Question

A degenerate tree might actually be less efficient than a linked list. Why?

Answer 1

Answer:

A degenerate tree is a tree which has the pattern of the parent node attached only to single child node .It can work in a dynamic manner and are also considered similar as the linked list.

Linked list are the dynamically working data structures having elements of the list to be connected through pointers in a linear manner. The unbalanced nature of the degenerate tree makes it less efficient which results in the low performance .Thus, degenerate tree doesn't have efficiency similar to linked list.