If an Element Is Present in an Array of Length

question 45

Multiple Choice

If an element is present in an array of length n, how many element visits, in the worst case, are necessary to find it using a linear search?

• A)n
• B)2ⁿ
• C)n / 2
• D)n²

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Definitions:

Egg-Producing Structures

Organs or parts of organisms specialized in producing eggs, significant in the reproduction of various animals and some plants.

Fern

Member of a group of land plants that have large fronds; in the sexual life cycle, the independent gametophyte produces flagellated sperm, and the vascular sporophyte produces windblown spores.

Prothallus

The gametophyte stage of ferns and some other non-seed vascular plants, typically small, green, heart-shaped, and bears the reproductive organs.

Gametophyte

The sexual form (haploid phase) in the life cycle of plants and algae that produces gametes through mitosis.