ACSL Knowledge
In ACSL problems, this is the basic building block of any program, which contains a sequence of instructions execute by the computer.
Function
Name the four USACO ranks, in order (lowest to highest)
Name all the Captain's names.
Steven, Kundan, April, Atharva
Who was the first computer programmer?
Ada Lovelace
What does GPT stand for?
Generative Pre-trained Transformer
In ACSL contests, this type of problem often requires you to convert a number from one base to another.
Base Conversion
Cow
When was NVComputing first founded?
2017
Who created the first computer?
Charles Babbage
What is the name of the first chatbot ever created?
ELIZA
This ACSL concept is used to break down a problem in smaller instances of the same problem, which is effect for problems involving trees and graphs.
Recursion
When was USACO founded?
Traditionally, NVComputing Team has had four captains each year. Which year did we have five captains instead?
2023
What is the most widely used programming language?
JavaScript
How much water (in gallons) do AI data centers consume per day?
5 million (okay if answer in range of 4 million - 6 million)
This type of data structure is linear collection of element where the insertion and removal of elements occur at opposite ends, following the "First In, First Out" principle.
Queue
Where is IOI being held this year?
Uzbekistan
How long has Mr. Koos been teaching at Neuqua for?
28 years; Since Neuqua Valley was founded
This high-level programming language was developed by Guido van Rossum in the late 1980.
Python
Name the top 5 most widely used generativ AI apps (in order)
1) ChatGPT
2) Gemini
3) Canva AI
4) DeepSeek
5) Grok
275x = 3607
In a problem where you need to find the shortest path in a graph using unweighted edges, which graph traversal method would you use?
Breadth-First Search (BFS)
Who is the oldest captain?
Kundan
This type of algorithm is often used to find an item in a sorted list by repeatedly dividing the search interval in half.
Binary Search
Date of ChatGPT's release
November 30, 2022