Get App

Python: Which statement about Union-Find / Disjoint Set is the strongest interview answer?

Difficulty:

Easy

Questions:

1

Time Limit:

2 minutes

Passing Score:

100%

Question

Which statement about Union-Find / Disjoint Set is the strongest interview answer?

  1. Union-find tracks connected components by grouping elements into disjoint sets with efficient merge and representative lookup operations.
  2. Union-Find / Disjoint Set is mostly a naming style choice and has little effect on runtime behavior or design tradeoffs.
  3. Union-Find / Disjoint Set exists mainly to reduce the number of files in a Python project.
  4. Union-Find / Disjoint Set matters only for frontend scripting and not for backend or automation code.

Hint

Start with the core rule behind Union-Find / Disjoint Set.

Answer and rationale

Correct answer: A. Union-find tracks connected components by grouping elements into disjoint sets with efficient merge and representative lookup operations.

Union-find tracks connected components by grouping elements into disjoint sets with efficient merge and representative lookup operations. This is the base concept interviewers commonly test first.

Track: Python