Hashing
Question 1 |
- There is a main hash table of size 4.
- The 2 least significant bits of a key is used to index into the main hash table.
- Initially, the main hash table entries are empty.
- Thereafter, when more keys are hashed into it, to resolve collisions, the set of all keys corresponding to a main hash table entry is organized as a binary tree that grows on demand.
- First, the 3rd least significant bit is used to divide the keys into left and right subtrees.
- To resolve more collisions, each node of the binary tree is further sub-divided into left and right subtrees based on the 4th least significant bit.
- A split is done only if it is needed, i.e., only when there is a collison.
Which of the following sequences of key insertions can cause the above state of the hash table (assume the keys are in decimal notation)?
10, 9, 6, 7, 5, 13 | |
9, 5, 13, 6, 10, 14 | |
9, 5, 10, 6, 7, 1 | |
5, 9, 4, 13, 10, 7 |
The keys are inserted into the main hash table based on their 2 least significant bits.
→ The keys 5, 9, 13 will be inserted in the table with entry “01”.
→ The keys 6 and 10 will be inserted in the table with entry “10”
→ The keys 7 will be inserted in the table with entry “11”
→ Now the entry index 01 has collisions. Check the 3rd least significant bit of the keys 9,5,13. The 3rd least significant bit of the key is 0. Hence, key “9” placed as the left child of “01”. There will be collisions again in between the keys 5 and 13 which need to splitted.
Now check the 4th least significant bit of keys 5 and 13. The key 5 is placed as a left child because the 4th least significant is “0” and the key “13” is placed as right child because its 4th least significant is 1.
→ Now the entry index 10 has a collision. Check the 3rd least significant bit of the keys 10 and 6. The 3rd last significant bit of the key is 0. Hence, “10” is placed as the left child of index “10”.
The 3rd least significant value of “6” is 1. So, we are placed as the right child of index ”10”.
Question 2 |
Consider a double hashing scheme in which the primary hash function is h1(k) = k mod 23, and the secondary hash function is h2(k) = 1 + (k mod 19). Assume that the table size is 23. Then the address returned by probe 1 in the probe sequence (assume that the probe sequence begins at probe 0) for key value k=90 is _______.
13 |
• K=90
• h1(k) = k mod 23 = 90 mod 23 = 21
• In case of collision, we need to use secondary hash function.
• h2(k) = 1 + (k mod19) = 1 + 90mod19 = 1+14 = 15
• Now (21+15) mod 23 = 36 mod 23 = 13
• So the address is 13.
Question 3 |
An advantage of chained hash table (external hashing) over the open addressing scheme is
Worst case complexity of search operations is less? | |
Space used is less | |
Deletion is easier | |
None of the above |
Question 4 |
Insert the characters of the string K R P C S N Y T J M into a hash table of size 10.
Use the hash function
h(x) = (ord(x) – ord("a") + 1) mod10
and linear probing to resolve collisions.
(a) Which insertions cause collisions?
(b) Display the final hash table.
Theory Explanation. |
Question 5 |
Consider a hash table of size 11 that uses open addressing with linear probing. Let h(k) = k mod 11 be the hash function used. A sequence of records with keys
43 36 92 87 11 4 71 13 14is inserted into an initially empty hash table, the bins of which are indexed from zero to ten. What is the index of the bin into which the last record is inserted?
2 | |
4 | |
6 | |
7 |
Hence, correct option is (D).
Question 6 |
m/n | |
n/m | |
2n/m | |
n/2m |
How?
For 1st element the probability of key1 ends up in slot 1 is 1/m.
For 2nd element the probability of key2 ends up in slot 2 is 1/m
..
..
For nth element the probability of keyn ends up in slot n is 1/m
Hence expected number of elements in a slot is:
1/m+1/m+... (n times)= n/m
In the given question h1 is for elements at even sequence position and h2 is for odd number of sequence positions. This will not affect the overall probability.
