Coding Trivia
What is coding?
Writing instructions for a computer/telling the computer what to do and how to do it
Translate to decimal: 0010
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What is the design method that uses a check mark table called?
The Checkmark Method
What is cryptography?
The art of writing and solving codes
What does CAD stand for?
Computer Aided Design
Name one job that uses programming
Examples: Game developer, ethical hacker, data scientist, animator, web developer, software application developer, etc.
Translate to binary: 16
10000
What is one reason we use a design method?
They’re simple, easy to look at and read
You can organize your ideas clearly
You’ll never forget what to do next
For the customer...
What do encryption and decryption do?
Encryption: Scrambles a message (plaintext) into a message written in code (ciphertext)
Decryption: Decodes the ciphertext message to reveal the original message
Why do we use CAD?
To get an idea of what a design would look like before you create it.
Name two programming languages
Examples: Java, Python, C++, JavaScript
Translate to decimal: 1101
13
What is one thing (out of 4) used to consider when designing something?
-Constraints
-Objectives
-Functions
-Means
Name a type of cipher
Examples: Caesar, Vigenere
What's the name of the website we use for CAD?
TinkerCAD
Computers are made up of _____ , which are the "brain" of the computer
Transistors
Translate to binary: 35
100011
How something works. The means by which something is accomplished.
What is a brute force attack?
Trying out all possible key options until you end up with a message that makes sense
What does the concentric tool do?
Merges two circles together so that one is inside another and makes sure they are both centered at the origin of the 1st circle.
True or False: Programming and coding are the exact same thing
False: Coding is the process of writing down instructions for the computer, but programming involves analyzing problems and planning to figure out what the instructions should be in the first place
Each digit in binary is called a bit. ___ bits are called a byte.
Write the missing number in binary
1000
Efficiency
A common method of encryption in computers today involves multiplying ____ numbers
Prime
What does the vertical line symbol look like?
One straight line.