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Design and implement in C a system that could store records such that individual records could be added and removed with minimal overhead. The system also had to allow searching for a record with minimal overhead. The number of records was not large.
Aug 19, 2025

Design and implement in C a system that could store records such that individual records could be added and removed with minimal overhead. The system also had to allow searching for a record with minimal overhead. The number of records was not large.

You are outside a room with 3 lightbulbs, that are turned on, labeled 1,2,3. Outside the room there are 3 buttons that correspond to the lightbulbs inside. You can press the switches in any order without looking inside to turn light bulbs off. You can then go inside the room to determine which light corresponds to each light. How can you determine which light corresponds to what switch?
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Interviewed at Calix

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Oct 10, 2017

You are outside a room with 3 lightbulbs, that are turned on, labeled 1,2,3. Outside the room there are 3 buttons that correspond to the lightbulbs inside. You can press the switches in any order without looking inside to turn light bulbs off. You can then go inside the room to determine which light corresponds to each light. How can you determine which light corresponds to what switch?

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