2nd Internet Olympiad

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2nd Internet Olympiad

• Round 1 Sunday 230pm March 3, 2002
• Loeb Playhouse
• Round 2 March 22-29 CS 101
• http//www.cs.purdue.edu/olympiad
• Organizing Committee
• Buster Dunsmore
• Randy Bond
• Alka Harriger
• Jean Jackson
• Aditya Mathur

Latest update January 11, 2002
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Here is a snapshot of the poster that you can
expect to see all over Purdue and in the area
high schools.
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Objectives

• To provide an opportunity to college and high
  school students to

Test, show off, and sharpen their knowledge and
talent in the area of Information technology.
Learn to work in teams.
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Tracks and Eligibility

• College Track

All full time undergraduates from Purdue.

• High School Track

All students from private and public high schools
in, and bordering, Tippecanoe county. There is a
limit of 2 teams from each school.
All teams must have 3 or 4 participants.
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Highlights-1

• 1. The competition will be held simultaneously
  for University/college teams and for teams from
  area High Schools.
• Nine teams from University/College and six from
  High schools will move from Round 1 to Round 2.
  Round 2 will be the final round.
• Questions in Round 1 will be multiple choice.
  Sample questions appear toward the end of these
  slides.
• 4. Expect Round 2 to be more fun and intense.
  Each winning team from Round 1will be given one
  week to develop a working internet application.
  The organizing committee will provide ideas for
  applications that the teams could build. Details
  of this round will be announced on March 22,
  2002 CS 111 at 530pm.

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Highlights-2

• 5. Three winners will be selected in each
  category from Round 2. Attractive cash prizes
  will be awarded during the Annual CS banquet in
  April 2002. In addition, there might be
  giveaways such as handheld computers.
• 6. Each High School can send at most two teams.
  The number of teams from Purdue will be
  restricted only by the availability of space.
• 7. There will be a special seating area for the
  audience. Those in the audience will also get a
  chance to answer questions.

It will be Fun for Everyone!
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Winners and Prizes 1(Tentative Yes! The
numbers here may go up, down, or remain the same!)

• First Round (Prize money is for each team)

College track Winners 9 350
HS Track Winners 6 200
Second (Final) Round (Prize money is for each
team)
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Sample Questions

• Sample questions appear in the slides that
  follow.
• Note that the range of questions is expected to
  vary greatly from trivial to sophisticated.
  Questions that test your fundamental knowledge
  necessary for building modern internet
  applications fall in the sophisticated category.

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Question QS 1-1

• What web site advertises itself as "News for
  Nerds"?

• slashdot.org

(b) newsnerds.org
(c) newsnerds.com
(d) slash.com
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Question QS 4-3

• When writing HTML code for todays browsers,
  which of the following must not be used ?

• Character references such as lt

(b) HTML comments
(c) Deprecated elements
(d) Obsolete elements.
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Question QS 4-5

• UML is

• Universal Music Language for specifying music of
  any type or origin.

(b) A language for visual modeling of
software designs
(c) Technology used exclusively by the
film production industry.
(d) A new programming language from Microsoft.
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Question QS 6-5

• What is a "protocol"?

• a node on the Internet

(b) an IP node number or node name
(c) an email message or Web page
(d) a standardized method for communication
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Questions?

• Send email to
• olympiad_at_cs.purude.edu