Computer Science Professionals Quiz

What is the primary skill of computer science professionals as mentioned in the text?

• Understanding algorithms and software engineering

• Using GitHub Co-Pilot

• Producing music

• Networking

According to the text, how many hours per week should budding computer scientists be coding?

• 2-3 hours

• 10-15 hours

• 20-30 hours

• 40-50 hours

What does the 'Delay x Bandwidth product' represent in networking?

• The number of bits in the pipe

• The speed of light

• The amount of time to transmit a unit of data

• The improvement of bandwidth over time

What is NOT a component of latency according to the lecture?

• Propagation delay

• Queuing delays

• Bandwidth

• Transmission time

What has remained constant despite improvements in bandwidth and latency over the past 45 years?

• The speed of light

• The number of bits in the pipe

• The Delay x Bandwidth product

• The Ethernet standards

What does not change as the bandwidth increases?

• The number of bits in the pipe

• The speed of light

• The Delay x Bandwidth product

• The latency

What is the approximate fraction of the pipe's capacity utilized when sending 1 MB data over a cross country link with a delay of 100 ms and a pipe of 1 Mbps?

• 1/10th

• 1/12th

• 1/8th

• 1/5th

According to L18.14, what is the width of the transatlantic cable "Marea" compared to?

• A garden hose

• A spaghetti strand

• A soda can

• A water pipe

What is the transfer rate from Virginia Beach, US to Bilboa, Spain mentioned in L18.14?

• 160 Tbps

• 160 Gbps

• 160 Mbps

• 160 Kbps

Which concept is described as more accurate to think of network as allowing applications to communicate in L18.16?

• A big pipe

• A series of tubes

• A mail delivery system

• A set of messages between hosts