Which of the Following Is NOT a Precondition for an Array

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a precondition for an array that is to be sorted by a recursive binary search algorithm? (first is the index of the first item in the array,last is the index of the last item in the array,and SIZE is the maximum size of the array)

• A)SIZE <= first
• B)0 <= first
• C)last <= SIZE - 1
• D)anArray[first] <= anArray[first + 1] <= … <= anArray[last]

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