SKILL BENCHMARK

Java Data Structures Literacy (Beginner Level)

  • 15m
  • 15 questions
The Java Data Structures Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of the importance of data structures and algorithms in writing efficient and correct code and the differences between abstract data types and data structures. You will be evaluated on your skills in using complexity to measure the performance of your code based on running time, space, network usage, and other resources and analyzing different methods to determine their running time using big O notation. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize the importance of data structures and algorithms in writing fast and efficient code, analyzing code, and expressing time complexity with big O notation.

Topics covered

  • analyze algorithms with constant time complexity
  • analyze algorithms with cubic time complexity
  • analyze algorithms with linear time complexity
  • analyze algorithms with logarithmic time complexity
  • analyze algorithms with quadratic time complexity
  • apply complexity to measure performance
  • measure performance based on time, space, and network bandwidth usage
  • recall the basic characteristics of a queue
  • recall the basic characteristics of the stack data structure
  • recall the importance of using data structures and algorithms
  • recognize simple examples from the real world that exhibit linear time complexity
  • recognize the basic structure of the linked list
  • recognize the differences between data structures and abstract data types
  • time operations to see how the running time changes based on input size
  • use the big-O notation as a measure of complexity

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