CS & Algorithms
A set of instructions, often used to tell computers how to do a certain task.
What is an algorithm?
A number system that supports only 0s and 1s.
What is binary?
Responsible for converting URLs to IP addresses.
What is the Domain Name System (DNS)?
x = TRUE, y = TRUE
NOT ( x OR y )
What is FALSE?
This species was the first to discover warp drive in Star Trek.
Who are the Vulcans?
The two kinds of loops we covered in this class.
What are FOR loops and WHILE loops?
A number system whose bas is 16.
What is hexadecimal?
The first thing that happens when a new device is connected to a computer network.
What is it is assigned an IP address?
DISPLAY (20 MOD 4) + 3
What is 3?
She is Luke and Leia's mother (Star Wars).
Who is Padme Amidala?
In determining the best route to take on a recent trip, a maps application gave the user three options based on traffic patters, road construction, and roadways. This term refers to the method for choosing the best alternative among the three possible routes.
What is a heuristic solution?
The number of values a 7-bit number can represent.
What is 128 values?
A characteristic of the Internet that allows it to continue to function despite router and connection failures.
What is fault-tolerant?
HTML uses 6-digit Hexadecimal notation for identifying colors on webpages so that the Red/Green/Blue values are each represented by a 2-digit Hexadecimal (16-bit) number. What is the decimal number for the Green color value in the color AC0BFF?
What is 11?
This is Peter Parker's middle name.
What is Benjamin?
Assuming that FWD tells a robot to move forward by 10 pixels and TURN tells it to turn right by 90 degrees, this shape would be drawn by the following algorithm:
FWD FWD TURN
FWD TURN FWD
FWD TURN FWD TURN
What is a rectangle?
10112 in decimal notation.
What is 11?
The means by which different devics from different manufacturers can all effectively communicate on the Internet.
What are Internet protocols?
The failure to create a correct condition that terminates a repeat statement results in this type of programming error.
What is an infinite loop?
This is Joe's last name (our TEALS volunteer).
What is Roselli?
i is 0
sum is 0
REPEAT UNTIL i is 4 {
sum is sum + i
i is i + 1
}
DISPLAY(sum)
What is 6?
11011012 in decimal notation.
What is 109?
Several coordinated actors attempting to disrupt an online system by flooding it with network traffic.
What is a distributed deinal of service (DDoS) attack?
x = TRUE, y = TRUE
(x AND (5 > 2)) OR (y AND (3 > 1))
What is TRUE?
This is one of the unique objectives of the Mars 2020 rover.
What is collect samples of rocks, minerals, and other materials for return to Earth?