Hence here also it is n/m
Question 7 |
A hash table with ten buckets with one slot per bucket is shown in the following figure. The symbols S1 to S7 initially entered using a hashing function with linear probing. The maximum number of comparisons needed in searching an item that is not present is
4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
3 |
→ Worst case of finding a number is equal to maximum size of cluster + 1(after searching all the cluster it enters into empty cluster)
→ Maximum no. of comparisons = 4 + 1 = 5
Question 8 |
Given the following input (4322, 1334, 1471, 9679, 1989, 6171, 6173, 4199) and the hash function x mod 10, which of the following statements are true?
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i) 9679, 1989, 4199 hash to the same value
ii) 1471, 6171 hash to the same value
iii) All elements hash to the same value
iv) Each element hashes to a different value
i only | |
ii only | |
i and ii only | |
iii or iv |
Hash function = x mod 10
Hash values = (2, 4, 1, 9, 9, 1, 3, 9)
9679, 1989, 4199 have same hash values
&
1471, 6171 have same hash values.
Question 9 |
Consider a hash table with 100 slots. Collisions are resolved using chaining. Assuming simple uniform hashing, what is the probability that the first 3 slots are unfilled after the first 3 insertions?
(97×97×97)/1003 | |
(99×98×97)/1003 | |
(97×96×95)/1003 | |
(97×96×95)/(3!×1003) |
They are picked with equal probability of Hash function since it is uniform hashing.
So to avoid the first 3 slots to be unfilled
= 97/100*97/100*97/100 =((97*97*97))⁄1003
Question 10 |
Which one of the following hash functions on integers will distribute keys most uniformly over 10 buckets numbered 0 to 9 for i ranging from 0 to 2020?
h(i) = i2 mod 10 | |
h(i) = i3 mod 10 | |
h(i) = (11 *i2) mod 10 | |
h(i) = (12 * i) mod 10 |
Question 11 |
Division method, i.e., use the hash function h(k) = k mod m. | |
Multiplication method, i.e., use the hash function h(k) = ⌊m(kA − ⌊kA⌋)⌋, where A is a carefully chosen constant. | |
Universal hashing method. | |
If k is a prime number, use Division method. Otherwise, use Multiplication method. |
Question 12 |
Given a hash table T with 25 slots that stores 2000 elements, the load factor α for T is ___________.
80 | |
70 | |
60 | |
50 |
Question 13 |
Consider a hash table with 9 slots. The hash function is h(k) = k mod 9. The collisions are resolved by chaining. The following 9 keys are inserted in the order: 5, 28, 19, 15, 20, 33, 12, 17, 10. The maximum, minimum, and average chain lengths in the hash table, respectively, are
3, 0, and 1 | |
3, 3, and 3 | |
4, 0, and 1 | |
3, 0, and 2 |
h(k) = k mod 9
Collisions are resolved using chaining.
Keys: 5, 28, 19, 15, 20, 33, 12, 17, 10.
5%9 – 5
28%9 – 1
19%9 – 1
15%9 – 6
20%9 – 2
33%9 – 6
12%9 – 3
17%9 – 8
10%9 – 1
Maximum chain length is 3
Minimum chain length is 0
Average chain length = 0+3+1+1+0+1+2+0+1/ 9 = 1
Question 14 |
The keys 12, 18, 13, 2, 3, 23, 5 and 15 are inserted into an initially empty hash table of length 10 using open addressing with hash function h(k) = k mod 10 and linear probing. What is the resultant hash table?
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They are inserted into an initially empty hash table of length 10 using open addressing with hash function h(k)=k mod 10 & linear probing is used.
12 % 10 = 2
18 % 10 = 8
13 % 10 = 3
2 % 10 = 2 (Index 4 is empty)
3 % 10 = 3 (Index 5 is empty)
23 % 10 = 3 (Index 6 is empty)
5 % 10 = 5 (Index 7 is empty)
15 % 10 = 5 (Index 9 is empty)
Hence Option C is correct.
A & B doesn’t include all the keys & option D is similar to chaining. So, will go with C.