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The document is a quiz on Dial's Algorithm, covering its inventor, purpose, data structures used, advantages over Dijkstra's Algorithm, and various concepts related to shortest path algorithms. It includes questions about the algorithm's complexity, applications, and specific functionalities like the 'addEdge' function. The quiz tests knowledge on the algorithm's limitations and operational mechanics.

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Dial's Algorithm Quiz With Ans Key

The document is a quiz on Dial's Algorithm, covering its inventor, purpose, data structures used, advantages over Dijkstra's Algorithm, and various concepts related to shortest path algorithms. It includes questions about the algorithm's complexity, applications, and specific functionalities like the 'addEdge' function. The quiz tests knowledge on the algorithm's limitations and operational mechanics.

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DIAL’S ALGORITHM QUIZ

Quiz on Dial's Algorithm

1. Who invented Dial's Algorithm?

A. Robert B. Dial​
B. Edsger Dijkstra​
C. Alan Turing​
D. John von Neumann​
Answer: A

2. What is the main purpose of Dial's Algorithm?

A. To find the shortest paths in a graph with negative edge weights​


B. To find the shortest paths in a graph with non-negative edge weights and a small weight
range​
C. To sort data efficiently​
D. To traverse a graph in breadth-first order​
Answer: B

3. Dial's Algorithm uses which of the following data structures?

A. Priority queue​
B. Stack​
C. Buckets​
D. Binary heap​
Answer: C

4. What is the main advantage of Dial's Algorithm over Dijkstra's Algorithm?

A. It works with negative edge weights​


B. It has a simpler implementation​
C. It is faster for graphs with small range weights​
D. It uses less memory​
Answer: C

5. Which of these terms refers to a connection between two vertices in a graph?

A. Node​
B. Edge​
C. Bucket​
D. Edging​
Answer: B
DIAL’S ALGORITHM QUIZ
6. What is a bucket in Dial's Algorithm used for?​
A. Storing all graphs​
B. Grouping vertices by their current distances​
C. Representing the maximum range of edge weights​
D. Storing processed dictionaries

Answer: B

7. In Dial's Algorithm, what is the initial distance of all vertices except the source?

A. Zero​
B. One​
C. Negative infinity​
D. Infinity​
Answer: D

8. What does the term "relaxation" mean in the context of shortest path algorithms?

A. Increasing the edge weight​


B. Updating the shortest known distance to a vertex​
C. Skipping the current vertex​
D. Removing vertices from the graph​
Answer: B

9. Which of the following is NOT an application of Dial's Algorithm?

A. Route planning in transportation networks​


B. Gaming and AI pathfinding​
C. Sorting numbers in ascending order​
D. Telecommunication network optimization​
Answer: C

10. What is the space complexity of Dial's Algorithm?

A. O(n)​
B. O(nW)​
C. O(n2)​
D. O(m)​
Answer: B
DIAL’S ALGORITHM QUIZ
11. What is the time complexity of Dial's Algorithm?

A. O(n2)​
B. O(n+m)​
C. O(n log ⁡n)​
D. O(m log ⁡n)​
Answer: B

12. What does the term "source vertex" mean?

A. A vertex with the smallest weight​


B. The starting point for finding the shortest paths.​
C. The vertex with no outgoing edges​
D. A vertex that is not connected to the graph​
Answer: B

13. What is the main drawback of Dial's Algorithm?

A. It cannot handle graphs with non-negative weights​


B. Dial’s algorithm is only applicable when the range of the edge weights is small.​
C. It is slower than Dijkstra's Algorithm for all graphs​
D. It cannot be implemented in Python​
Answer: B

14. How does Dial's Algorithm handle large edge weights efficiently?

A. By splitting weights into smaller ranges​


B. By increasing the number of buckets​
C. By converting the graph into a smaller equivalent graph​
D. It does not handle large edge weights efficiently​
Answer: D

15. What does the "addEdge" function do in the Python implementation of Dial's
Algorithm?

A. Removes an edge from the graph​


B. Adds an edge between two vertices with a given weight​
C. Deletes a vertex from the graph​
D. Updates the shortest path in the graph​
Answer: B
DIAL’S ALGORITHM QUIZ
16. How does Dial's Algorithm handle vertices with the same distance from the source?

A. Places them in the same bucket​


B. Ignores all but one vertex​
C. Places them in separate buckets​
D. Processes them in reverse order​
Answer: A

17. What is the main difference between Dijkstra's Algorithm and Dial's Algorithm?

A. Dial's Algorithm uses a priority queue​


B. Dial's Algorithm uses buckets instead of a priority queue​
C. Dial's Algorithm works for graphs with negative weights​
D. Dial's Algorithm is slower for small graphs​
Answer: B

18. Which function removes and returns the first element from a list in Python?

A. .append()​
B. .pop()​
C. .remove()​
D. .clear()​
Answer: B

19. Which of the following is a valid application of Dial's Algorithm?

A. Sorting integers​
B. Calculating shortest paths in road networks with small edge weights​
C. Generating random numbers​
D. Encrypting data​
Answer: B

20. Why is Dial's Algorithm unsuitable for graphs with large edge weight ranges?

A. It cannot handle non-integer weights​


B. It becomes slower due to the large number of buckets required​
C. It fails to calculate the shortest path accurately​
D. It uses a priority queue​
Answer: B

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