Assume That Bands Is an ArrayList of String Objects Which

question 50

Multiple Choice

Assume that bands is an ArrayList of String objects which contains a number of elements in ascending order. Select a statement to complete the code segment below, which invokes the Java library binarySearch method to search for the string "Beatles". If the list does not already contain the string, it should be inserted in an appropriate location so that the list remains sorted.
Int index = Collections.binarySearch(bands, "Beatles") ;
If (index < 0)
{
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}

• A) bands.add(-1 * index + 1, "Beatles");
• B) bands.add(index + 1, "Beatles");
• C) bands.add(-1 * index, "Beatles");
• D) bands.add(-1 - index, "Beatles");

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