsack problem, CO3
for M=20

2 Solve the knapsack instance n=3, (w1,w2,w3)=(1,2,2) and (p1,p2,p3)=(18,16,6) CO3

and M=4 by dynamic programming
3 Define Transitive closure. Write Warshall‟s algorithm to compute transitive CO3
closure. Find its efficiency.
4 Apply Warshall’s Algorithm to find transitive closure of graph defined by the CO3
following adjacency matrix.

5 Define transitive closure of a graph. Apply Warshalls algorithm to compute CO3

transitive closure of a directed graph.

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6 Using Warshall‟s algorithm to find transitive closure of a digraph. CO3

7 Explain all Pair Shortest Path Floyd’s Algorithm with its time complexity. CO3

8 Relate Floyd‟s algorithm to compute all pairs shortest paths for the following CO3
graph.

9 Elaborate the concept of greedy technique for prim’s algorithm. Obtain the CO4
minimum cost spanning tree for the graph below using the same.

Find the minimum spanning tree using Prim’s algorithm for the given graph CO4
along with the Algorithm.

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Construct minimum cost spanning tree using Kruskals algorithm for the CO4
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following graph

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Develop the minimum cost spanning tree for the below graph using kruskal’s CO4
algorithm along with the

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13 Explain the Kruskals algorithm . Find its efficiency. CO4

Apply Dijkstra’s algorithm to find single source shortest path for the given graph CO4
by considering S as the source vertex.

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Solve the below instance of the single source shortest path with vertex a as the CO4
source with the help of Dijikstra’s algorithm

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16 Explain the Dijikstra’s algorithm. Find its efficiency. CO4

Construct the Huffman tree for the following data. CO4

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Encode DAD-CBE using Huffman Encoding.
What is Huffman tree? Construct a Huffman tree and resulting code word for the CO4
following and Encode the words DAD and ADD
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MODULE 5

Explain the following with examples

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i) P problem ii) NP Problem iii) NP- Complete problem iv) NP – Hard Problems
What is backtracking? Apply backtracking to solve the below instance of sum of CO6
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subset problem S={5,10,12,13,15,18} d=30
3 Illustrate N queen’s problem using backtracking to solve 4-Queens problem CO6

Using Branch and Bound technique solve the below instance of knapsack CO6
problem. Capacity 5

5 Discuss the concept of Classes of NP- Hard and NP-Compete CO5

Course Outcomes: Students will be able to

Apply asymptotic notational method to analyze the performance of the algorithms in terms of
CO1 time complexity.

CO2 Demonstrate divide & conquer approaches and decrease & conquer approaches to solve
Computational problems.
CO3 Make use of transform & conquer and dynamic programming design approaches to solve the
given real world or complex computational problems.
CO4 Apply greedy and input enhancement methods to solve graph & string based computational
Problems.
CO5
Analyse various classes (P,NP and NP Complete) of problems
CO6 Illustrate backtracking, branch & bound and approximation methods.

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