What is the drawback of the mergesort with respect to storage?

What will be an ideal response?


The mergesort requires an auxiliary array whose size equals the size of the original array. For languages, such as C++, that store the actual data items in the array, this requirement might not be acceptable in situations where storage is limited and the items are large.

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The distance that the scroll box of a scroll bar will move when an arrow on the scroll bar is clicked is determined by

(A) LargeChange. (B) SmallChange. (C) Value. (D) Maximum.

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In multiversion timestamp ordering, read operations can access tentative versions of objects. Give an example to show how cascading aborts can happen if all read operations are allowed to proceed immediately.

What will be an ideal response?

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Where is the Accessibility Checker located?

A) Review tab B) Insert tab C) Backstage D) Data tab

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One way to rename a worksheet tab is by ________

A) entering the new name in cell A1 of the worksheet B) entering the new name in the Name Box C) entering the new name in the formula bar D) clicking the Rename Sheet option of the Format button in the Cells group on the Home tab

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