In the ADT sorted list, what does the getPosition method do when the entry being searched for is not in the list?

A. Return 0

B. Return negative

C. Return false

D. Throws an unfound element exception

B. Return negative

Explanation:

In ADT sorted list the getPosition method returns negative actually it returns - 1 when the element for which they are searching is not present in the list.

It does not return 0 since it returns negative.

The method is an integer type method so it cannot return boolean values.

It does not throws an exception.

So we conclude that the option a is the correct answer.