Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Circuit Components
Coding
General
100
What is the difference between hardware and software?
Hardware: physical parts of a computer (monitor, motherboard, graphics card, keyboard, mouse, speakers...)
Software: programs that use instructions to tell the hardware what to do! (word processor, web browser, photo editor, device drivers...)
100
Define electricity
The flow of electrons
100
What does LED stand for?
Light Emitting Diode
100
What would be the output of this code?
printf("Hello Campers!")
Hello Campers!
100
What is engineering?
The application of scientific and mathematical knowledge to develop solutions for real-world problems
200
Which number system is used by computers?
Binary (0’s and 1’s), also accepting ternary (0, 1, 2)
200
Name 2 conductors
AND
Name 2 insulators
Graphite, copper, gold, salty water, lead...
Dry wood, plastic, rubber, paper, wool, glass, ceramic...
200
What is the name of this?
555 timer chip
200
Find the error in the following code:
x = 5 + 1
y = 30
print(x - y
There is no closing bracket on the print statement.
200
Name 3 types of engineering
Electrical, computer, mechanical, chemical, materials, biomedical...
300
Name 2 programming languages
Python, C/C++/C#, Java, Javascript, R, Assembly Language, SQL, …
300
What is soldering?
The process of connecting items by melting and putting a filler metal into the joint of the two items
300
What is a transistor?
A device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power
300
What is the output of the following code?
x = 2
y = 1
y += 2
if x > y:
print(x)
else:
print(y)
3
300
Tell us about your favorite project this week and how fun it was, you don't get points if you aren't convincing
up to instructors
400
Name 1 physical memory storage device
USB, SD card, microSD card, floppy disk, disk, CD, solid state drive...
400
What are the 3 things that are needed for a circuit to work?
Source, conductor and load
400
What does PCB stand for?
Printed Circuit Board
400
What are 2 of the 3 errors in the following code?
Print("hello world)
x = 5
pet = "dog"
print(x + pet)
Print() should have a lowercase p
"hello world" is missing the second quotation mark
You cannot add a string and a number
400
What does ETLC stand for?
Engineering Teaching & Learning Complex
500
Name 3 parts of the computer hardwre
CPU (Central Processing Unit), Motherboard, RAM (Random Access Memory), Cooling fan, Computer Data Storage, Monitor, Mouse,Keyboard, Speakers, ...
500
If there are two LEDs in a parallel circuit, and one burns out, will the other LED stay lit?
Yes!
500
Name 4 commonly used electrical components
Resistors, Capacitors, Transistors, LEDs, inductor, BJT, Buzzer, Photocell, Battery Clip
500
What is the output of the following code?
x = 0
while x < 5:
x = 1
print(x)
This is an infinite while loop! There is no output.
500
Name the 2 instructors of this camp
Instructors reveal answer.