Data Analytics
Apps and Programming
Info-Security
Operating Systems
Vision Systems
R&D Innovation
100
These data points often referred to as <blank>, tend to be considered extreme observations that vary heavily from a dataset and are subsequently removed from analysis
Outlier
100
What popular programming library does this icon represent?
React
100
This private US for-profit company founded in 1989 specializes in cybersecurity training and certificates. Topics include cyber and network defenses, pentesting, incident response, digital forensics, and auditing.
Ameet's team may or may not be working to get some of these to a UPSer near you
SANS (Institute)
100
Currently the standard OS we have are all 64-bit, but years ago the common standard was 32-bit OS'. In a standard 32-bit OS, what is the (rough maximum estimate) of RAM allowed?
2^32, which is roughly 4GB of RAM
2^64 is roughly 18.4 Million TB, but this is theoretical as we don't have Motherboards capable of this!
100
What UPS Camera Vendor is this?
Cognex
100
Our Robotics Dog Penny, which looks like this below model, is from what Robotics Vendor?
Boston Dynamics
200
Using Statistical Modeling to draw a straight line estimating the outcome of dependent variables
Linear Regression
200
Surely you've heard of NGSS, but what does NGSA stand for?
Next Generation Sort Aisle
200
Stuxnet was a malicious computer worm targeting the SCADA systems to inflict damage to which countries PLC controlled centrifuges
Iran (This attack significantly impacted the ability of Iran's Nuclear program and ability to separate nuclear material).
200
What does Windows CE stand for?
Windows Embedded Compact
200
In contrast to an area camera, these types of cameras capture images one row at a time and build a two-dimensional image by scanning across the moving object.
Line Camera
200
Quantum Computers utilize these within their computation instead of traditional bits.
Qubits (Will accept other spellings)
300
This Chinese AI startup company was able to create better performance than most of it's competitors on older generation NVIDIA GPUs resulting in a 17% stock decline in a single day
DeepSink
300
Named after a figure in the New Testament whose life was restored by Jesus four days after his death. This open-source cross platform IDE is powered by Free Pascal.
Lazarus
300
A trial-and-error method of solving a problem by systematically checking all possible solutions until the correct one is found
Brute Force
300
The first commercially successful operating system to utilize a graphical user interface (GUI) was this. Introduced in 1984
Mac OS
300
This word or name is used for a super computer, part of a wax drawing tool company, and a social media millennial/zoomer term. This wonderful UPS application is utilized in our MDC facility
CRAY (Camera Relay App)
300
This relatively newer technology is a distributed ledger of records linked through cryptographic hashes.
Blockchain
400
A sporadic answer, this Machine Learning model is known for it's decision trees. Each predicting an outcome, allowing the use of a majority decision to give a final choice.
Random Forest
400
An acronym stolen from Crime Scene Investigation, CSI was one of the first applications for capturing data. BAU's acronym was stolen from the popular tv show Criminal Minds, what does the FBI unit known as the BAU division stand for?
Behavioral Analysis Unit
400
This security vulnerability aims to exploit a CPUs usage of speculative execution. Through attacks designed to force this speculative execution, data is retrieved from the processor cache.
Spectre
400
RISC OS was the first ARM operating system. ARM standing for... Originally Acorn, but later changed to Advanced RISC Machines. What does the Acronym RISC stand for?
Reduced Instruction Set Computer
400
This type of scanner uses concentrated light. It maps an area or 'image' by measuring the time for that reflected light to return to its receiver
LIDAR
400
An alchemists true dream, scientist were able to transform lead into gold! The technology used sends atoms at near light speed until they collide with one another
Particle Accelerator (Will accept Large Hadron Collider)
500
This concept is a crucial part of training neural networks. It involves calculating the error at the output layer and then moving in the reverse direction to adjust weights and biases of each subsequent layer
Backpropagation (Backward Pass)
500
As of the beginning of 2024, Python is the most popular programming language. Poor Go is in like in 9th place.
What was the most popular programming language in 1965? 1980? 1995? 2010? (Please note C, C#, C++ are all different languages in this study)
You will get 100 points for each correct answer. All four gets you the full 500. You will only be deducted if you have all four answers incorrect.
1965 - Fortran
1980 - Pascal
1995 - C
2010 - Java
500
In May 2023, Ireland's Data Protection Commission concluded an enquiry into <this company>. They found they were in violation of the GDPR for <doing this>, resulting in a loss of 1.3 Billion US dollars, the largest cyber security infraction to date. Their president of global affairs intends to appeal.
You must answer both for credit.
Meta (Ireland). Transferred personal data from the EU to the US without adequate data privacy safeguards.
500
This mobile operating system dominated the smart phone industry during the early 2000s, particularly with Nokia before Android and iOS came along
Symbian
500
Named after the second administrator of the NASA, this 'Camera' takes pictures of a galaxy far far away
James Webb Space Telescope
or
Next Generation Space Telescope
500
This organ has been successfully 3D printed and successfully transplanted into a human
Bladder