diff --git a/src/dataStructures/queue/MonotonicQueue.java b/src/dataStructures/queue/MonotonicQueue.java
index a564b1a8..520a9d4e 100644
--- a/src/dataStructures/queue/MonotonicQueue.java
+++ b/src/dataStructures/queue/MonotonicQueue.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 
 /**
- * Implementation of a non-increasing monotonic queue for certain (but common) use case:
+ * Implementation of a non-increasing (decreasing) monotonic queue for certain (but common) use case:
  * When larger objects pushed to the queue are able to replace and represent smaller objects that come before it.
  * Callable methods are:
  * isEmpty()
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
  * 4       2   [1, 2] #2->1            [5, 3, 2] 2 kick out 1 #2->3
  * 5       4   [1, 2, 4] #4->2         [5,4] 4 kick out 2, 3 #4->2
  */
+
 public class MonotonicQueue<T extends Comparable<T>> {
-  private Deque<Pair<T>> dq = new ArrayDeque<>(); // or LinkedList
+  private Deque<T> dq = new ArrayDeque<>(); // or LinkedList
 
   /**
    * Checks if queue is empty.
@@ -37,12 +38,10 @@ public boolean isEmpty() {
    */
   public void push(T obj) {
     Integer count = 0;
-    while (!dq.isEmpty() && obj.compareTo(dq.peekLast().value) >= 0) {
-      Pair<T> popped = dq.pollLast();
-      // accumulate count of objects that were popped to maintain the non-increasing property
-      count += 1 + popped.countDeleted; 
+    while (!dq.isEmpty() && obj.compareTo(dq.peekLast()) > 0) {
+      dq.pollLast(); // Removes elements that do not conform the non-increasing sequence.
     }
-    dq.offerLast(new Pair<T>(obj, count));
+    dq.offerLast(obj);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ public T max() {
     if (isEmpty()) {
       return null;
     }
-    return dq.peek().value;
+    return dq.peek();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -64,26 +63,6 @@ public T pop() {
     if (dq.isEmpty()) {
       return null;
     }
-    Pair<T> node = dq.peek();
-    if (node.countDeleted > 0) {
-      node.countDeleted -= 1;
-      return node.value;
-    }
-    dq.poll();
-    return node.value;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Node class that is represented as a pair.
-   * Tracks the deleted count and the value to be wrapped.
-   */
-  private static class Pair<T> {
-    private T value;
-    private Integer countDeleted;
-
-    private Pair(T val, Integer count) {
-      this.value = val;
-      this.countDeleted = count;
-    }
+    return dq.poll(); // Returns & remove head of deque
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/dataStructures/queue/MonotonicQueueTest.java b/test/dataStructures/queue/MonotonicQueueTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d55ef1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dataStructures/queue/MonotonicQueueTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package test.dataStructures.queue;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import src.dataStructures.queue.MonotonicQueue;
+public class MonotonicQueueTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testEmpty() {
+        MonotonicQueue<Integer> q = new MonotonicQueue<>();
+        Assert.assertEquals(true, q.isEmpty());
+        Assert.assertEquals(null, q.max());
+        Assert.assertEquals(null, q.pop());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMax() {
+        MonotonicQueue<Integer> q = new MonotonicQueue<>();
+        q.push(2);
+        Assert.assertEquals("2", q.max().toString());
+        q.push(7);
+        Assert.assertEquals("7", q.max().toString());
+        q.push(1);
+        Assert.assertEquals("7", q.max().toString());
+        q.push(7);
+        Assert.assertEquals("7", q.max().toString());
+        q.push(5);
+        Assert.assertEquals("7", q.max().toString());
+        q.push(4);
+        Assert.assertEquals("7", q.max().toString());
+        q.push(3);
+        q.push(2);
+        q.push(5);
+        Assert.assertEquals("7", q.max().toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPop() {
+        MonotonicQueue<Integer> q = new MonotonicQueue<>();
+        q.push(2);
+        q.push(7);
+        q.push(1);
+        q.push(7);
+        q.push(5);
+        q.push(4);
+        q.push(3);
+        q.push(2);
+        q.push(5);
+        q.push(2);
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("7", q.pop().toString());
+        Assert.assertEquals("7", q.pop().toString());
+        Assert.assertEquals("5", q.pop().toString());
+        q.pop();
+        Assert.assertEquals("2", q.pop().toString());
+        Assert.assertEquals(null, q.pop());
+    }
+}