Question 68

Computer Awareness Searching Medium

Which of the following is not an application of binary search?

(A) To find the lower/upper bound in an ordered sequence
(B) union of intervals
(C) Debugging
(D) To search in unordered list
✓ Correct Answer: Option D Verified Solution

📘 Step-by-Step Solution & Detailed Explanation:

1. (a) To find the lower/upper bound in an ordered sequence: Binary search can effectively determine the lower or upper bounds of elements within a sorted ordered sequence.\[\] 2. (b) Union of intervals: Union of intervals typically involves interval merging algorithms and is not solved using binary search.\[\] 3. (c) Debugging: Debugging sometimes uses binary search in software engineering to isolate the part of the code where a problem is introduced. This is a form of "binary search" to find errors.\[\] 4. (d) To search in unordered list: Binary search only works on sorted arrays or sequences. Searching in an unordered list is not feasible using binary search directly because binary search relies on sorted order comparisons.\[\] \[\] Correct Answer: (d)

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