CS357 End-of-semester Fun Quiz

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

• $5,000

• $50,000

• $500,000

• $5,000,000

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

What is the name generally used to represent half of a byte?

• nibble

• quattuorbit

• fourbit

• tebibyte

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

• 8

• 16

• 32

• 64

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

• Malware

• Spyware

• Firewall

• Firmware

How many floors do CIF and Siebel (Computer Science) have in total (reachable by elevators)?

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 11

This is a unit circle with respect to some p-norm. What is the value of p? 

• 0.5

• 1

• 3

When did CIF open?

• Spring 2021

• Fall 2021

• Spring 2022

• Fall 2022

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?)

• Issac Newton

• John Newton

• Alfred Newton

• Wayne Newton

Who was John Bardeen?

• The architect of the Grainger Library

• The designer of the Bardeen Quad

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

• Dean of the College of Engineering from 1964-1968