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A series of values stored in memory is called ___
an array
a tree
a matrix
a struct
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In some languages, arrays are also called ___
groups or arrows
roots or leaves
lists or vectors
lines or strings
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Almost all programming languages start arrays at ___
index 0
index 1
index 2
the null character
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In almost all programming languages, what kind of bracketing is used to denote array access?
round brackets
square brackets
curly braces
quotation marks
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Arrays of characters, like letters, numbers, punctuation and other written symbols, are called ___
structs
vectors
strings
groups
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Most often, to save a string into memory, you just put it in ___
square brackets
round brackets
quotes
curly braces
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A string ends with the binary value 0 in memory, which is called ___
the concatenation character
the floating point
index zero
the null character
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What is the operation of joining character strings end-to-end called?
string cataloging
integration
interlocking
string concatenation
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A two-dimensional list, which can be thought of as an array of arrays, is called ___
a matrix
a struct
a tree
a grid
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A data type that can be used to group items of possibly different types into a single type is called ___
a root
a struct
a tree
a pointer
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A type of struct that stores a variable, like a number, and also a pointer is called ___
a nodule
a radix
a node
a root
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A flexible data structure that can store many nodes is called ___
a tree
a linked list
a pointer
a queue
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Complex data structures built on top of linked lists, that use First-In First-Out behaviour, are called ___
vectors
strings
queues
stacks
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When linked lists are used as stacks, what kind of behaviour is implemented?
First-In First-Out, or FIFO
First-In Last-Out, or FILO
Last-In Last-Out, or LILO
Last-In First-Out, or LIFO
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Instead of enqueuing and dequeuing, data is pushed onto a stack and ___
grabbed from a stack
popped from a stack
eaten from a stack
pulled from a stack
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If a struct contains more than one pointer, what abstract data type is created?
a queue
a stack
a tree
a node
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In a tree data structure, the top most node is called ___
the peak
the apex
the crown
the root
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In a tree data structure, any nodes that hang from other nodes are called ___
branched nodes
leaf nodes
children nodes
daughter nodes
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In a tree data structure, any nodes that have no children (where the tree ends) are called ___
boundary nodes
leaf nodes
orphan nodes
terminal nodes
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An important property of trees is that there’s a one-way path from ___
branch to branch
roots to leaves
parent to daughter
peak to trough
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Which data structure is used for data that links arbitrarily, and includes things like loops?
binary trees
circular trees
graphs
dynamic linked stacks