common algorithms

Question 1

what are the 2 methods of searching?

Answer 1

linear and binary

Question 2

what are the 3 methods of sorting?

Answer 2

merge
bubble
insertion

Question 3

advantage and disadvantage of a linear search

Answer 3

adv: data does not have to be ordered
disadv: extremely inefficient and very slow

Question 4

advantages and disadvantage of a binary search:

Answer 4

asv: very efficient as half of the data is filtered through in a singular pass, a lot quicker
disadv: data would need to be ordered