The Binary Search Algorithm

question 10

Multiple Choice

The binary search algorithm:

• A) is less efficient than the sequential search algorithm
• B) will cut the portion of the array being searched in half each time the loop fails to locate the search value
• C) will have a maximum number of comparisons equal to the number of elements in the array
• D) will have an average of N/2 comparisons, where N is the number of elements in the array

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