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100

Define p-value

Statistical measure that indicates the probability of observing results at least as extreme as those observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true

100

Which building is known as the "freshman maze" due to its confusing layout?

Dwinelle Hall

100

Choose one person on Exec and name every position they've held (by semester) AND when they joined BDAB

Sachita: Fall 2022 - instructor, instructor, HI, VP Bootcamp, President

Lynn: Spring 2023 - instructor, instructor, VP Marketing, VP Marketing, President

Gary: Fall 2024 - marketer, VP Marketing

Jennifer: Spring 2024 - web dev, web dev, EVP

Keona: Fall 2023 - instructor, instructor, HI, VP Bootcamp

Maahir: Spring 2024 - consultant, PM, VP Consulting

Charlie: Fall 2023 - web dev, web dev, head of web dev, VP Online Course

200

____ occurs when a model is too complex and fits the training data too well, while _____ occurs when a model is too simple and fails to capture the underlying patterns

Overfitting, underfitting

200
How many floors are there in Evans Hall?

10

200

What semester did marketing leave online course and become its own department?

Spring 2024

200

Who's the most followed person on Instagram?

Cristiano Ronaldo

300

Explain how you would handle missing values in a dataset

Imputation (e.g., mean, median), interpolation, and deletion of rows with missing values

300

How long (approx.) does it take to walk from the Haas Building to Li Ka Shing?

20 minutes

300

Name all the current BDAB couples (including those studying abroad)

Daniel/Lynn, Maahir/Hemani, Rehaan/Samreena, Nikhil/Ria

300

Name every Taylor Swift album

Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, The Tortured Poets Department

400

The difference between supervised and unsupervised learning

Supervised learning: training models on labeled data to predict outcomes

Unsupervised learning: discovering patterns in unlabeled data

400

What is the first residence hall on campus?

Bowles Hall

400

Name the first co-presidents of BDAB

Melissa and Smruthi

400

Which rapper(s) has the most number of Grammy wins?

Kanye and Jay-Z tied

500

Calculate the probability of at least one airplane being seen in a half-hour interval if the probability of seeing one in a five-minute interval is 15%

Use the formula for the probability of at least one event occurring: 1−(1−p)n, where p=0.15 and n=6 intervals

500

A gold nugget found at this building is believed to be the the piece of gold that John Marshall discovered on January 24, 1848 to set off the California Gold Rush

Doe (Bancroft) Library

500

How many people were unfortunately removed from BDAB since Fall 2023 (bonus points if you can name them all!)

8: Canberk, Micaela, Aritro, Willam, Brandon, Isaac, Ian, Rohan
500

What's the highest grossing movie of 2024?

Inside Out 2