Tech Bowl Questions

MIPS, a common speed measurement for computers, stands for:

Millions of Instructions per Second

Most training in industry is done:

On the job

Reprinted artwork that is to be cut and pasted-up to complete a mechanical is:

Clip art

_____________ ask customers questions about products they use.

Consumer surveys

"Big Blue" is a nickname for what computer company?

IBM

What document language do World Wide Web clients interpret to create the hypertext documents that make it so popular and easy to use with the Internet?

HTML

What does LAN stand for?

local area network

What high-level programming language was developed for the US Department of Defense?

Ada

Parliamentary procedure will be governed by __________.

 Robert's Rules of Order

The secretary records the __________ of all meetings-formal, informal, and called meetings.

Minutes

RGB, CMYK, and HSV are common ways to represent:

Color

This printing procedure shoots ink droplets onto paper. This is a non-impact printer.

ink jet printing

A microprocessors clock speed is expressed in

MHz (megahertz)

In what decade were CAD systems introduced?

1960s

What is the set of rules for every programming language?

syntax

The __________ is the working part of the program.

 body

Which of the following color resolutions produces the most colors? 16.8 million colors are
possible with this type of monitor?

24 bit

The base of a natural logarithm (ln) is :

E

What math system is based on the numbers 0 and 1?

binary

In the equation for a line "y = mx + b", what is b?

y - intercept

Putt Putt Boat Project

This is the putt putt boat my group completed today. The design seemed pretty solid, especially if someone had experience putting one together. But it was kind of hard for my group to understand all the steps involved. Nevertheless we made the boat and it did better than some when it came to staying afloat, although it was not the best.

Our boat didn't make the "putt putt" sound that it was named for. I assume that it was because there was not enough air pressure to make the sound of air leaving the straws that we call "putting". Maybe if the water we tested them in was deeper or if the boiler was shaped differently (like less flat) then more air would be pushed out and we would hear a putt.

New Years Resolutions

Happy New Years! This year is the year I plan to ace all my classes and in general do better in them. I plan to participate more and be more active in class, especially when it comes to things like group assignments and individual projects. I'm going to continue and do better in school and bring up my GPA.