Reverse a Word using Stack Questions and Answers

This set of Data Structures & Algorithms Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Reverse a Word using Stack”.

1. Reversing a word using stack can be used to find if the given word is a palindrome or not.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: This application of stack can also be used to find if the given word is a palindrome because, if the reversed is same as that of the original word, the given word is a palindrome.

2. Which is the most appropriate data structure for reversing a word?
a) queue
b) stack
c) tree
d) graph
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Answer: b
Explanation: Stack is the most appropriate data structure for reversing a word because stack follows LIFO principle.

3. Operations required for reversing a word or a string using stack are push() and pop().
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: Push operation inserts a character into the stack and pop operation pops the top of the stack.

4. What is the time complexity of reversing a word using stack algorithm?
a) O (N log N)
b) O (N²)
c) O (N)
d) O (M log N)
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Answer: c
Explanation: The time complexity of reversing a stack is mathematically found to be O (N) where N is the input.

5. What will be the word obtained if the word “abbcabb” is reversed using a stack?
a) bbabbca
b) abbcabb
c) bbacbba
d) bbacabb
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Answer: c
Explanation: The string “abbcabb” is pushed on to the stack. If the characters are popped one by one, the word obtained will be bbacbba.

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6. How many stacks are required for reversing a word algorithm?
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) four
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Answer: a
Explanation: Only 1 stack is required for reversing a word using stack. In that stack, push and pop operations are carried out.

7. What will be result if the given stack is popped?

a) pat
b) tap
c) atp
d) apt
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Answer: b
Explanation: The word ‘pat’ is pushed on to the stack. When the characters of the stack are popped one by one, the word ‘tap’ is obtained.

8. What will be output if the following sequence of operations are executed?

Push(a,s);
Push(b,s);
Pop(b);
Push(c,s);

a) abc
b) b
c) ac
d) acb
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Answer: b
Explanation: The element ‘b’ is popped out of the stack. Hence the output of the following sequence of operations will be ‘b’.

9. What are the set of functions that are to be executed to get the following output?
cat
a) push(c, s); push(a, s); push(t, s);
pop(s); pop(s); pop(s);
b) push(c,s); pop(s); push(a,s); pop(s);push(t,s);pop(s);
c) pop(c ); pop(a); pop(t);
d) push(c,s); push(a,s); pop(t);
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Answer: b
Explanation: During push operation, the characters ‘c’, ’a’, ’t’ are inserted into the stack and popped immediately after push.

10. How will your stack look like if the word ‘java’ is pushed?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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Answer: a
Explanation: When a character is pushed, it stays on the top of the stack. While popping, the word occurs in reverse order since stack follows LIFO principle.

11. Find the error (if any) in the following code snippet for pop operation.

void pop() //removing an element from a stack
{
     printf(“%s”, stack[top++]);
}

a) run time error
b) compile time error
c) pop operation is performed, but top moved in wrong direction
d) pop operation is performed properly
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Answer: c
Explanation: The statement printf(“%s”, stack[top++]) does a pop, but top gets incremented which is not correct. The statement stack[top++] should be replaced with stack[top–] in order to pop an operand and maintain stack properly.

12. What will be the output of the following program?

main()  
{  
   char str[]="san foundry";  
   int len = strlen(str);  
   int i;  
 
   for(i=0;i<len;i++)  
        push(str[i]);  // pushes an element into stack
 
   for(i=0;i<len;i++)  
      pop();  //pops an element from the stack
}