ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
A component that reduces current flow
What is a Resistor?
The language computers read to carry out instructions
What is binary?
A list of steps that you can use to follow a task
What is an algorithm?
The largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity (full name)
What is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers?
Famous American mechanical engineer on PBS
Who is Bill Nye?
The total current entering a node is equal to the total current leaving the node
What is Kirchhoff's Current Law?
Circuits that carry data from one area to another
What are busses?
The act of doing something over and over again in a code
What is looping?
Founding year
What is 1963?
The first man on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Transforms the energy from a chemical reaction into electrical energy
What is a battery?
Performs the math on a computer
What is arithmetic/logic unit (ALU)?
Statements that only run under certain circumstances
What is a conditional?
NCAT Chapter name
What is Theta Nu?
Cortana's enemy
Who is Siri?
A device that allows electric current to flow in only one direction
What is a diode?
The most widespread of all operating systems
What is Microsoft Windows?
An extra piece of information that you can pass to the function to customize it for a specific need
What is a parameter?
3 events that NCAT IEEE has hosted in 2023-2024
What are Tutoring Labs, Scavenger Hunt, Internship Panel, Headshot & Resume Drive, Spelling Bee, Jeopardy?
Before you can solve a problem, the first thing you have to do
What is define the problem?
The tolerance suggested by a black band
What is 20%?
When more than one CPU is running at one time
What is multiprocessing?
The smallest primitive data type
What is a bit?
3 of NCAT IEEE sponsors/partners
What is Texas Instruments, L3Harris, Aerospace, Schneider Electric, John Deere, GM, Cisco, Google, MLT, Apple, Collins Aerospace, Altria, and AMD?
A NASA astronaut and physicist who graduated from NCAT
Who is Ronald McNair?