Advanced Topics

Linux Commands

100

This command gives you admin privileges

What is sudo?

200

The term commonly used for the different kinds of Linux software

What is a distro?

300

This student is trying to understand why their ssh session is failing, so they type this command

What is ssh username@password -v?

400

Even though they set up ssh keys, the session is failing. The student types the following command to see if SSH server is on:

What is sudo systemctl status ssh?

500

The student wishes to protect their new server, so they enable a piece of software, but their connection suddenly terminates.

What is closing port 22?

Networking

100

This protocol slices a connection into bundles known as packets

What is TCP?

200

This solution to the limits of another internet protocol has many more addresses

What is IPV6?

300

These terms describe the relationship between two entities in a network

What is a client and a server?

400

This server translates IP addresses to URLs

What is DNS?

500

This service runs in the background and starts on boot.

What is a daemon?

Miscellaneous

100

This unit of data contains 8 bits

What is a byte?

200

Half of a byte 

What is a nibble?

300

This programming language allows web developers to create dynamic elements like buttons and scroll effects

What is Javascript?

400

This service encrypts the connection between two entities and obscures the traffic

What is a VPN?

500

This element is used to "dope" silicone to create transistors

What is boron?

Circuit Design

100

This is the truth table for NOT

Draw the truth table

200

Another term for NOT is the following 

What is an inverter?

300

This gate is often called the universal gate?

What is NAND?

400

These are the two major manufacturers of CPUs in the world

Who are Intel and AMD?

500

These components in GPUs allow LLMs to be trained at a much faster speed

What are CUDA cores?

Computer Science History

100

This individual is known as the Father of Information Theory

Who is Claude Shannon?

200

This famous US lab was an incubator for many of the leaders of Computer Science research

What is Bell Labs?

300

This precursor to transistors was used for many years to power amplifiers, radios, and TVs.

What is a vacuum tube?

400

This seminal paper introduced the concept of a transformer for LLM development

What is Attention is All You Need?

500

This historic piece of technology revolutionized weaving and is the first instance of using punch cards to encode data

What was the Jacquard Loom?