Microsoft Teams

Priceless

100

How many price list are managed by the Technical marketing team. 

1. Less than 75
2. 75
3. 120
4. More than 120

D:  More than 120... close to a 50/50 split 

200

What is one aspect of Product Configuration and Price List that will never go away?

1. Having to nag people to sign off on PACNs or PLCNs?
2. Waiting for the pricing team to complete their work before we can open up the price list
3. Explaining to engineering and others that we don't control the pricing
4. Training others how the process works
5. All the above

E. All the above

300

What does VC stand for?

1. >
2. Very Cool
3. Variable Coordinator
4. Keep calm and Variant     Collection On
5. Variant Configurator

D: Variant Configurator

400

What new order processing method was created in 2024

1. Nothing new
2. Ability to use virtual facilities to drop ship parts directly from OEM to Dealers or end use  customers
3. Single method to order material from two or more Caterpillar facilities
4. Single P.O. to place multiple orders for Caterpillar or virtual facilities

C: 

Single method to order material from two or more Caterpillar facilities

500

True or False

Team Leads should bring in Donuts or Bagels at least one time per year.

True.

Win, Lose or Draw

100

This should be left aligned

1. One
2. Two
3. Three

True

200

True or False

Can participants editing a file uploaded to the files tab?

True. As long as the owner selects the option to allow editing the file.

300

How can you access into a Teams Meeting?

From your calendar on the teams app or your calendar on your email as soon as you have an invite for a Team Meeting.

400

Do we have an option to see everyone on the meeting and how can we do it?

Yes, go to the 3 dots or More Options and then select together mode

500

What are the 3 ways of creating an interactive poll?

Multiple choice poll, multiple choice quiz and word cloud poll

Auto-Magic

100

How many queries hit the Excel Add-In receive in a month:

1. Around 400k
2. Between 100k and 300k 
3. Between 10k and 100k
4. Up to 10k

A: around 400k queries per month

Jan - Dec 2 [4.37 Million queries] 4.37x10^6/11 = 397k per month

(20.5%) Design Control
( 15.7%) Part Name
( 14.7%) Where Used - PA/PN

200

How much would the department spend on a new SQL server license

1. $6k 
2. $12k 
3. $24k
4.  $32k

==> $2k per core x 16 cores = $32k

300

What key change will we make in the Process Automation space in 2025

1. We will add a new intern 
2. AI will be used to perform     Josh's job 
3. A new team member will be     added 
4. SQL server will move to a     virtual machine and be upgraded from 2017 to 2022 SQL version 
5. A, B, and C
6. A, C, and D

F: A, C, and D

400

For 2025, what is the preferred way to communicate an issue, break / fix or feature request?

1. MS Planner 
2. Send a request to Josh in MS     Teams 
3. Use the department's GitHub     account to leave a message 
4. Create an issue in GitLab

• Create an issue in GitLab
• Use specific repo if available, use baseline repo if one doesn't exist

500

Which AI application has Caterpillar chosen to work with and how can it be used?

1. ChapGPT - Can be used to summarize your emails while you were out of the office.
2. CoPilot - Can be used to summarize a body of information (e.g. email, body of code, changes in Health Benefits)
3. You can't, Caterpillar doesn't allow it.  You can only use it on your own machine at home.
4. Gemini - Can be used to address repetitive task such as with a question on how to reduce the amount of emails you are receiving

==> CoPilot …is schedule to be released in Q1 - 2025

Strategery

100

What is the icon for attaching files?

A clip icon.

200

True or False.

Are teams meetings sync with your outlook calendar?

True. 

300

DD: Has negative pricing ever occurred with Oil in the U.S.A.?

Yes, April 20, 2020 prices dropped to -$36.98 per barrel at Cushing, Oklahoma.  WTI - West Texas Intermediate crude prices went into negative territory for the first time.  Covid-19 shock reduced demand and suppliers had to pay people to take away the commodity.

400

: What is the difference between LLM and SLM

1. One deals with language and     the other deals with images 
2. One uses Diffusion models and     the other uses OCR to understand languages 
3. One is based on a large body     of work while the other is based on a small body of work 
4. Doesn't matter, Caterpillar     won't let you use it at work.

LLM = Large Language Model

SLM = Small Language Model

500

 Which of the following is not an AI - LLM?

1. Llama (Meta / Facebook)
2. Claude (Anthropic )
3. ChatGPT (OpenAI)
4. Midjourney (Midjourney)
5. Gemini (Alphabet / Google)

==> Midjourney works with images, not with language 

Marketeering

100

Where is Henry Hub

1. Russia
2. Middle East
3. United States
4. Europe

C:  United States - Erath, Louisiana

200

What is the per unit value for Natural gas prices?

 MMBTU  (Millions of BTU)

300

What range of prices did we see for Natural Gas this year?
A. High $21.15 | Low $2.57 MMBTU
B. High $17.50 | Low $1.35 MMBTU
C. High $13.2   | Low $1.25 MMBTU
D. High $5.25   | Low $2.05 MMBTU

C:  $13.2 high in January due to polar air pushed south into the United States.  Low of $1.25 in March…end of winter, beginning of warm season

400

What is being in "contango" mean?

1. Futures prices are lower than spot price.
2. Futures prices are high than spot price
3. Futures prices are trading sideways (at same level) as spot price

Futures of a commodity are worth more than current prices

500

What is negative pricing and has it happened with Natural Gas?

Ans: Pay someone to take your product away.

Occurred in Waha area of Texas several times in 2024.  The opening of a new Matterhorn  pipe line is expected to improve this situation as Nat Gas flowing out of the Permian Basin.