1. Round 1: Sunday 2:30pm March 3, 2002
2nd Internet Olympiad
Round 1: Sunday 2:30pm March 3, 2002
Loeb Playhouse
Round 2: March CS 101
Organizing Committee:
Buster Dunsmore
Randy Bond
Alka Harriger
Jean Jackson
Aditya Mathur
Latest update: January 11, 2002

2. Here is a snapshot of the poster that you can expect to see all over Purdue and in the area high schools.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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 5:30pm.

6. It will be Fun for Everyone!
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 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!

7. Winners and Prizes [1] (Tentative: Yes
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)
College track: 1st Place $2500
2nd Place $1500
3rd Place $750
HS track: 1st Place $750
2nd Place $500
3rd Place $300

8. 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.

9. Question QS 1-1 What web site advertises itself as "News for Nerds"?
slashdot.org
Correct choice
(b) newsnerds.org
(c) newsnerds.com
(d) slash.com

10. Question QS 4-3
When writing HTML code for today’s browsers, which of the following must not be used ?
Character references such as “<”
(b) HTML comments
(c) Deprecated elements
(d) Obsolete elements.
Correct choice

11. 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
Correct choice
(c) Technology used exclusively by the film production industry.
(d) A new programming language from Microsoft.

12. Question QS 6-5 What is a "protocol"? a node on the Internet
(b) an IP node number or node name
(c) an message or Web page
(d) a standardized method for communication
Correct choice

13. Questions?
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