CS357 FA24 End-of-semester Trivia

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How much did it approximately cost to train GPT-3?

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$5,000,000

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Which of the following numerical methods can be used to approximate the derivative of a function? Monte Carlo Method, Bisection Method, Golden Section Search, Finite Difference Method

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Finite Difference Method

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How many bits are required to store a IEEE-754 single precision float?

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32

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What is the term used to describe a software program that is designed to harm or disrupt a computer system?

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Malware

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This is a unit circle with respect to some p-norm. What is the value of p? Options: 0.5, 1, 3, \( \infty \)

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3

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When did CIF open?

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Fall 2021

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Which Newton is Newton's method named after? (Is this a trick question, or am I tricking you into thinking this is a trick question?)

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Issac Newton

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Who was John Bardeen?

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Physicist and engineer, winner of two Nobel prizes, who graduated from uiuc

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What is the Monte Carlo method?

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A method for approximating the value of a mathematical function by using random sampling.

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Select the course number - course name pair that matches: CS 233 - Computer Architecture, CS 450 - Numerical Methods, CS 341 - Introduction to Computer Systems, CS 101 - Intro Computing: Non-tech

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CS 233 - Computer Architecture