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Presentation Questions to Answer

As groups present, please copy their questions as seen here into your own Google Doc and answer them.

Jerry, Malcolm, Lukas

  1. What is the difference between a University degree, and a College degree?
  2. What are some computing programs you can go into after postsecondary?
  3. Who is ranked #1 richest person in computing/tech fields?
  4. Why do you think many of the richest people come from technology fields?
  5. What are 1 of the 4 key types of trades?

Talison

  1. Name 2 types of software piracy
  2. What are the potential consequences (Legal and/or financial) of software piracy?
  3. How does "softlifting" differ from "counterfeiting"?
  4. Why would people justify software piracy, even though it is illegal?
  5. What kind of software did the U.S. Navy pirate and install on 550000 computers?

Cam, Joel

  1. Ways to reduce energy consumption
  2. Name an impacts of computers
  3. What's one way you can change
  4. What instead of throwing away old electronics
  5. What's a side effect of being exposed to toxins from computer waste

Matheus

  1. What are the three distinct educational pathways mentioned for starting a career in computing, and how do they differ in duration and focus?
  2. Which specific Grade 12 high school course is highlighted as a key prerequisite for most university and college computing programs?
  3. According to the presentation, what are the three high-demand tech roles identified for 2026?
  4. Beyond technical coding abilities, what are two "essential skills" mentioned that help bridge the gap between technical and non-technical teams?
  5. In your opinion, which of the three educational pathways (University, College, or Fast-Track) would be the most effective for someone wanting to enter the workforce as quickly as possible?

Nawang, Richard, Ethan

  1. What does FOSS stand for?
  2. What is one key principle of FOSS?
  3. What is one example of FOSS?
  4. What is one advantage of FOSS?
  5. What is one disadvantage of FOSS?

Sawyer, Tang

  1. What are the cameras referred to in self-driving cars?
  2. What are 2 out of 3 ways AI is used in self-driving cars?
  3. How has Uber helped self driving cars to come out into the public?
  4. How did uber help the development of self-driving cars?
  5. What are called “early stages of self driving”?

Peter

  1. What is one type of video piracy?
  2. What is a security risk of piracy?
  3. Do you think making all content globally available at the same time and price would end piracy?
  4. If you worked for two years on a project with a budget of millions, how would you feel seeing it distributed for free?
  5. What is a form of anti-piracy technology?

Reed

  1. What is one advantage of AI?
  2. What is one disadvantage of AI?
  3. What is one reason AI is important to the future?
  4. What is one application of AI?
  5. In your personal opinion, is AI overall a good or a bad thing?

Owen

  1. What is cryptography?
  2. What are the benefits of cryptography?
  3. Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Encryption
  4. What is a real life application of cryptography?
  5. What are the security vulnerabilities of the hashing functions?

Cam S, Sidu

  1. How many drone deliveries happened in 2023?
  2. True or false: the military drones in Ukraine are remotely controlled from a safe distance
  3. What is Photogrammetry (not to be confused with photography)?
  4. When was the first self driving vehicle concept created?
  5. When did the company Mobileye start releasing self-driving cars to the public?

Mateo