Advanced CS Quiz

What is the primary goal of machine learning?

• To create programs that can improve their performance at some tasks through experience.

• To increase the speed of computers.

• To develop new types of computer hardware.

• To make computers perform tasks without any programming.

Which of the following is a supervised learning task?

• Clustering

• Dimensionality Reduction

• Regression

• Reinforcement Learning

What does the Big O notation primarily describe?

• The maximum amount of memory used by an algorithm

• The minimum time needed by an algorithm to complete

• The maximum time needed by an algorithm to complete

• The average time needed by an algorithm to complete

In computer networks, what does TCP stand for?

• Transmission Control Protocol

• Transfer Command Protocol

• Transmission Command Protocol

• Transfer Control Protocol

Which Python data structure is ordered and changeable, and allows duplicate members?

• Set

• Dictionary

• List

• Tuple

What is the binary representation of the decimal number 10?

• 1010

• 1100

• 1001

• 1110

In parallel computing, what is the primary goal of using multiple processing elements simultaneously?

• To reduce the cost of computing

• To increase the reliability of computations

• To increase computational speed

• To simplify programming models

What is overfitting in machine learning?

• When a model performs poorly on the training data but well on new data

• When a model performs well on the training data but poorly on new data

• When a model's performance does not change with new data

• When a model predicts the training data perfectly

Which algorithm is best known for finding the shortest path from a starting node to a target node in a graph?

• QuickSort

• Dijkstra's Algorithm

• Binary Search

• MergeSort

What layer of the OSI model is responsible for end-to-end communication and error recovery?

• Application Layer

• Presentation Layer

• Session Layer

• Transport Layer