Which statement is false?
A) Java does not guarantee which item will be found first when a binarySearch is performed on a List containing multiple elements equivalent to the search key.
B) If the search key is found, method binarySearch returns the List index (position relative to 1) of the element containing the search key.
C) The binary search algorithm is fast.
D) Method binarySearch takes a List as the first argument.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The binarySearch method returns the index of the search key, if it is contained within the list, with the index position relative to 0, not 1. Java uses zero-based indexing for arrays and lists, meaning the first element is at index 0, the second at index 1, and so on.

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