Actuarial Science
What do CAS and SOA stand for?
SOA - Society of Actuaries
CAS - Casualty Actuary Society
What is Los Angeles known as?
The City of Angels
Solve for f(x). f'(x) = 1/x
f(x) = ln x + C
UCLA is known as the birthplace of
The Internet
This planet is known as the “Red Planet” due to its iron oxide surface.
Mars
What exam prep resource do BAS members get a discount for?
Coaching Actuaries
What fast food chain is coming to Westwood this winter?
Raising Cane's
What is the 5th digit of pi?
9
Name three libraries at UCLA
Powell, YRL, Biomedical Sciences Library, Music Library, Anderson/Rosenfield Library, Engineering library, Arts Library
I had 10 fish. Three of them drowned. How many fish do I have now?
10. Fish don't drown.
What is the third exam in the CAS exam pathway?
MAS - 1
What's the name of the train line being built to connect to Westwood?
What is the 10th number in the Fibonacci sequence?
55
Name a movie filmed at UCLA
Oppenheimer, Scream 2, Legally Blonde, The Nutty Professor
Who wrote the Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What's the difference between XLOOKUP and VLOOKUP?
VLOOKUP can only search up data left to right, XLOOKUP defaults to exact match while VLOOKUP defaults to approximate, XLOOKUP has a built-in "If not found" argument
When were the Olympics last held in LA?
1984
What is the Wronskian used for?
To determine if solutions to linear equations are linearly independent
A UCLA dropout that is in the Mario movie?
Jack Black
Which person served as the 22nd and 24th president?
Grover Cleveland
This distribution arises as the sum of independent exponential random variables with the same rate. (Exam P)
Gamma distribution
When was Los Angeles founded?
1781
What is the last digit of 72026?
9
Name all the places to eat on the Hill
De Neve, Epicuria, Bruin Plate (BPlate), Bruin Cafe (BCafe), Cafe 1919, Feast, Rendevous, The Study, The Drey, Bruin Bowl
This programming language, created by Guido van Rossum, is named after a British comedy group.
Python