What Statement Accurately Describes the Strategy Utilized by the Insertion

question 23

Multiple Choice

What statement accurately describes the strategy utilized by the insertion sort algorithm?

• A) The insertion sort algorithm repeatedly swaps elements that are out of order in a list until they are completely sorted.
• B) The insertion sort algorithm repeatedly swaps the smallest element in an unsorted portion of a list with an element at the start of the unsorted portion.
• C) The insertion sort algorithm repeatedly inserts the i-th element into its proper place in the first i items in the list.
• D) The insertion sort algorithm partitions a list around a pivot item and sorts the resulting sublists.

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Definitions:

Social Facilitation

The improvement in performance observed when an individual performs a task in the presence of others, compared to when they are alone.

Social Loafing

The occurrence in which people put in less effort towards reaching a goal when they are part of a group compared to when they are working solo.

Common Goal

A shared objective or aim among members of a group.

Groupthink

A phenomenon whereby a group makes faulty decisions because of group pressures, leading to a degradation of mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment.