All Aboard
the Loop Express
the Loop Express
An ordered collection of elements
What is a list?
A group of functions that may be used in creating new programs.
Software intended to damage a computing system.
A search algorithm which checks each element of a list, in order, until the desired value is found.
What is linear search?
Ethan's wife's name is ...
Who is Mariah?
A common method for referencing the elements in a list or string using numbers.
What is an index?
What is Application Program Interface?
The process of changing a message to keep it secret, so that only authorized parties can read it.
BONUS: The reverse process is called...
What is encoding?
What is decrypting?
A measure of how many steps are needed to complete an algorithm.
What is efficiency?
Ethan has two kids. What are their names and ages?
Valerie: 5
Felix: 2
A repetitive portion of an algorithm which repeats a specified number of times or until a given condition is met.
What is an iteration?
A variable in a function definition. Used as a placeholder that will be passed through the function.
What is a parameter?
This pairs public knowledge to encrypt a message with a private value for decryption.
What is Public Key Encryption?
Algorithms with a polynomial efficiency or lower.
What are reasonable time algorithms?
Yes, Ethan is moving to Spain. But, which city?
A Coruna (Galicia)
The process of accessing each item in a list one at a time.
What is a traversal?
The value that is passed to the parameter of a function.
What is an argument?
A technique that attempts to trick the user into providing personal information.
What is phishing?
Algorithms with exponential or factorial efficiency.
What are unreasonable time algorithms?
Ethan attended two different colleges to get his degrees. Which colleges did he attend?
BONUS: What degrees does he have?
Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO)
Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, IL)
Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics
Bachelor of Arts in Education - Secondary Mathematics
Masters of Arts in Mathematics
What is data abstraction?
To display the value of an expression you can use one of these.
What is a return (or a print)?
A system that requires at least two steps to unlock protected information.
What is multi-factor authentication?
A search algorithm that starts at the middle of a sorted list and removes half the data; this process repeats until the desired value is found.
What is binary search?
What month and day is Ethan's birthday?
January 26th